Tunnel junction laser diodes promise highly efficient and powerful sources for AM and welding
10 August 2021
The novel laser diode prototypes leverage remote plasma chemical vapour deposition technology
Diode lasers
Laser diode heating increases productivity in LSG cutting
4 August 2021
At Vitrum 2021 in Milan The HEGA Group is showing the ProLam LSR, a newly developed cutting system for laminated safety glass equipped for the first time with the time-saving laser diode heating system as a machine in series production
The new 250J pulsed laser. (Image: Hamamatsu Photonics)
New pulsed laser system delivers 'world’s highest' pulse energy
6 July 2021
Hamamatsu Photonics' new system produces 250J pulse energy, the world’s highest among laser-diode-pumped lasers
Blue diode lasers can be used to weld copper hair pins in e-mobility production. (Image: Laserline)
Laserline increases beam quality of blue diode lasers
23 March 2021
The advances in beam quality are especially significant for joining applications related to electrical conductor technology
Primera announces new laser marking system
23 March 2021
The Catalyst system enables fast and easy production of highly durable, synthetic labels for a wide range of rough-service applications
New laser thermal processing equipment for surface quenching
26 February 2021
This equipment irradiates a laser beam with an output power of 2.5kW ideal for surface quenching onto steel materials of various shapes and sizes
Tailoring microstructures in metal additive manufacturing
24 February 2021
Manyalibo Matthews shares how a deeper understanding of laser powder bed fusion will lead to material innovations and new applications in additive manufacturing
Vector Photonics believes that PCSELs will enable an entirely new class of next generation, metal printers. (Image: Vector Photonics)
UK-Japan project developing diode lasers for metal 3D printing
27 January 2021
PCSELs are able to offer high power, high reliability and high manufacturing efficiency to rival that of the lasers currently used in 3D printing
Lumentum to acquire Coherent for $5.7bn
19 January 2021
Coherent's photonics and lasers businesses will be combined with Lumentum's telecom, datacom, and 3D sensing businesses
Nuburu awarded eight new patents across 3D printing and materials processing
6 January 2021
The patents cover material processing with visible Raman lasers, in addition to the technology required to build these single mode visible lasers
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