The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel nanotube-coated power measurement device developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for micro-engineering applications, received an order for the Model 9850 dual-beam infrared (IR) laser link-processing system from a new customer in Korea.

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a leading provider of world-class photonics and laser systems for microengineering applications, today introduced the Model 9830HD, the newest member of its family of link processing and yield improvement systems