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In ICALEO® 2005 Meets International Challenge The by Jack Dyer, Contributing Editor he 24th International Congress on The very large international presence had News... Applications of Lasers & Electro- participants from Europe, Asia, the United Laser-Etching TOptics (ICALEO®) in Miami, Fla. Kingdom, Canada and the United States. In Promotes Egg Safety starting Oct. 31, began just days after Hurricane addition to over 400 from the U.S., Germany Eggs that are laser-etched Wilma tore through the southern part of Florida. had 47, Japan 31, United Kingdom 23, Finland with an expiration date and a All attendees, nevertheless, showed great inter- 14, Canada 19, France 6, Netherlands 7, and code that traces the egg back est in overview presentations on laser diodes, Ukraine, Poland, Australia and several other to where it was packaged are fiber lasers and new market opportunities. countries made up the balance. now available in the U.S., The commercial advent of many new laser reported the Sept. 30 issue of General Congress systems has dominated the laser world the past .org. Developed by General Congress Chair Andreas Ostendorf, several years, and Dr. Ostendorf said, the ple- EggFusion, the laser system CEO of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. in nary session showed how these sources can be etches a permanent, easy-to- Germany, opened with “ICALEO over these 24 used for new applications. read and tamper-proof mark years has fulfilled exceptionally well the LIA on the eggshell that allows mission of fostering lasers, laser applications, Plenary: New Lasers – New Markets consumers to see when the and laser safety worldwide. Today it is the pace- Speaker Martin Behringer pointed to small egg should be used by. maker of the laser materials processing world.” (Cont. on pg. 6, see ICALEO) EggFusion uses a pulsed, sealed carbon-dioxide laser to etch the eggshells. The laser removes between 5 to 8% of Laser Pioneer Passes the eggshell and the structur- Gordon Gould al integrity of the shell is July 17, 1920-Sept. 16, 2005 maintained. The etching kit is by William T. Walter integrated into the existing optical . After a draft-deferred job machinery at a packing facili- aser pioneer Gordon Gould died in in a New York laboratory that was part of the ty and happens as the egg is Lennox Hill Hospital in New York , work at a company that moving so it doesn't slow the LCity on Sept. 16 at age 85. Richard made specialized mirrors and teaching at City packing process down. Gordon Gould was born in , the College of New York, Gould returned to gradu- In addition to the physi- son of a Scholastic magazine editor father and ate studies at in 1951, cal laser system, EggFusion a mechanically gifted mother who stoked his where he began a doctoral thesis on optical also offers consumers the interest in invention through gifts of an Erector pumping of a thallium atomic beam under opportunity to type the trace- set and similar toys. Thomas Edison became Polykarp Kush and was also exposed to the ability code into a database his early idol stimulating his lifelong interest to early work at Columbia under Charles on its website. The code be an inventor. Townes. Many including Gould were pondering brings up a list of informa- Gould studied and optics receiving a bachelor’s degree at in 1941 and whether coherent sources could also be achieved (Cont. on pg. 11, an M.S. in physics at Yale in 1943 where he in the infrared and optical spectral regions. see In The News…) used Fabry-Perot resonators in his studies of (Cont. on pg. 8 see Pioneer) 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128; Orlando, FL 32826 Phone: 407.380.1553 Fax: 407.380.5588 http://www.laserinstitute.org

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LIA TODAY is published bimonthly and strives to educate 2005 LIA Officers and inform laser professionals on laser safety and new trends IN THIS ISSUE... related to laser technology. LIA members receive a free sub- President – William Clark, scription to LIA TODAY and the Journal of Laser Applications®, Clark-MXR, Inc. in addition to discounts on all LIA products and services. President-Elect – Joseph O’Brien, The editors of LIA TODAY welcome input from their readers. Features Trinity Technologies, LLC Please submit news-related releases, articles of general interest and ICALEO® 2005 Meets letters to the editor. Mail us at LIA TODAY, 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Past-President – Edward Metzbower, International Challenge ...... 1 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Suite 128, Orlando, FL 32826, fax 407.380.5588, or send material Laser Pioneer Passes ...... 1 by e-mail to [email protected]. Secretary – Nathaniel Quick, If you are interested in affordable advertising space in this LIA’s MLSO Course Now AppliCote Associates, LLC newsletter or a subscription, please contact Jim Naugle at Online ...... 7 Treasurer – Rajesh Patel, 3 R&M 407.380.1553 or 1.800.34.LASER. Quantum and Laser Consulting Services Win Nobel Physics Prize ...... 