A leading global supplier of fiber optic products for both existing and next-generation optical networks, OZ Optics Ltd. specializes in designing and manufacturing components and test equipment for fiber optics markets. Respected as a revolutionary company, OZ Optics Ltd. was not only the first to introduce polarization maintaining fiber optic components, test equipment and visual […]
Ultrafast Laser Hybrid Fabricating of Macro-Micro-Nano-Nanowire Multi-Scale Structures for Near Perfect Infrared Antireflection
By Peixun Fan and Minlin Zhong Infrared antireflection surfaces are of great realistic significance in wide fields including infrared imaging, sensors, thermoelectrics, stealth, artificial blackbody, etc. However, efficient infrared antireflection property still remains a major challenge, especially on metal surfaces which are usually inherent excellent reflectors at the infrared wavelength regime. Until now, few reports […]
High Average Power, High Energy Fiber Delivery & Temporal Compression of Ultrafast Lasers
By Eric Mottay Technology breakthroughs can change the face of a whole industrial sector; in many cases unexpected discoveries drive unprecedented benefits for industrial applications. Let’s consider the adaptation of lasers into various industrial sectors and developments in laser technologies. The advent of solid-state lasers some 30 years ago, in a world dominated by gas […]
Patricia Bath and the Laserphaco Probe
Since the first humans walked the earth, inventors have been transforming the way the average consumer lives and functions. For example, we can thank Willis Carrier for his invention of the air conditioner in 1902 and Charles Strite for his invention of the popup toaster in 1919. Since their initial creation, both inventions have become […]
Network with the Experts
During LIA’s Upcoming LAM Workshop By Michelle L. Stock Additive manufacturing has been creating buzz for some years, and is now on the threshold of becoming mainstream. According to a Pricewaterhouse Coopers survey of more than 100 manufacturing companies in 2014, 11 percent had already moved to volume production of 3D printed parts or products. […]