Lasers

Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU)
An independent non-profit making organisation that serves the needs and interests of the industrial laser community and helps people make the most of laser technology.
http://www.ailu.org.uk

Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Amsterdam
A high-quality page of the research, meetings and people involved with University of Amsterdam's Atomic and Laser Physics Group. Links to research documents in PDF (English).
http://www.science.uva.nl/research/aplp/

Cambridge University Press Journals - Laser and Particle Beams
An international journal which deals with the physics of intense laser and particle beams, the interaction of these beams with matter, and their applications. You can subscribe to the online journal or purchase specific articles.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LPB

Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
Located at the University of Michigan. Cutting edge information on current research and development in the field of ultrafast laser technology.
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/CUOS/

Eurotechnology: Blue Laser
Slide show and other information about gallium nitride blue light emitters and lasers.
http://www.eurotechnology.com/bluelaser/

Holograte, JSC
Offers holograms, holographic stikers, hot stamping foils, laminates, diffraction gratings: concave, convex, with aberration correction, plane, for pulse laser comprsseion, scale measurement and spectral devices.
http://www.holograte.com/eng/

How Stuff Works: Laser
Seven-part illustrated tutorial about what a laser is, with many related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/laser.htm

IEEE LEOS
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
http://www.i-leos.org

Institute for Laser Science (ILS)
Researches on Lasers, Atom optics, Physics of Highly Charged Ions. ILS is attached to the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.ils.uec.ac.jp/

The Laser and Fiber Optic Revolution
This article describes the conception and development of both laser technology and the fibers that allow transmission of a light signal over long distances.
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/laser?OpenDocument

Laser Engineering at the University of Liverpool
Resource for laser engineering which includes: information on laser activities at Liverpool, courses in lasers, directory of laser practitioners, events, jobs, books for purchase, news, online research resources, information on Lairdside Laser Engineering Centre.
http://www.lasers.org.uk

Laser FAQ
contains information regarding laser terminology, construction and principles. There are a lot of links to laser physics sites.
http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/sam/lasersam.htm

Laser Focus World - Optoelectronics Technology
Magazine of optoelectronic technologies, industrial lasers, detectors, imaging devices, fiberoptic components, and instrumentation advancements for optoelectronic professionals.
http://lfw.pennnet.com/home.cfm

The Laser, Optics and Holography Ring
Professional and hobbyist sites primarily about lasers and their uses.
http://x.webring.com/hub?ring=nightlase

Laser Science Research Laboratory (LSRL)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); research involving high power lasers and SBS-PCM (Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Phase Conjugation Mirror).
http://lsrl.kaist.ac.kr/

Laser Sensors and Research
A description of research related to applications of lasers in several areas at Old Dominion University.
http://www.ece.odu.edu/~adharams/

Laser Systems Laboratory
Researches and develops and various Dye Lasers and Ti:Sapphire Lasers; at Novosibirsk State University.
http://www.nsu.ru/srd/lls/english/index.htm

Laser Systems Ltd.
Laser Systems, Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia is a developer and exporter of laser equipment. The site reports its activities and achievements in Science and research, design and engineering, information technologies and study and tests of various lasers and laser systems.
http://www.lsystems.ru

Lasers and Optics Index
Links to the web pages of research groups in the field of lasers and optics in the UK, Ireland and the USA.
http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/

National Centre for Laser Applications
The National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA) conducts research and development of laser materials processing. Research areas of interest include micromachining, cutting, marking, welding, and surface modifcation.
http://www.ncla.ie/

Optical Trapping Group - University of St. Andrews
Main activities involve using laser light to manipulate both atoms and microscopic particles. Other work involves the development of diode lasers for spectroscopy and the study of novel light beams.
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~atomtrap/

Photonics Jobs
Job listings and resumes in fields of lasers, optics and photonics.
http://www.laserjobs.com/

Research works on infrared laser sensing
this site is devoted to the research in the field of laser sensing and deals with infrared heterodyne spectroscopy, tunable semiconductor laser sources in the middle infrared and their uses in molecular detection.
http://damien.weidmann.free.fr/

Sargent Research Group
University of Toronto; research in semiconductor lasers, self-organized optical structures, novel light-emitting materials, and new optical networks.
http://www.light.utoronto.ca/tsargent/

Stimulated optical radiation in ruby
An essay explaining the first laser ever - published in Nature magazine and written by T.H. Maiman.
http://www.geocities.com/anyonevague/essays/laser.htm

Web Science Resources' Laser Tutorial
A brief introduction to laser operation written for those who have little or no knowledge of lasers. Each page builds on the concepts of the previous page and features color illustrations, some of them animated.
http://members.aol.com/WSRnet/tut/ut1.htm

What is laser?
Fact-Index dictionary can tell you everything about it. It contains mainly basic information for beginners but still can be useful for professional.
http://www.fact-index.com/l/la/laser.html

Zeelase Laser Educational Programs
on homepage of this project you find the links to various courses (Short, custom and video) in lasers and laser-related fields.
http://www.zeelase.com/

Ultraviolet Laser at DESY
A free electron laser has reached wavelength of 93 nm. From Physics News Update. <small>(March 3, 2000)</small>
http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2000/split/pnu473-1.htm