10 aser Institute of America (LIA) is the professional Lsociety dedicated to fostering lasers, laser applications and Editorial Staff laser safety worldwide. LIA is the secretariat and publisher of the ANSI Z136 series of laser safety standards, and is a leading Departments provider of laser safety education. In The News...... 1 Editor-in-Chief...... Peter Baker LIA offers educational programs, conferences and sym- Calendar of Events...... 2 posia on the applications of lasers and electro-optics. LIA’s Managing Editor...... Kris Stell annual International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Executive Director’s ® Message ...... 5 Electro-Optics (ICALEO ) features the world’s foremost meet- Contributing Editor ...... Jack Dyer ing on laser materials processing. The biennial International Welcome New Members ...... 12 ® Laser Safety Conference (ILSC ) covers all aspects of laser ASC Update ...... 13 Copy Editor ...... Barbara Sams safety practice and hazard control. Members In Motion...... 13 If you would like more information about the LIA, call Member Innovations ...... 14 Copy Editor...... Anja Selnau 407.380.1553, 1.800.34.LASER or visit our home on the Web: www.laserinstitute.org. JLA Update ...... 14 LIA Announces ...... 15 LIA’s Calendar of Events Advertisers For more information contact LIA at 1.800.34.LASER Academy of Laser Dentistry..10 or visit www.laserinstitute.org BLS Certification...... 16 Kentek...... 4 Laser Safety Officer Training Medical Laser Safety Officer Training LIA Safety Training...... 5 Feb. 6-10, 2006 • Orlando, FL Jan. 27-28, 2006 • Tampa, FL Mar. 27-31, 2006 • St. Louis, MO Feb. 10-11, 2006 • Portland, OR Laser Focus World...... 7 May 8-10, 2006 • Pittsburg, PA May 19-20, 2006 • Chicago, IL Lee Laser ...... 15 June 5-9, 2006 • Boston, MA Sept. 22-23, 2006 • Boston, MA Photonics Spectra ...... 12 Aug. 7-9, 2006 • Denver, CO Nov. 10-11, 2006 • Las Vegas, NV Precitec ...... 11 Sept. 18-22, 2006 • San Francisco, CA Spiricon...... 8 Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2006 • Scottsdale, AZ PICALO 2006 Nov. 6-10, 2006 • Las Vegas, NV April 3-5 • Melbourne, Australia Trinity Technologies ...... 9 Dec. 4-8, 2006 • Orlando, FL Wilson Industries ...... 3 ICALEO® 2006 Advanced Concepts in Laser Safety Oct. 30-Nov. 2 • Scottsdale, AZ Contact LIA for information on Mar. 13-15, 2006 • Orlando, FL any of the above advertisers.

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ICALEO , cont. from pg. 1 size, high efficiency, ease of impressive results, fiber laser meltdown of the telecom structuring with highest preci- adjusting wavelength, and development is still in its industry, have arrived. Both sion using laser pulses from excellent reliability in touting infancy. This unique and pow- bring important increases in the nanosecond down to the the advantages of diode lasers erful laser technology will brightness onto the industrial pico- and femtosecond time for industrial applications. increasingly be visible in the stage, leaving users with quite regime. Special sessions fea- Besides chip technology, he marketplace in coming years. an array of hardware types tured laser glass micromachin- said, new technologies for from which to choose. ing and laser nano-machining packaging have been devel- In an invited presentation and processing in order to oped and experiences with that filled the conference highlight the newest develop- high power electronic devices room, Paul Denney of EWI, ments and their promising per- and telecom lasers help intro- Columbus, Ohio described spectives. duce cost efficiencies and how fiber lasers may alter the To highlight recent highly reliable devices for applications of lasers in indus- advances, Dr. Lu said, a industrial use. tries. In the last three years, he keynote address by Henry Future improvements and said, Yb-based fiber lasers Helvajian of The Aerospace developments focus on beam have advanced from a few Corporation, Los Angeles, quality, power and price. For watts to many kilowatts. With posits the on-going develop- exam- Silke Pflüger, SPI, Los high efficiency and excellent ment of a nearly all glass/ ple, a Gatos, Calif. beam quality the fiber laser ceramic space micropropulsion devel- Plenary paper Laser has many potential applica- system. Dr. Helvajian explains oping Materials Processing in China, tions presently dominated by the optimum approach leading applica- with Henry Peng, of GE Global CO2 and Nd:YAG lasers. to ablation-free microfabrica- tion is Research Center Shanghai, A special LMP Business tion is to utilize a material that the Peoples Republic of China, is Development Session included can be engineered for true pump- not available on the congress popular presentations by indus- ing of CD. As China is one of the try leaders Bill Lawson, Bill disc and world’s fastest growing mar- Clark, and Larry Dosser. More fiber Martin Behringer, kets, the paper reflects first- details on these interesting pre- lasers OSRam Opto hand the current situation, and sentations will be available in a that Semiconductors, how a globally operating enter- future LIA Today issue. require Regensburg, prise like General Electric a further Germany organizes laser-based research Laser Microfabrication improvement of beam quality activities in Shanghai. Dr. Conference – (Chair: YF Lu, in order to better couple the Peng’s remarks will be featured University of Nebraska, of the diode lasers