Scientists show that it is possible to make a femtosecond laser that fits in the palm of one's hand using a glass substrate. Is it possible to make a femtosecond laser entirely out of glass? That's ...

When researchers at the Galatea laboratory in Switzerland set out to create a femtosecond laser in glass they weren’t certain it was going to work. To be precise, their goal was to create a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the virtual European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Martin Dirisamer, MD, PhD, speaks ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Today, most ophthalmologists use at least one laser every day in their practice. Lasers are widely applied in ...

Femtosecond lasers are turning nanostructures into a new kind of thermal hardware, where heat can be sculpted almost as precisely as light. By carving periodic patterns and buried modifications into ...

Glass! It’s a finicky thing. Strong as hell, yet chip it and glance at it the wrong way, and you’re left with a bunch of sharp rubbish. It’s at once adored for its clarity and smoothness, and decried ...

Considering customized cataract treatment options? The Moran Eye Center is now offering the most advanced laser surgery available with femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery (FLACS). When you ...

Is it possible to make a femtosecond laser entirely out of glass? That’s the rabbit hole that Yves Bellouard, head of EPFL’s Galatea Laboratory, went down after years of spending hours – and hours – ...