Precisely measuring the parameters of a laser beam is crucial to using it successfully. Allen Cary of Photon Inc describes the range of beam profiling techniques available. Most applications for ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team in Japan has now succeeded in developing high precision X-ray deformable mirrors that can be configured as necessary. They are the first to have achieved the formation ...

Q: I am building a new home with 2-by-6 exterior walls. Beams have to be installed over the top of all windows and doors. What is a good way to insulate these, as the solid wood creating the beam ...

Using only a single-crystal piezoelectric thin wafer of lithium niobate (LN) instead of the usual two-part structure, a group from Nagoya University in Japan has created a deformable mirror that ...