into in a future issue of LIA Today. Lincoln) Henry Helvajian of The the active medium of the disc An explosion of new ideas Aerospace Corp., Los or the fiber. Laser Materials in the photonics and biomed- Angeles, Calif. Expressing the case for Processing – (Chair: ical fields in recent years has three-dimensional fabrication fiber lasers as the new wave in Anthony Hoult, SPI, created a unique need for fab- and to process the material in materials processing, speaker Southampton, U.K.) rication of new miniaturized such a way collateral damage is Silke Pflüger addressed the In reviewing the abstracts components. ICALEO is a minimized. A primary step in advantages of small size, main- of this congress, we see a great global forum for engineers and this direction is to utilize mate- tenance-free operation, thermal many more non-U.S. and non- scientists from a variety of rials in which the properties and electrical efficiency, com- European presenters. We are industry segments and insti- can be tailored by slight com- bined with outstanding (dif- truly global and consequently tutes to meet and discuss use positional changes. Glass/ fraction limited) beam quality, are showing many new applica- of laser micro/ nanofabrication ceramics are an important class as making the fiber laser an tions extending into the as a key of materials that could allow attractive alternative to more micro regime, Dr. Hoult said. technolo- the seamless integration of established technologies. Two very new and novel gy for photonics, bionics, wireless Pflüger noted there is little laser types have debuted. various communication, microelectron- need to use the traditional and Industry insiders have been applica- ics, and microelectron mechan- often fragile Q-switching or following the emergence of tions. ical systems (MEMS). mode-locking techniques, disc lasers out of the lab and Highlights Dr. Helvajian will author a when better control can be onto the shop floor. And feature detailed description of the obtained through amplification high-powered industrial fiber achieve- process in a future issue LIA to the kW regime. Despite lasers, resulting from the LMC Chair YF Lu ments in Today.

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LIA TODAY Pioneer , cont. from pg. 1 Dreams and Drama Feasibility of a LASER: Light In 1973 the court, in a suit On Saturday night, Nov. 9, Amplification by Stimulated over Q-switch patents, ruled 1957 Gould was unable to Emission of Radiation.” that the Schawlow-Townes sleep. In the middle of the Confused by a lawyer’s patent did not adequately night the realization came to advice, Gould thought he need- describe of a him – that the parallel mirrors ed a working model before fil- medium. Because of the wide of a Fabry-Perot resonator ing a patent application. He and diverse claims in Gould’s would solve the problems of a realized that pursuing his thesis application, it was divided into low-loss cavity resonator for at Columbia would prevent five separate interferences. the laser light while allowing timely development of a work- Finally in October 1977 pump light to shine in and ing model, so he accepted a the Patent Office issued Gould excite the medium optically. It position at Technical Research a patent on optical pumping of didn’t have to completely Group (TRG) on Long Island. lasers. The following year he enclose the resonant light A proposal by TRG to develop received a second patent on a modes. Gould jumped from his lasers was enthusiastically broad range of laser applica- bed and chain-smoking through accepted by the Advanced Laser pioneer Gordon tions including machining. In the next four days wrote down Research Projects Agency Gould spent years defend- 1987 he received a patent on in his notebook device descrip- (ARPA) of the Department of ing his patent for the laser. discharge pumping of lasers tions, sketched its components Defense increasing the and in 1988 on Brewster-angle and projected its future uses. $300,000 requested to a mil- windows for lasers. The ups The Plot Thickens These included optical pump- lion; however, the contract was Gould filed his patent and downs of the three-decade ing, discharge collisional exci- classified and Gordon was application on April 6, 1959, laser patent battle may have tation, Brewster-angle win- denied security clearance three months after Arthur been stressful; however, dows, Q switching, etc. – ideas because of his and his first Schawlow and Charles because the patents were post- that would not be brought to wife’s participation in a Marxist Townes published their paper, poned to run when the laser fruition for a number of years. study group in Greenwich “Infrared and Optical ” industry was mature instead of Peter Franken said, “That Village. in the December issue of just beginning, Gould netted notebook is absolutely incredi- By the time work under the Physical Review and more tens of millions of dollars. ble. It’s as if God came down ARPA contract was well than eight months after they Finally Fame and whispered in Gordon’s ear underway, had submitted a patent appli- Gordon Gould was the pres- and said, ‘Listen, buddy this is had reported laser action in a cation. The Patent Office ident of LIA in 1971 (and later what you’re going to