Edmund Optics offers two new objectives from AdlOptica
28 November 2021
Edmund Optics now offers two new objectives from AdlOptica that enable a growing range of laser optics applications
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Joerg Volpp is an associate professor and Adrien da Silva is a PhD student at the Luleå University of Technology.
New refractive beam shaping methods for laser materials processing
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Joerg Volpp and Adrien da Silva, at the Luleå University of Technology, investigate beam shaping possibilities for high-power processing
TrioFokus zoom collimator for multi-kW lasers
20 November 2018
The size of the laser working spot of multi-kW fibre lasers or fibre-coupled lasers can be varied easily using AdlOptica’s new zoom collimator TrioFokus
Multi-focal beam shaping optics for multi-kW lasers
26 October 2018
AdlOptics' new QuattroXX beam shaping optics are able to split the energy of a beam from a multi-kW fibre laser or a fibre-coupled laser and focus it into multiple points for welding, cladding, and brazing applications
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