Biomedical lasers are experiencing strong growth, with a move toward diode and fiber lasers. Current trends in biomedical laser therapeutics are characterizing the dynamic nature of this important market.
Laser diodes are efficient, narrowband, bright, and have a long life, making them the ideal laser-pump source, and can be made to produce extremely high optical powers.
Directed energy weapons first took a step towards reality in the 1980s under President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), dubbed “Star Wars” by the media.