From aerospace and astronomy to medical imaging and semiconductor manufacture, a vast range of applications rely on a little-known device. Meet the optical encoder. Whether it is a distance or … 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
Eco-friendlier, cheaper, with a bigger storage capacity and increased lifetime: many demands are made on the battery of the future. A Spanish team of researchers uses laser technology to design … 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
Successful processed nano structures on a stainless steel plate with help of a ultrashort pulse laser. This test was done to demonstrate the optical effect on the material surface. The … 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