do.’” ruby crystal and Ali Javan in a granted Schawlow and Townes an LIA fellow), and in 1983 On Wednesday, Nov. 13, helium neon discharge in a patent in March 1960, and received the John Scott Award Gould walked two blocks to the 1960. Both called their devices Gould lost his application for from the City of Philadelphia neighborhood candy store and optical masers, but Gould’s patent protection before the for the invention of the laser. had the proprietor, a notary, wit- phrase, laser, would soon dis- U.S. Court of Customs and He was inducted into the ness and date his notebook. The place optical maser as the term Patent Appeals. He persisted National Inventors Hall of notebook was entitled “Some for coherent emission in the by filing interference proceed- Fame in 1991. He established a Rough Calculations on the infrared and optical regions. ings and then sought help to professorship at Union College help defray their costs in 1995 to honor the physics and had to give the professor who sparked his inter- dominant share of the est in physics and optics. patent rights to others Gould’s other interests included to wage the legal battle sailing and at one time he that lasted almost three owned a boat called the Wonny decades. During this Larue, named after an ancestor time Gould became a he claimed was a pirate. His professor of electro- wife, Marilyn Appel of Sag physics at the Harbor, N.Y., survives him. Polytechnic Institute of Gordon’s insightful and inven- Brooklyn in 1967 and tive approach to physics and in 1973 helped found optics problems will be missed Optelecom Inc., a by all who worked with him. maker of fiber optic William T. Walter is the equipment and systems president of Laser Consultants, in Gaithersburg, Md. Inc., Huntingdon, NY.

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LIA TODAY Quantum and Laser Physicists Win Nobel Physics Prize mericans John L. year’s Nobel for showing how noting that the work was a it possible to measure fre- Hall and Roy J. the particle nature of light team effort. Speaking from quencies with an accuracy of AGlauber and affects its behavior under cer- his office in Munich, Haensch 15 digits,” the academy German Theodor W. Haensch tain circumstances. Although called the award a high point noted. “Lasers with extreme- won the 2005 Nobel Prize in those conditions are rarely of his career. “I was speech- ly sharp colors can now be physics for work that could observed in nature, they are less but of course very happy, constructed, and with the fre- lead to better long-distance often relevant in sophisticated exuberant,” he said. quency comb technique pre- communication and more optical instruments. He said the fruits of their cise readings can be made of precise navigation worldwide Hall, 71, of the University work could eventually be light of all colors. and beyond, reported the of Colorado, and Haensch, applied to improving commu- “This technique makes it Associated Press in 63, of the Ludwig- nication across the globe and possible to carry out studies NYTimes.com on Oct. 4, Maximilian-Universitaet in beyond. The research could of, for example, the stability 2005. The prize was given to Munich, won “for their con- also be useful in helping of the constants of nature the three for their work in tributions to the development spacecraft navigate more over time and to develop applying modern quantum of laser-based precision spec- accurately on long journeys, extremely accurate clocks and physics to the study of optics. troscopy, including the opti- or creating better digital ani- improved GPS technology.” Engineers have used their cal frequency comb tech- mation. “Eventually, we may Hall works for JILA, an observations to improve nique.” Hall and Haensch be able to enjoy three-dimen- institute ran by the University lasers, Global Positioning will split one half of the $1.3 sional holographic movies,” of Colorado and the National System technology and other million prize, with Glauber Haensch said. Institute of Standards and instruments. receiving the remainder. “The important contribu- Technology. Two other JILA Glauber, 80, of Harvard “It’s a huge surprise, a tions by John Hall and physicists, Eric A. Cornell University, took half of this great pleasure,” Hall said, Theodor Haensch have made and Carl E. Wieman, won the

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Nobel in physics in 2001. tor of dynamite who endowed the prizes, JILA originally stood for the Joint left only vague guidelines for the selec- Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. tion committee, saying in his will that the However, JILA’s fellows decided to keep prize should be given to those who “shall the name but drop the meaning in 1994 have conferred the greatest benefit on as the scope of its research widened. mankind” and “shall have made the most Of the six Nobels, the physics prize important discovery or invention within has perhaps the broadest scope of the field of physics.” The prizes include a research, making speculation ahead of the check for $1.3 million, and will be award- announcement difficult. Alfred Nobel, the ed by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at wealthy Swedish industrialist and inven- a ceremony in Stockholm in December.

