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More information: Zhitao Zhang et al, Compact narrow-linewidth solid-state 193-nm pulsed laser source utilizing an optical parametric amplifier and its vortex beam generation, Advanced Photonics ...

First Uv Solid-State Microcavity Laser Demonstrated. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2000 / 10 / 001026091106.htm. Sandia National Laboratories.

The team is the first to demonstrate "solid-state laser refrigeration of nanoscale sensors," added Pauzauskie, who is also a faculty member at the UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute and ...

First UV Solid-State Laser. By Kristin Leutwyler. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter. Email Address. ... As the laser's name implies, ...

When the 100kW SSL laboratory device is relocated to HELSTF, the laser will be coupled to an existing beam director to establish a Solid State Laser Testbed Experiment.

Skylark Lasers has appointed Christopher Madin as its new chief executive. He brings more than 20 years of leadership ...

Solid-state lasers are lasers made from crystalline materials. The very first laser used ruby as a solid-state active region in 1960, and there are now hundreds of known alternatives.

In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a Navy ship. The Navy since then has been ...

The team is the first to demonstrate "solid-state laser refrigeration of nanoscale sensors," added Pauzauskie, who is also a faculty member at the UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute and ...