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Light breaks its own limit by 100,000× to image matter at the scale of atoms

For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the ...

The world's first room-temperature continuous-wave UV-B laser diode on a sapphire substrate

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor lasers are highly sought for medical, biotechnology, and precision manufacturing applications; however, previous UV-B laser diodes were limited to pulsed operation ...

Quantum mechanical effects help overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy

Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham have overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy. With the help of ...
Healio

VIDEO: Iridex lasers offer continuous wave, MicroPulse treatment modalities

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Joan Stauffer, director of marketing ...
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Coherent Samples Low-Noise 400 mW CW Lasers for Co-Packaged Optics and Silicon Photonics

SAXONBURG, Pa., Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (COHR), a global leader in photonics, today announced the sampling of its latest high-power 400 mW continuous-wave (CW) lasers, ...
Nanowerk

Quantum tunneling breaks light's resolution limit, enabling atomic-scale imaging

Scientists achieve optical measurements at atomic scales using quantum electron tunneling, surpassing conventional microscopy limits by nearly 100,000 times with standard lasers.
Optics

Zhejiang researchers boost perovskite laser by suppressing energy loss

For years, engineers have sought better ways to build tiny, efficient lasers that can be integrated directly onto silicon chips, a key step toward faster, more capable optical communications and ...