In The News, cont. from pg. 1 tion such as where the egg was packed. may offer a safer alternative to clot dis- Consumers can now tell exactly how solving therapy and could extend the fresh their egg is. treatment window from three to eight hours following a stroke (Optics Express Eye Sensor Simplifies 13 8204). Glucose Tests “The system is comprised of a near Lein Applied Diagnostics of the U.K. infrared diode laser coupled to a shape is developing an optical sensor that memory polymer (SMP) micro-actuator determines the glucose level of a diabetic using an optical fiber,” LLNL researcher via the eye’s aqueous humor, reported Ward Small said. “The laser light is the Oct. 7 issue of Optics.org. The tech- absorbed by a thin surface layer of a nique involves no drawing of blood, is platinum dye, generating heat, that caus- rapid (0.1s), and requires no consum- es the SMP to transform into its pre-pro- ables aside from a battery. Currently, glu- grammed corkscrew shape.” cose measurements are performed by The polyurethane-based SMP device pricking a finger and placing the blood is connected to a diode laser emitting sample into a small analyzer four or five around 5W at 810nm. Immersed in water times a day, which oftentimes is painful at body temperature, the polymer and inconvenient. changes shape from a straight rod into a To protect the firm’s IP, details con- 10mm long spiral structure with a diame- cerning the optical design were not dis- ter of 3mm in just three seconds when cussed but it was explained that the irradiated. The scientists have tested their meter uses a confocal arrangement to device using an artificial blood clot localize the measurement in the anterior inserted into an experimental model of a chamber of the eye. Light from a low carotid artery. The polymer device was power 670nm source is focused into the pushed into the artificial clot, activated eye and the intensity of the light reflect- and used to pull back the occlusion ed back is analyzed. From this analysis against the flow. the glucose level in the body is obtained. Currently, the group is discussing its The technique requires an optical power technology with medical device manu- in the microwatt level and the measure- facturers and plans to conduct animal ment time is only about 0.1s. It should be studies to further evaluate the technique. compatible with contact lenses. “Based on previous experience with another SMP-based interventional Corkscrew Fiber device, human trials could potentially Retrieves Blood Clots begin 12 to 18 months after reaching a A thin, straight polymer that takes the licensing agreement,” said Small. shape of a corkscrew when heated by a Researchers estimate that laser heat- laser could help surgeons remove blood ing of the polymer would raise the tem- clots from stroke patients, reported the perature of surrounding blood by around Oct. 10 issue of Optics.org. The device, 12 degrees, which can be sustained for developed by researchers at Lawrence around 15 minutes without causing per- Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) manent tissue damage.

