Monthly Archives: June 2021
Successful Laser Interception of a Drone
A series of interception tests was successfully completed employing an airborne High-Power Laser Weapon System. The system successfully intercepted several UAVs in mid-air, at various ranges and altitudes. These successful tests, a collaboration between the Israel Ministry of Defense, Israeli Air Force and Elbit Systems, make Israel among the first countries to demonstrate such a … Continue reading
Superlum Diodes Introduces New SLDs at 780 nm
Superlum Diodes announces two new 780-nm SLDs. New medium power SLDs P/N 785G20P5 substitute for SLD-38-MP devices at the 780 nm range. They provide higher power (up to 5 mW instead of 3 mW) while other parameters are the same. This makes them a drop-in replacement of SLD-38-MP-780. The new high power SLDs 785G15P20 provide up to 20 … Continue reading
Stabilizing Experiments with a Micropipette
Bioengineering is constantly evolving and improving to create more precise mechanical characteristics for materials. Herzan‘s vibration control platforms and acoustic enclosures help researchers around the world improve their data. This Herzan Case Study demonstrates the improved stability of research equipment “on the second story of a shaky building” according to the customer. Application: Nanoscale … Continue reading
Producing Ultrastiff Graphene with Direct Laser Writing
Graphene has exceptionally high in-plane strength but exceptionally low out-of-plane stiffness, making it flimsy and hard to handle. Here, researchers show that using a laser writing technique called optical forging increases graphene bending stiffness up to five orders of magnitude, opening venues for a plethora of new applications, such as GHz resonators and 3D scaffolds. Direct laser writing … Continue reading
Variable Multibeam Tool Enables High Accuracy and Throughput
In an article entitled, “Variable multibeam tool enables high accuracy and throughput”, the authors write: Miniaturization drives the industry. While feature densities increase due to the smaller structure sizes required in electronics and display manufacturing, laser scanning speed must also increase to hit throughput targets in terms of moves per second for drilling and other … Continue reading