Medical Applications Drive Laser Physics Citations

摘要

The last throe papers on the grid for the Physics Top '('en feature advances in laser physics. The technical developments recorded in #8 and #9 arc of strong interest for medical applications, particularly the design of laser tools for ophthalmology. Paper #10 on nanolaseis is intriguing because it tells ol a breakthrough in realizing ultracompact lasers with coherent light beams squeezed to about: 1% of the diffraction limit. Paper #8 reports a continuous wave diode-laser with emission at the 589 ran Na Dz line. The crucial point concerns the device's operating wavelength. Orange-yellow lasers have a multitude of potential applications in medicine, biology, display technology, and even the creation of laser guide stars for astronomical telescopes.