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Welcome New LIA Members Corporate Members • EggFusion, Inc., Boulder, CO • Telsar Laboratories, Inc., Wood River, IL • Electro-Optic Services, Portland, OR • Texcel, LLC, East Longmeadow, MA • Laser Express, Camden, Sydney, Australia • The University of Texas At San Antonio, • Nalco Company, Naperville, IL San Antonio, TX For a complete list of corporate members, visit our corporate directory at www.laserinstitute.org. Individual Members Thomas Floyd, Hayward, CA Jack Crawford, Columbia, MO Ryan Ascheman, Somerset, WI Andrew Kowalewsky, Oceanside, CA Bill Hurst, Ossipec, NH Eve Medina, NSW, Australia Vince Cook, San Jose, CA Peter Brown, Ossipee, NH Joseph Hayward, Hamilton, ON, Thomas Johnson, Fort Collins, CO Jennifer Riemer, Derry, NH Canada William Bacon, Middlefield, CT Rick Pergamo, Manchester, NH Stephen Caine, Burnaby, BC, Canada Wayne Hobson, Milford, CT Robert Quagan, Manchester, NH Tim Tsang, Yuen Long, Hong Eric Holm, Clearwater, FL Jay Mason, Warren, NJ KongFabio Ferrario, Solbiate Olana, James Strobel, Orlando, FL Huan Qi, Schenectady, NY Italy Dana Poulain, Lenexa, KS Matt Keller, Dayton, OH Atsushi Sugihashi, Chiba, Japan Joseph Ring, Boston, MA Daniel Bilan, Chattanooga, TN Jorge Arias, Torneiros, Porriño, Spain Daniel Applegate, Battle Creek, MI Nicole Washington, San Antonio, TX John Tinson, Southampton, U. K. Will Brantley, Columbia, MO Steffanie Peterson, Saint George, UT

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DLI Installs Fiber Laser Melles Griot laser radar and directed energy Zediker. “This acquisition will Directed Light Inc., San Repositions Catalog technologies, enables superior allow us to expand our product Jose, Calif., has announced Distribution Business value and accelerated capabili- line to now offer both actively that it installed a new 100- Melles Griot, Carlsbad, ties to customers, particularly and passively cooled, CW and Watt fiber laser from SPI at its Calif., has announced a strate- in the areas of special pro- QCW laser diode devices. This advanced technology job shop. gic repositioning of its catalog grams and missile defense ini- acquisition also provides The fiber laser is the latest distribution businesses in tiatives. Nuvonyx an immediate strate- innovation in laser technology North America and Europe. gic presence in the European for industrial materials pro- The catalog, the tenth volume Nuvonyx Forms market, which is a critical link cessing. The beam quality and of which has just been European Subsidiary in our diode component and high power density of the SPI released, provides a broad Nuvonyx Inc., Bridgeton, industrial laser system future fiber laser allows DLI to cut array of photonics tools for Mo., recently announced the growth strategy.” extremely small feature sizes students and researchers. The acquisition of Thales Laser As part of the acquisition (< .001 inch) and complicated extensive laser and optics Diode (TLD), Paris, France. strategy, Nuvonyx will change geometries in a wide variety of manufacturing competencies TLD was a laser division of TLD’s name to Nuvonyx materials. The new laser also of Melles Griot are also pre- Thales and has been providing Europe SA. Nuvonyx designs provides DLI with smaller sented in the catalog. laser diodes to the marketplace and manufacturers high power spot sizes with deeper penetra- The changes include for over 15 years. direct diode laser components, tion for its microwelding regional call centers for order “We are pleased to wel- subsystems and sources engi- applications. Directed Light is administration and technical come TLD to the Nuvonyx neered for use in aerospace, a laser technology company support, centralized inventory family,” commented president defense, industrial manufactur- serving the industrial, medical and order fulfillment, unified and CEO of Nuvonyx Mark ing and research applications. and scientific laser communi- procurement, and back-end ties. For more information, integrated web trading. For visit www.directedlight.com. more information visit www.mellesgriot.com. ASC Z136 Update Aculight Named in he reaccreditation of Accredited Standards Deloitte’s Technology Lockheed Martin TCommittee (ASC) Z136 under revised operating pro- Fast 50 Program Acquires Coherent cedures for documenting consensus on proposed American Aculight Corporation, Effective Oct. 5, 2005, National Standards was approved by the American National Bothell, Wash., a developer of Lockheed Martin Corporation Standards Institute (ANSI) effective Oct. 4, 2005. This reac- innovative laser technologies, acquired Coherent Technolo- creditation is contingent on changes proposed to the revision has been named to Deloitte’s gies, Inc. The new company of ASC Z136 Procedures, which were provided at ANSI’s prestigious Technology Fast will be referred to as request for further clarity of ASC Z136’s balloting process. 50 Program for Washington Lockheed Martin Coherent In matters of an administrative nature to ASC Z136, the State, a ranking of the 50 Technologies (LMCT) and main committee functions as the consensus body. It is fastest growing technology will remain headquartered in responsible for approval (or disapproval) of confirmation of companies in the area by Louisville, Colo. Lockheed officers and chairs, subcommittee formation or structure Deloitte & Touché LLP. Martin Space Systems in changes, new committee membership, adoption of ASC pro- Rankings are based on the Denver will manage LMCT as cedures, approval of new projects or withdrawal of an exist- percentage revenue growth a wholly owned subsidiary. ing standard. during a five-year span from For Coherent, this partnership For balloting on draft standards, balloting groups are 2000-2004. Aculight’s means visibility to a new level established (all voting members of the consensus body are President and CEO Don Rich of customers as well as access invited to join a balloting group for each draft standard credits setting challenging to Lockheed’s strategic and immediately prior to the draft ballot). By establishing a bal- goals and being accountable tactical platforms. It also will loting group specific to a proposed standard, members can for achieving them with the provide new capital resources choose to participate based on their interest, expertise and company’s 87% revenue to sustain Coherent’s innova- commitment to a particular subject. This allows for a more growth from 2000-2004. This tion and fuel its growth. For thorough, discerning review process with a higher ratio of increase in revenues resulted Lockheed Martin, its broad returned ballots. in a 34 ranking in the pro- systems engineering and inte- For more information on ASC Z136 membership or pro- gram, marking the fourth time gration capabilities, enhanced cedures, please contact Barbara Sams at the Laser Institute of Aculight has made the presti- by Coherent’s 20-plus-year America, 407-380-1553 or email [email protected]. gious list. record of accomplishment in

