Tag: Laser
Photonic chip steers light without any moving parts
In search for a compact and reliable LiDAR solution, researchers from Yokohama National University in Japan have developed a waveguide-based photonic chip that takes a laser beam as an input and steers light beams over a wide range of selectable angles, without involving any moving...
Continue ReadingLaserPecker Pro – The Most Advanced Portable Engraver
LaserPecker Pro-The Most Advanced Portable Engraver. Compact, Safe & Easy-to-use Laser Engraver LaserPecker recently announced a Pro version of their LaserPecker portable, affordable, compact laser engraver. Launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, the Laspecker Pro surpassed...
Continue Reading1.5×1.5mm quantum cascade laser has a surface emission of 5W
Improving on previously published room-temperature large-area photonic crystals (PhCs) Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), researchers from ETH Zurich have fabricated a device with 5W surface-emitting peak power when driven in pulsed operation. by Julien Happich @ eenewseurope.com Their...
Continue ReadingSlamtec Mapper M1M1 ToF Laser Scanner Kit has 20M Range
The Slamtec Mapper has two models with a detection range of 20m and 40m. It can easily map for home scenes or commercial, light industrial scenes. The following picture shows the M1M1 map function with a 134 meters * 111 meters underground parking lot. In the handheld mode, the...
Continue ReadingOsram enables projections with the smartphone
Laser technology from Osram transforms smartphones into beamers. Green lasers for projector applications need to have not only outstanding beam characteristics but also a high optical performance in order to deliver sharp and bright images. Although a projector also needs red and blue...
Continue ReadingDIY Pen/Laser Engraver ESP32 Controller
Buildlog.Net Blog published a new project. It's an ESP32 Controller board used to control X/Y and Z axis of Pen or Laser engraving machines. I have done several pen and laser machines lately, so I decided to create a custom PCB for Grbl_ESP32 for these types of machines. This is a...
Continue ReadingFemtosecond Electronics With Plasmonic Hot Electron Nano-emitters
A team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) physicists Alexander Holleitner and Reinhard Kienberger has found success for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on a chip. They made this possible by using asymmetric metal antennas only a few nanometers in...
Continue ReadingLaser Beam Wireless Smartphone Chargers: The Next Big Thing
Cellphone chargers have been in existence for years and have grown from one stage to another. It started with the mobile phone traditional charger which had a USB interface, a DC converter, and a charging plug and now has expanded to a close-range inductive wireless charging. The commonly...
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