Military researchers are now proving that drones do not always need to carry their own fuel or batteries. In recent tests, ...

Laser Proximity Sensors use laser beams to detect the presence or absence of objects within a certain range. They are used in security systems, robotics, automation, and industrial processes, where ...

The energy sent is low-intensity, invisible infrared light, which allows ground-based solar projects to generate power even ...

NTT Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) conducted an optical wireless power transmission experiment using a laser beam to wirelessly transmit energy over a distance of one kilometer. By ...

PowerPhotonic, a developer and manufacturer of freeform, wafer-scale optics, based in Fife, UK, has this week been exhibiting and presenting an invited paper at SPIE Sensors and Imaging, in Amsterdam, ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works at room temperature, using a buried layer of glass-like material instead of ...

Calculating laser power density What is a LiDAR point cloud? Wide array of applications for lasers. LiDAR (light detection and ranging) can measure the distance of an object (measuring the time for ...

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 ...