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Coherent’s Introductions double that of earlier Legend average power, has single- recommended for low-power The FieldMaxII™ is a amplifiers. The Legend HE lamp design. For more infor- CW and pulsed lasers. next-generation laser meter Cryo also sets new standards mation, visit www.gsig.com. Ophir has also introduced from Coherent, Inc., Santa in terms of average power the PE9-F pyroelectric detec- Clara, Calif. Replacing the (up to 25 Watts) and peak First Visible Light tor designed for the measure- original FieldMax, the power (over 100 GW). Yet Pulsed Nd:YAG ment of high rep rate lasers FieldMaxII provides a new the beam quality (M2<1.5), Miyachi Unitek, with pulse rates up to 20kHz. PC host interface, LabView noise levels and pulse-to- Monrovia, Calif., has It can measure up to a maxi- drivers, ActiveX component, pulse stability (±1%) are sim- released a breakthrough in mum pulse width of 0.5us. analog output, and expanded ilar to amplifiers with much laser welding technology – For more information on pyroelectric sensor capabili- lower power ratings. The new the model LW2AG – the either, visit www.ophiropt. ties. FieldMaxII is available amplifier can be operated at world’s first visible light com. in either power-only, energy- pulse repetition rates up to pulsed Nd:YAG welding laser only, or both power and ener- 7kHz. For more information designed specifically for New 488-nm gy configurations. The value on these products, visit applications comprising high- Solid-State Laser of FieldMaxII is strengthened www.Coherent.com. ly reflective materials. Melles Griot, Carlsbad, by Coherent’s broad range of LW2AG’s 532nm output Calif., has introduced a new thermopile, pyroelectric, and JK Family Increased wavelength is optimal for solid-state laser platform semiconductor sensors. GSI Group, Novi, Mich. precision welding gold, cop- based on the company’s Together, these enable and Rugby, England, has per and copper alloys, non- Kyma™ technology. Solid- FieldMaxII to measure UV, introduced a new range of contact, zero ESD/EMI cir- state lasers built with Kyma visible, and IR laser output compact, mid-power industri- cuit bonding for microelec- (Greek for wave) technology from the nanowatt to the al lasers to its JK family of tronics and sensors, and require fewer individual parts kilowatt range, and to work pulsed, Nd:YAG laser prod- replacing solder in mission- than those associated with with CW and pulsed lasers ucts. Combining higher peak critical applications. It fea- conventional diode-pumped with repetition rates of up to powers with shorter pulse tures real-time optical power solid-state lasers, thereby 300Hz. lengths, the JK-300HP, feedback control system, a increasing output stability and Coherent has also expand- JK300P and JK125P lasers simple user interface, and performance, potentially ed its comprehensive family are designed for high preci- fiber optic delivery for easy increasing operating life, and of ultrafast laser products by sion welding and fine-cutting operation and maintenance. significantly decreasing man- introducing the Legend HE applications across many dif- For more information visit ufacturing (and end-user) Cryo, a high-power titani- ferent industrial markets. The www.miyachiunitek.com. cost. The technology supports um:sapphire (Ti:S) amplifier JK-HP range features twin- laser output wavelengths from that delivers up to 7mJ/pulse lamp oscillator design for New From Ophir the deep blue to the red. The with a pulse duration of less enhanced peak power and Ophir Optronics, first product in the series, the than 50 femtoseconds. This pulse rates. The JK-P series, Wilmington, Mass., Kyma 488, is available with pulse energy is more than ranging from 125 to 300W announced that the PD300- 10 and 20mW of output 3W photodi- power at 488.0nm, a critical ode power wavelength for many biomed- Journal of Laser meter has now ical and life science applica- ® Applications Update been upgraded tions. The output beam is The Journal of Laser a year by the Laser Institute of with a high nearly circular (less than 1.1:1 Applications® offers the latest refer- America in February, May, August power density aspect ratio), linearly polar- eed papers by leading researchers in and November. It is sent to all LIA filter so the ized, and has an M2 factor of the laser community. The upcoming members as a member benefit. For head can mea- less than 1.2. The compact, November 2005 issue includes papers nonmembers of LIA, call the sure up to 3W conduction-cooled laser head from materials processing. Look for American Institute of Physics at at most wave- incorporates thermoelectric the online version at www.laserinsti- 1.800. 344.6902 for subscription lengths and up cooling and automatic power tute. org/publications/jla/. To view information. to 150W/cm2 control for stable, long-term the journal online, please make sure Sign up at http://scitation.aip. without satura- operation and excellent beam- your membership is current. org/jla/alert.jsp to receive your JLA tion or dam- pointing stability. For more The JLA® is published four times table of content e-mail alerts. age. The information, visit www.melles PD300-3W is griot.com.

