Multi-laser beam process can also join steel with plate thickness up to 30mm.

Researchers from Purdue University have developed a robust optical anticounterfeit method for semiconductor devices.

…while Vanderbilt develops laser-based method for “liquid biopsies”.

Centre for Nanosciences & Nanotech, France, Télécom Paris, and STMicro have “overcome previous limitations”.

Firms co-developing smart chips and software to improve welding, cutting and marking.

Development could make more energy- and cost-efficient machine learning for AI apps and more.

Texas Engineers use transition metal dichalcogenide and laser process to tackle problem polymers.

Including smarter LED lighting, photonic bits of info controlled by quantum circuits, and nano-sensors.

Team led by Aydogan Ozcan presents reconfigurable optical network for multi- dimensional functions.

Light refraction behavior of “hybrid” glass changes when gas is present.

Modifications to ptychographic technique make deeper, sharper images.

Developers used shallow “web” of laser light to trap atoms, instead of previous optical lattice.