NKT Photonics has added extra features to its Origami XP femtosecond laser series to make it an even better choice for industrial OEM and research applications such as display, medical-device, and electronic manufacturing
Benno Oderkerk, president of EPIC (right) welcomes Basil Garabet to the EPIC board of directors
Basil holds an MSc in Lasers and Their Applications and has extensive 37 year international management experience from leading positions in the photonics industry
Driven by sheet metal processing, system and fibre vendors are combining beams with high reliability, finds Andy Extance
Matthew Dale reports from Lasys, the international trade fair for laser material processing
AeroPULSE FS is NKT Photonics’ new range of industrial femtosecond lasers with variable pulse length
NKT Photonics will display its range of industrial ultrafast lasers
NKT Photonics has entered into an agreement to acquire Onefive, an ultrafast laser manufacturer headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland
Jessica Rowbury reports from a Photonics West panel, where possible implications of Brexit and the Trump administration were debated
NKT Photonics has released the Koheras Basik X15, ultra low noise fibre laser for the growing fibre sensing market. The X15 has low phase noise below 1 μrad/√Hz combined with a narrow hertz-range linewidth performance
Bernabé Cárcel, Samuel López, and Rocío Ruiz share how the Rectorans project is addressing ongoing challenges in the transport sector
Gwenn Pallier, Jannik Lind and Jorge Luis Arias Otero provide an update on the results of the Custodian project
Handheld laser welding systems promise flexibility in processing, but present numerous hazards that must be dealt with before they can be used safely. (Shutterstock/Dizfoto)
Matthew Dale asks experts whether this emerging application poses any risks to the user
The new method recorded 6GB of data in a one-inch silica glass sample, with each square measuring just 8.8 x 8.8mm.
Fast and energy-efficient laser writing could help solve ongoing data storage challenges
Hydrogen fuel cells could provide a suitable alternative to plug-in electric HGVs, where the weight of the battery could prove to be an issue. (Image: Shutterstock/Audeo und werbung)
New laser technology could help make hydrogen-powered vehicles commercially viable, David Stuart finds
Laser depaneling systems such as this achieve higher output by higher effective cutting speed and cutting quality. (Image: LPKF)
Productronica exhibitors shared some of the latest trends in electronics manufacturing with Abigail Williams
AI is now being used to improve the design of computer chips. (Image: Shutterstock/Connect world)
At ICALEO 2021 Matthew Dale learned of the numerous ways that AI can optimise laser-based manufacturing
Mikhail Sokolov, Pasquale Franciosa, and Dariusz Ceglarek of the University of Warwick, describe how new laser technologies can overcome dissimilar material welding challenges
Lea Sauerwein, Christian Ebenhöh and René Geiger, of Evosys Laser, describe the development of a new optimised polymer welding process
