Germany-based companies, 3D-Micromac AG, a provider of laser micromachining systems, and EOS GmbH, an e-Manufacturing group, have teamed up to form a new organization dubbed 3D MicroPrint GmbH. The ...

Medical grade polymer tubing is an essential component in various medical and healthcare devices and instruments due to its outstanding attributes, including exceptional durability, sterilization ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that 3D-printed polymer-based micro-optics can withstand the heat and power levels that occur inside a laser. The advance enables inexpensive, compact, and ...

This paper proposes a novel “micro-gun” structure for laser pulse propulsion. The “micro-bullets” (glass microspheres) are irradiated by a laser pulse with a 10 ns duration in a dynamic process.

Until 2016, it was impossible to incorporate a femtosecond laser—an ultra-short pulse duration laser—onto a 5-axis machine. This was first realized by the Swiss group Georg Fischer in 2016, thereby ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones. It's also happening—at a smaller scale—in a Colorado State University ...

Laser-assisted machining (LAM) hard, brittle materials, such as semiconductors and ceramics, utilizes a laser to heat an area to soften it before it is machined. The rest of the work piece is not ...

The global manufacturing landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Artificial intelligence-driven production has moved beyond the experimental phase into full-scale, production-grade deployment across ...

Optical micro-resonators have broad applications. They are used, for example, to enhance light–matter interactions in optical sensors or as model systems for investigating fundamental physical ...

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Combining a Michelson interferometer with a 650-nm semiconductor laser in a single compact package, the DS-80 micro laser interferometer provides continuous and accurate detection of tiny movements in ...