The researchers recognized that their new hollow core fibers could enable a new type
of fiber laser.
IPG Photonics Corporation is a developer and manufacturer of a line
of fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, diode lasers, laser systems and optical accessories that are used for various applications.
Not exact matches
• Nlight, a Vancouver, Wash. - based semiconductor and
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of 6 million shares priced at $ 16, an upsized IPO above its $ 13 to $ 15 range.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP) has provided key advances in that regard through its work with
fiber lasers, and its industry - leading position has benefited from the advantages that
fiber lasers offer over both non-laser cutting - and - welding equipment and other types
of lasers as well.
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP) stock closed 9.5 % higher on Tuesday after the maker
of fiber optic
lasers reported fiscal Q1 2018 earnings earlier in the day.
«There are actually 11 kinds
of lasers that are part
of the detector system,» she said, for such uses as optical levels,
fiber welding, thermal compensation and photon calibration.
Helped by the recent development
of fiber - optic - bundle - coupled
laser - scanning confocal fluorescence imaging (Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy — CLE), which allowed the scientists to image blood flow more deeply in the brain than ever be
laser - scanning confocal fluorescence imaging (Confocal
Laser Endomicroscopy — CLE), which allowed the scientists to image blood flow more deeply in the brain than ever be
Laser Endomicroscopy — CLE), which allowed the scientists to image blood flow more deeply in the brain than ever before.
Using an optical
fiber and
laser light, physicists have simulated a «white hole» — essentially a black hole working in reverse — as they report on page 1367
of this week's issue
of Science.
Researchers at Containerless Research in Evanston, Illinois, used this NASA - developed device to create a novel type
of glass that could lead to better
lasers for surgery, dentistry, and
fiber optics.
«The transistor
laser has those plus a third output — a coherent photon beam,» which can be transmitted by
fiber - optic line for speed -
of - light processing.
«With our robust and efficient system we can reliably and accurately determine the objects» exact position and direction
of movement in orbit,» explains Dr. Thomas Schreiber from the
fiber lasers group at Fraunhofer IOF.
The WGM biosensor, which Arnold named for the famous Whispering Gallery in the dome
of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, is a device the size
of a small smartphone comprising a tunable
laser guided down a specially treated
fiber optic filament with a detector at the far end
of the filament measuring the light's intensity and resonance.
A research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena, Germany, has now especially developed a
fiber laser that reliably determines the position and direction
of the space debris» movement to mitigate these risks.
It also lies at the heart
of two quintessential modern technologies:
lasers that radiate beams
of staggering purity and intensity and optical
fibers that direct those beams to telephones, televisions, and computers around the world.
He was already known for his work refining a
laser that would become a mainstay
of fiber - optic communications.
The group plans to deploy a small proof -
of - concept experiment on the ISS, with a small, 20 - centimeter version
of the EUSO telescope and a
laser with 100
fibers.
But the researchers have demonstrated experimentally that their setup — which includes
lasers to feed beams
of polarized light into a network
of optical
fibers, beam - splitters and other optical devices — gives results that agree closely with their predictions.
«If that goes well,» says Ebisuzaki, «we plan to install a full - scale version on the ISS, incorporating a three - meter telescope and a
laser with 10,000
fibers, giving it the ability to deorbit debris with a range
of approximately 100 kilometers.
Traditional technologies used for
fiber optic cables and high - speed data transmission, such as diode
lasers, are reaching the upper end
of their switching speeds, Feng said.
So rodents in optogenetics experiments must remain tethered to a surgically implanted,
fiber optic cable that delivers
laser beams directly to the brain region
of interest.
DARPA is looking at more efficient technologies, like
fiber lasers and liquid
lasers, which could lead to smaller, more compact devices, while the Navy is researching a Free Electron
Laser, an experimental technology that uses high - speed electrons to generate an extremely powerful focused beam
of radiation.
So for decades engineers have tried to accelerate the pace
of conventional, electricity - based computer chips by melding them with
laser - based signal processors (like those used to send Internet data blazing through
fiber - optic cables).
Einstein's quantum theory
of light is essential to modern electronics, including television, solar cells,
lasers, and
fiber optics.
«We see it stimulating other applications
of the hollow
fiber and new ways
of interacting different types
of laser beams with gases at various wavelengths, including wavelengths that you wouldn't expect to work.»
And yet, scientists have known for years that hydrogen can alter the performance
of optical
fibers, which are often used to transmit or even generate
laser light in optical devices.
Fibers treated this way can transmit stable, high - power ultraviolet
laser light for long periods
of time, resisting the damage usually caused by UV light.
An observer at the end
of the
fiber would never know the
laser had been fired, because it never interacted with the light beam.
The researchers say that a number
of other gases should work with their
fiber gas
laser, allowing emission up to 5 microns.
With 313 nm wavelength
laser light at 100 mW power, light transmission through the
fibers dropped to zero in four hours, confirming the value
of the hydrogen treatment.
The new
laser, detailed in The Optical Society's high impact journal Optica, combines aspects
of both gas and
fiber lasers.
NIST researchers tested two types
of fibers with solid cores made
of fused silica surrounded by lattices
of air holes, which form a crystal structure that maintains the shape
of transmitted
laser beams.
Researchers at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) have put this hydrogen «cure» to practical use, making optical
fibers that transmit stable, high - power ultraviolet
laser light for hundreds
of hours.
The
fibers also lose very little
of the
laser light as it is transmitted.
Key to the
laser's success was the team's development
of silica hollow - core
fibers that perform exceptionally well in the mid-IR.
«This
laser is just one use
of our hollow - core
fiber,» said Muhammad Rosdi Abu Hassan, a doctoral student and first author
of the paper.
