When LIPSS were first discovered no-one truly knew how or why these surface ripples formed. This has now changed largely thanks to breakthrough research from physicist Jörn Bonse, staff scientist … Read more
Be it surface ablation on a medical implant or nanobubble formation in an encoder – Spain-based engineers have built an in-line monitoring unit to detect defects during laser structuring of … Read more
From learning about LIPSS to coping with coronavirus, Dr Yves Hernandez, Head of Applied Photonics at Multitel, explains how he and colleagues made the modules that bend and shape the … Read more
Be it for machine tools or solar plants, Dr Aitor Olarra has spent nearly two decades developing the encoders that determine positioning performance. Here he tells Laser4surf how he developed … Read more
Ainara Rodriguez is a researcher in high-precision laser processing at CEIT, a research institute in San Sebastian in Spain. She talks to ESCI about the environmental advantages of laser structuring, … Read more
Batteries set mechanisms in motion and have proved vital for any device since their invention almost 200 years ago. The development of lithium-ion batteries, which started about 50 years ago, … Read more
The main pillar of a sustainable future is a reliable energy system using renewable sources. One of the biggest challenges in reaching this aim is energy storage. Ultra-fast laser pulses … Read more
Tomás Morlanes is an optical technology manager at Fagor Automation in Spain. His job is to ensure that the automated systems developed, like linear encoders, measure movements correctly. Within the … Read more
Professor Gérard Mourou, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Professor Donna Strickland, for inventing chirped pulse amplification to create ultrashort, high intensity laser pulses. Here, he tells Laser4Surf … Read more
Marilys Blanchy is a Research & Development project manager at Rescoll. The French technology center is specialized in polymer science, adhesive and coating and has a subsidiary where medical devices … Read more