California-based Oclaro Inc. has agreed to acquire the local Spectra-Physics operation of Newport Corp. as part of an asset-exchange deal. Oclaro plans to consolidate some of Spectra-Physics' laser ...

We've learned about light and how to bend it to our will. But what can we LEARN from it? Light is everywhere … but it’s not as predictable as you might think. It’s a wave that travels in straight ...

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces the Excelsior One continuous-wave (CW) lasers series. The new line of ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared (NIR) CW lasers integrate ...

Certain isotopes such as Indium-115 (In-115) are extremely long lived, taking over 100 trillon years for half of the Indium atoms to decay away. These isotopes allow scientists to probe the precise ...

Kinky particles: the GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India depicted with a simulated cosmic ray shower. The inset shows the cosmic ray proton spectrum measurement by GRAPES-3 along with observations by ...

Long-term study The HESS observatory in Namibia has made a “unique measurement” of the electron and positron cosmic ray spectrum. (Courtesy: Klepser/DESY/HESS collaboration/CC BY-SA 3.0) A new ...

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Explorer One, the world’s smallest, actively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) ultraviolet (UV) lasers. The unique “It’s in the Box™” ...

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