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Tunable Diode Lasers: Comprehensive Guide
Tunable Diode Lasers: Comprehensive Guide
In the dynamic world of photonics, tunable diode lasers stand out as a pivotal technology, revolutionizing applications from precision spectroscopy to advanced telecommunications. These lasers, known for ...
Swept Lasers: An In-Depth Buying Guide for Technical Applications
Swept Lasers: An In-Depth Buying Guide for Technical Applications
Swept lasers represent a pivotal innovation in the realm of laser technology, distinguished by their ability to rapidly scan through a range of wavelengths. Unlike fixed-wavelength lasers, swept lasers ...
Lasers In Dental Surgeries: A Replacement for Drills?
Lasers In Dental Surgeries: A Replacement for Drills?
When having a dentist appointment, drills, brushes, and x-rays are all things that come to mind. Lasers, however, are not the number one apparatus thought of when sitting back in the chair. This is because ...
Laser Levels used in Construction and Landscaping
Laser Levels used in Construction and Landscaping
Today’s blog post is sponsored by RPMC Lasers – leading laser distributor in the US, focused on industrial, medical, life science, and defense markets One of the benefits of lasers are their versatility. ...
Diode Laser Array: Delivering High Power Outputs by Combining Stacks
Diode Laser Array: Delivering High Power Outputs by Combining Stacks
High power lasers are used in the industry routinely for cutting, drilling, welding and micromachining materials. They have also found applications in medicine where tissue needs to be cut or heated. The ...
Laser Tissue Interactions: Biological Factors to Consider for Dermatology
Laser Tissue Interactions: Biological Factors to Consider for Dermatology
In 1963, Leon Goldman became the first person to report using lasers in dermatology. Goldman reported the effects of Ruby laser in the selective destruction of cutaneous pigmented structures, like black ...
Optogenetics: The Future of Lasers in Neurology for Brain Studies
Optogenetics: The Future of Lasers in Neurology for Brain Studies
Optogenetics is the emerging field of using light to control and study neuronal activity. In 2005, a Stanford University team was able to use a light-sensitive microbial protein to control the timing of ...
Photobleaching Using Lasers for Teeth Whitening in Dentistry
Photobleaching Using Lasers for Teeth Whitening in Dentistry
Lasers in dentistry have been explored since the early 1960s. At its infancy, the practitioners of the field used Ruby lasers. They used the pulses emitted from such lasers to ablate the tooth enamel to ...
Photocoagulation Using Lasers for Treating Diabetic Retinopathy
Photocoagulation Using Lasers for Treating Diabetic Retinopathy
Lasers came into the field of ophthalmology in 1961, when Ruby laser was used to create ocular lesions in rabbits. Unfortunately, creating vascular lesions in the human retina was not effective at that ...