Placing a suitable gas inside
of a hollow optical
fiber allowed the researchers to create a
fiber gas
laser with mid-IR emission.
When co-author Zhaoming Zhu, Gauthier's postdoctoral research associate, encoded information onto one
of these beams, the data could be imprinted on these newly created phonons and retained for 12 billionths
of a second, long enough to be transferred back to light again by shining a third
laser through the
fiber.
The final puzzle piece fell into place at the 1999 Conference on
Lasers and Electro - Optics where Jinendra Ranka
of Bell Laboratories presented a paper on a new kind
of optical
fiber known as microstructure
fiber.
Within two weeks
of receiving the express package from Bell Laboratories, we had done a proof -
of - principle experiment showing that the spectral broadening in the microstructure
fiber preserved the frequency comb structure in the original
laser pulse.
The time lens combined the two techniques: It involved hitting a beam
of light with a
laser just as it passed through a glass
fiber, allowing considerable control over the beam's speed.
Group 1: Materials, Resonators, & Resonator Circuits A. Fundamental Properties
of Materials B. Micro - and Macro-Fabrication Technology for Resonators and Filters C. Theory, Design, and Performance
of Resonators and Filters, including BAW, FBAR, MEMS, NEMS, SAW, and others D. Reconfigurable Frequency Control Circuits, e.g., Arrays, Channelizers Group 2: Oscillators, Synthesizers, Noise, & Circuit Techniques A. Oscillators — BAW, MEMS, and SAW B. Oscillators - Microwave to Optical C. Heterogeneously Integrated Miniature Oscillators, e.g., Single - Chip D. Synthesizers, Multi-Resonator Oscillators, and Other Circuitry E. Noise Phenomena and Aging F. Measurements and Specifications G. Timing Error in Digital Systems and Applications Group 3: Microwave Frequency Standards A. Microwave Atomic Frequency Standards B. Atomic Clocks for Space Applications C. Miniature and Chip Scale Atomic Clocks and other instrumentation D. Fundamental Physics, Fundamental Constants, & Other Applications Group 4: Sensors & Transducers A. Resonant Chemical Sensors B. Resonant Physical Sensors C. Vibratory and Atomic Gyroscopes & Magnetometers D. BAW, SAW, FBAR, and MEMS Sensors E. Transducers F. Sensor Instrumentation Group 5: Timekeeping, Time and Frequency Transfer, GNSS Applications A. TAI and Time Scales, Time and Frequency Transfer, and Algorithms B. Satellite Navigation (Galileo, GPS,...) C.Telecommunications Network Synchronization, RF
Fiber Frequency Distribution D. All - optical fiber frequency transfer E. Optical free - space frequency transfer F. Frequency and Time Distribution and Calibration Services Group 6: Optical Frequency Standards and Applications A. Optical Ion and Neutral Atom Clocks B. Optical Frequency Combs and Frequency Measurements C. Ultrastable Laser Sources and Optical Frequency Distribution D. Ultrastable Optical to Microwave Conversion E. Fundamental Physics, Fundamental Constants, and Other Applica
Fiber Frequency Distribution D. All - optical
fiber frequency transfer E. Optical free - space frequency transfer F. Frequency and Time Distribution and Calibration Services Group 6: Optical Frequency Standards and Applications A. Optical Ion and Neutral Atom Clocks B. Optical Frequency Combs and Frequency Measurements C. Ultrastable Laser Sources and Optical Frequency Distribution D. Ultrastable Optical to Microwave Conversion E. Fundamental Physics, Fundamental Constants, and Other Applica
fiber frequency transfer E. Optical free - space frequency transfer F. Frequency and Time Distribution and Calibration Services Group 6: Optical Frequency Standards and Applications A. Optical Ion and Neutral Atom Clocks B. Optical Frequency Combs and Frequency Measurements C. Ultrastable
Laser Sources and Optical Frequency Distribution D. Ultrastable Optical to Microwave Conversion E. Fundamental Physics, Fundamental Constants, and Other Applications
Economically important applications for semiconductor photonic devices include optical data recording,
fiber optic telecommunications,
laser printing (based on xerography), displays, and optical pumping
of high - power
lasers.
In this paper we present a
laser frequency comb measurement technique to characterize the frequency stability
of a custom - designed
fiber Fabry - Perot interferometer (FFP).
Laser Light Test Reveals Spreading Cancer Cancer imaging and breast cancer experts used advanced microscopes equipped with tissue - penetrating laser light to develop a promising new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns of ultra-thin collagen fibers in breast tumor tissue samples and to help tell if the cancer has sp
Laser Light Test Reveals Spreading Cancer Cancer imaging and breast cancer experts used advanced microscopes equipped with tissue - penetrating
laser light to develop a promising new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns of ultra-thin collagen fibers in breast tumor tissue samples and to help tell if the cancer has sp
laser light to develop a promising new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns
of ultra-thin collagen
fibers in breast tumor tissue samples and to help tell if the cancer has spread.
Interrogation
of fiber Bragg - grating resonators by polarization - spectroscopy
laser - frequency locking G. Gagliardi, S. De Nicola, P. Ferraro, and P. De Natale Optics Express 15, 3715 - 3728 (2007).
By rotating and sliding the
fiber tip (Figure 9B) with side illumination (similar solutions were already realized for
laser surgery [68 - 71]-RRB- we will generate and detect the PNBs in a cylindrical volume with a diameter
of 10 mm and a height
of 10 mm (Figure 9B).
So one
of my members who happens to be a
laser physicist, him and his wife, they own a company that sells
fiber optics in the city
of New York, okay?
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