Femtosecond laser

Eternal 5D Data Storage Could Record The History Of Humankind

March 26, 2016

Documents captured in nanostructured glass, expected to last billions of years (credit: University of Southampton) Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that [more...]

Scientists Create A Low-cost, High-precision Glass Nano-engraving Technique (100nm)

January 23, 2016

In a joint study, scientists fr om the MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), ICP (Institute of Chemical Physics) named after Semenov, MSU (Moscow State University) and IPCP (Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics) have [more...]

An Optofluidic Chip for Single-cell Sorting Based on Mechanical Properties

November 29, 2015

A monolithic optofluidic chip fabricated by femtosecond laser extracts highly metastatic cells from a heterogeneous population on the basis of optical stretching measurements. The past decade has seen an increasing interest in the analysis [more...]

Femtosecond Laser Processing Of Metal And Plastics In The Medical Device Industry

November 8, 2015

Authors: Steven Hypsh, Jenoptik, and Geoff Shannon, Miyachi America Microsecond (ms) fiber lasers have been successfully used for medical device applications like hypo tube and stent cutting for many years. While precise and fast, these [more...]

From Science Friction To Everyday: 3 Fields Capitalizing On Lasers

August 23, 2015

Screenshot from Schott Glass The laser has long been a favorite of science fiction writers, movie directors, and audiences alike. The technology was first developed in the 1960s, and since then, it’s been studied in some of the most [more...]

New Laser-patterning Technique Turns Metals into Supermaterials

January 20, 2015

A femtosecond laser created detailed hierarchical structures in the metals, as shown in this SEM image of the platinum surface. (Image credit: The Guo Lab/University of Rochester) By zapping ordinary metals with femtosecond laser pulses [more...]