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LIA Announces

LIA Regional Meeting PICALO Advance Program LIA is hosting a Regional Meeting on The Advance Program for LIA’s Dec. 15, 2005 at the Inn at St. John’s in newest conference, the Pacific Inter- Plymouth, Mich. to facilitate networking national Conference on Applications of amongst laser professionals and to estab- Lasers and Optics (PICALO), will be lish a local chapter in the Detroit area. In available in January. PICALO, which will today's globally competitive environment be held Apr. 3-5 in Melbourne, Australia, for higher productivity and quality (doing will focus on the growth and application of more with less), professionals can stay lasers and optics in the Pacific region. For "plugged in" to current technology, appli- more information, visit www.laserinsti- cations and new developments in the laser tute.org/ conferences or contact Beth community through the LIA. Guest speak- Cohen at 800-34-LASER/407-380-1553 or er Randy Paura’s keynote presentation at [email protected]. this meeting is “Blueprinting for Success: Harnessing the Power of Light.” Engineers Week 2006 The meeting is free for all LIA mem- Engineers Week, a consortium of more bers, but you must register. The nonmem- than 100 professional and technical soci- ber price is $10. To register, contact LIA at eties and major U.S. corporations, is slated 1-800-34-LASER/407-380-1553 or regis- for Feb. 19-25, 2006. This year’s program ter online at www.laserinstitute.org (LIA will extensively reach out to middle school Regional Meeting, Plymouth, Mich.). teachers so educators can interact directly with engineers and prepare students for Early Bird Prices for Courses courses to come. For complete information Starting in January 2006, LIA will be on the programs and events for Engineers offering early bird pricing for its laser Week, visit www.eweek.org. safety officer (LSO) and medical laser Additionally, the 2006 National safety officer (MLSO) courses. For the Engineers Week Future City Competition™ LSO course, the early bird price will be – an educational program that asks teams $1,295 for nonmembers and $1,250 for comprised of students with mentor teachers members who register up to four weeks and engineers to design and build a future prior to the course. After that the price city – will be held in January at the regional changes to $1,595 for nonmembers or level with the finals to be held Feb. 20-22 $1,495 for members. For the MLSO in Washington, D.C. during Engineers course, the early bird price is $745 for Week. For more information visit www. nonmembers or $645 for members up to futurecity.org. four weeks prior to the course. After the deadline the price increases to $895 for Save the Date nonmembers or $795 for members. For The 25th International Congress on online registration, the early bird price will Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics automatically be calculated. Please contact (ICALEO®) will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 2, LIA if you have any questions at 800-34- 2006 at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley LASER. Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. A Call for Papers will be announced in January 2006. Laser Dentistry Conference For more information, contact Conference The Academy of Laser Dentistry will be Director Beth Cohen at bcohen@laserinsti- hosting Source 2006: Lasers in Dentistry, tute.org or visit www.icaleo.org. the academy’s annual conference and exhi- bition, on Mar. 15-18 in Tucson, Ariz. This is one of the most comprehensive dental conferences in the world that concentrates Happy on scientific research and clinical uses of lasers in dentistry. For more information Holidays visit www.laserdentistry.org. from the LIA!

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