Author:CSIRDate:Dec 2007The CSIR provides a critical core of laser technology knowledge and expertise through the research, development and implementation of laser based technologies and applications in Africa. This knowledge, housed at the CSIR National Laser Centre, ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Aug 2009The CSIR provides a critical core of laser technology knowledge and expertise through the research, development and implementation of laser based technologies and applications in Africa. This knowledge, housed at the CSIR National Laser Centre, ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Dec 2008The CSIR provides a critical core of laser technology knowledge and expertise through the research, development and implementation of laser based technologies and applications in Africa. This knowledge, housed at the CSIR National Laser Centre, ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Mar 2008The CSIR provides a critical core of laser technology knowledge and expertise through the research, development and implementation of laser based technologies and applications in Africa. This knowledge, housed at the CSIR National Laser Centre, ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Mar 2009'S&T for global impact', the theme of this ScienceScope, features a selection of multidisciplinary projects with collaborators outside South Africa's borders from as near-by as Namibia to as far away as Russia and the Caribbean. CSIR's work ...Read more
Author:Esser, MJD; Bollig, C; Preussler, DRDate:2006In this work, the thermal lenses generated in diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 lasers were evaluated and compared using a simple technique based on the stability criteria of a plane-parallel laser resonator [example 1], as shown in the ...Read more
Author:Tshabalala, Lerato C; Pityana, Sisa L; Mbaya, RDate:2012This article will illustrate the correlation between microstructural and microhardness changes in high-strength-low-alloy steel that occur as a result of laser-bending. Laser bending is a process of bending metal shapes using the laser beam ...Read more
Author:Burger, HP; Klopper, WDate:2006The Automotive Industry uses large volumes of woven synthetic cloth in their paint shops. The cloth is used to clean the car bodies prior to painting. A basic requirement for this application is that the cloth is lint free to avoid blemishes ...Read more
Author:Esser, DDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the development path of new solid-state laser technology, which is taken from the underlying laser physics to challenging real world applications, is shown.Read more
Author:Schulze, C; Dudley, Angela L; Brüning, R; Duparré, M; Forbes, ADate:Sep 2014We present the measurement of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) density of Bessel beams and superpositions thereof by projection into a Laguerre–Gaussian basis. This projection is performed by an all-optical inner product measurement performed ...Read more
Author:Bollig, C; Forbes, A; Dlamini, TDate:Dec 2007This document gives an overview of the development of photonics in South Africa. The development of science, engineering and technology (SET) has been identified as one of the key elements for the long-term sustainability and competitiveness ...Read more
Author:Oyesola, M; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Mpofu, K; Fatoba, SDate:May 2018Ever changing products, technology and competition make manufacturing a challenging task with respect to responding to market opportunities. A key technology exploited for revolutionary change in the phase of manufacturing competitiveness is ...Read more