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Laser Technology News 15 June 2025 - 8 October 2025

Nuburu’s Blue Laser Revolution: Defense Pivot Propels BURU Stock to Skyrocket

Nuburu’s Blue Laser Revolution: Defense Pivot Propels BURU Stock to Skyrocket

Key Facts & Stock Snapshot (as of Oct 8, 2025) Company Background: From Blue Lasers to Defense Tech Pivot Nuburu’s Origins: Nuburu was founded in 2015 to develop high-power, high-brightness blue lasers for industrial applications ir.nuburu.net ir.nuburu.net. Blue lasers operate at shorter wavelengths than traditional infrared lasers, allowing much higher absorption in metals like copper, aluminum, gold, etc. The result is dramatically faster and higher-quality welding and 3D printing of these materials – up to 8× faster weld speeds with minimal defects compared to IR lasers ts2.tech ts2.tech. Nuburu’s flagship products (e.g. AO series and newer NUBURU BL series lasers at 125–250 W) were designed for use
Laser vs. Radar: Shocking Secrets of Earth’s Shrinking Ice Revealed from Space

Laser vs. Radar: Shocking Secrets of Earth’s Shrinking Ice Revealed from Space

ICESat-2 (NASA) launched September 15, 2018 on a Delta II rocket and carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a photon-counting laser that operates from a ~481 km near-polar orbit (92°) with ground tracks repeating every 91 days to map ice sheets, sea-ice freeboard, glacier height, and forest canopy. CryoSat-2 (ESA) launched April 8, 2010 on a Dnepr rocket, in a ~717 km, 92° inclined drifting orbit not sun-synchronous and reaching up to 88° latitude to measure ice thickness on land and sea. ICESat-2 fires about 10,000 laser pulses per second (532 nm green) with six beams, producing an
Laser Wars in Orbit: The 2024-2030 Boom in Optical Inter-Satellite Links

Laser Wars in Orbit: The 2024-2030 Boom in Optical Inter-Satellite Links

In 2024 the global Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISL) market was about US$402 million and is projected to reach US$2.0 billion by 2030, a fivefold increase with roughly 30% CAGR. Major LEO mega-constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and the planned OneWeb Phase 2 are integrating optical inter-satellite links from the outset to boost capacity and reduce latency. The U.S. Space Development Agency standardizes an optical terminal interface at about 2.5 Gbps and is seeding multiple vendors to build compatible units, jump‑starting a domestic OISL supply chain. China’s Laser Starcom achieved a world-record 400 Gbps laser inter-satellite link test
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