With a ruggedized, compact design, reliable pointing stability, and repeatable beam characteristics from laser to laser, Dart delivers high quality picosecond laser cutting and drilling even in tough industrial environments.
The Schunk Group is entering the field of laser technology and focusing on growth opportunities in this area
The rotating filter is just 70μm wide and 60μm tall with square openings that measure 6.5μm on each side. Scale bar: 10μm. (Image: Dong Wu, University of Science and Technology of China)
The microfilter was developed using a very precise 3D printing technique known as two-photon polymerisation
Up to 100 laser systems can be controlled and configured using the new system. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
The control system enables the automatic and remote installation of software for new lasers in just a few minutes
Spiral welds can be made at the interface between transparent material and metal to bond the two together. (Image: Heriot-Watt University)
Matthew Dale learns that ultrafast lasers can now be used to bond transparent materials to metals, unlocking a plethora of applications
Top: Atomic force microscopy images of a suspended graphene drum skin before and after optical forging. Bottom: How a material can become stiffer when corrugated. (Image: University of Jyväskylä)
The technique, known as optical forging, could open up a range of novel applications for the material
Ultrashort laser pulses can be used to store information in little voxels in quartz silica glass. (Image: Microsoft)
The technology has the potential to preserve data inside glass for millions of years without decaying
Coherent's picosecond laser system provides a turnkey solution for permanent, high contrast, contamination-free sub-surface UDI marking of stainless steel devices.
The blackened sample fabricated by the circularly polarized laser and its morphology. (Image: XIOPM)
The technique could have applications in fields such as aerospace, solar power, infrared imaging and the creation of artificial black bodies
The Jasper 100 delivers an extremely useful set of parameters for precision material processing, including a maximum average power of 100W at 200fs pulse duration
