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Everyone knows that lasers are basically magic, and if you strap a diode laser or two to a lawn mower, it should slice through those pesky blades of grass with zero effort. Cue [Allen Pan]’s ...

After reading tales about cutters of such size going out of alignment when someone as much as walked nearby, he dropped the idea – and equipped the CNC head with a high-power laser diode module ...

Tool has released the ultimate all-in-one machine, offering crafters and small businesses a powerful tool for a multitude of ...

Researchers at Nichia Corporation have demonstrated green InGaN-based lasers grown on c-plane sapphire, with lifetimes capable of supporting commercial applications. The demonstration of green ...

JDS Uniphase, a major supplier of optoelectronic components to the telecoms sector and other industries, is now offering a new series of high-power fibre-coupled laser diodes for pumping fibre ...

Diode lasers (or laser diodes) are semiconductor lasers which use electrical power as an energy source and doped p-n junctions as a gain medium. As discussed in the Lasers Selection Guide, all lasers ...

FLC is engaged in distribution of FP, DFB and DBR laser diodes, laser diode arrays, VCSELs, QCLs, incorporating them into laser diode modules free-space and fiber-coupled. Mid-IR LED, superluminescent ...

In this review I will provide an insight into the xTool S1, which is an Enclosed Diode Laser Cutter, and its xTool's smaller ... I’ve been putting the xTool S1 with 20W laser module through its paces ...

DILAS, the diode laser company, is focused on delivering the most innovative technologies and advanced product solutions in the industry. Founded in 1994 in Mainz, Germany, with operations in North ...

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

Although the primary emphasis of this book is on light-emitting diodes (LEDs), this author would be remiss if he did not address the laser diode. In this chapter, we will describe and discuss the ...