Seeking a gentler alternative, medical engineers have long explored laser technology. Because lasers operate without physical ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too ...

The Basel team modified its laser pulse from a Gaussian profile to a top-hat shape, theorizing that a beamshaping operation would prevent laser energy being consumed by the walls of the cut. A "capped ...

A beam profiler is an essential tool for any laser user. Carlos Roundy describes the options available and how to pick the right profiler for your application. Every laser user knows that they need a ...