Bordeaux, France – 19 décembre 2022. Amplitude, a leading manufacturer of ultrafast lasers, announces the acquisition of Fastlite, a French high-technology company specializing in ultrafast pulse shaping, characterization, and optical parametric amplifiers. The acquisition is expected to be completed in early 2023, pending regulatory consultations and approvals. Amplitude and Fastlite have long-established ties and have […]
Tag: Femtosecond Lasers
The Magic of Nonlinear Laser Processing: Shaping Multi-Functional Lab-in-Fiber
By Moez Haque and Peter R. Herman The manipulation of femtosecond laser light inside transparent media can be directed on varying interaction pathways of micro-explosions, photochemistry and self-focusing filamentation to open new directions in creating dense memory storage, three-dimensional (3D) optical circuits, 3D microfluidic networks, and high-speed scribing tracks[1-3]. Our group has been following these […]
Regulatory Science and Laser Safety Research at the FDA
By Daniel X. Hammer, William Calhoun, Do-Hyun Kim, Robert James, Ilko K. Ilev and Victor Krauthamer The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (FDA/CDRH) regulates medical devices and radiological products in the US. We approve new devices that are deemed to be safe and effective and clear for sale devices which […]
Femtosecond Laser 3D Micromachining for Fabricating Nanoaquariums: Exploring the Functions of Aquatic Microorganisms
By: Koji Sugioka, Yasutaka Hanada, Katsumi Midorikawa, Ikuko Shihira Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Kawano, Atsushi Miyawaki RIKEN – Advanced Science Institute, Brain Science Institute It is becoming increasingly important to observe and analyze the dynamics and functions of microorganisms both for fundamental investigations (such as elucidating the functions of biological cells) and for applications to biomicro systems […]
New Advancements in Direct Metal Deposition Technology
By: Dr. Bhaskar Dutta POM Group Inc. POM’s patented close loop Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process allows precision metal deposition using a laser and a coaxial powder delivery system. Besides this, DMD systems include DMDCAM, a comprehensive 6-axis CAM software solution to generate deposition paths for contour, surface and volume geometry, adopting different deposition path […]