Presented by LIA, the International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC^®) is a comprehensive four-day conference covering all aspects of laser safety practice and hazard control. Laser safety experts from around the world descended on San Jose, Calif. to discuss and define the latest changes to regulations and common practices in the field. Held March 14-17, 2011, scientific sessions addressed developments in regulatory, mandatory and voluntary safety standards for laser products and for laser use. Continue reading →

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in lasers and photonics solutions that Make, Manage and Measure Light^®, introduces the Laser µFAB, a tabletop laser microfabrication workstation optimized for research applications.  The Laser µFAB is designed for use in both additive and subtractive processes, including 3D microfabrication by two-photon polymerization (TPP), laser ablation and surface structuring of various materials, volumetric writing of waveguides and microfluidics, nanosurgery, microdissection, and others. Specific research applications using TPP in custom or commercial photoresists, include photonics, microelectronics, and MEMS.  Relevant industrial materials that can be used in ablation and surface structuring applications include metals, polymers, semiconductors, glasses, ceramics,  and biological targets.  Waveguides and microfluidics can be volumetrically written in glasses and polymers.  Nanosurgery and microdissection can be done in vivo for sub-cellular investigations of model organisms. Continue reading →

Spectra-Physics^®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces InSight DeepSee, an extraordinary new ultrafast laser system that takes multiphoton imaging to new depths.  Based on a novel proprietary technology, the new InSight DeepSee delivers nearly double the tuning range of existing ultrafast lasers and provides seamless access to long infrared wavelengths for deepest in vivo imaging.  Robust and fully automated, InSight DeepSee provides easy-to-use, hands-off operation, freeing users to focus on their critical research. Continue reading →