Laser Research Optics has introduced a new line of polarizing beam splitters and beam combiners for CO2 lasers from 100W up. They facilitate power measurements and beam alignment. Click here for ...

Laser aficionado [Martin Raynsford] has built up experience with various laser cutters over the years and felt he should write up a blog post detailing his first-hand findings with an often overlooked ...

A lot of the DIY laser engravers and cutters we cover here on Hackaday are made with laser diodes salvaged from Blu-ray drives and projectors, which are visible lasers in the 400 – 450nm range ...

The Lambda 421 beam combiner is a new, patented, concept for combining separate light sources with different spectra into a single common output beam. Each separate light source is collimated before ...

PowerPhotonic, a developer of freeform, wafer-scale optics, this week launched a new Variable Beam Shaper, while exhibiting at SPIE Sensors and Imaging exhibition and conference, in Edinburgh, UK. The ...