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With a broad range of high-analytical key performance indicators and the durability to withstand rugged operating conditions, femtosecond fiber lasers can satisfy the variable demands of users across an extremely broad market cross-section.

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Lasers are often integral to the production of components for a range of application areas, including medical device manufacturing. These parts are then integrated in numerous products that vary from…

Fiber-chirped pulse amplification (FCPA) technology has been revolutionary in producing ultrashort pulsed lasers, which have since been used for material processing concepts in a wide range of market sectors. With a unique combination of ultrafast hi…

An abundance of distinct laser technologies exist today, but each type is built on early research in light-amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser). This ground-breaking technology is now characterized…

Polymers and their polyimide subset are common in high tech manufacturing because they are mechanically stable, are good electrical insulators, and are inert. They are often used as:

• Printed circuit boards (PCBs),
• Substrates …
  

Early proponents of laser technologies believed they could push the frontiers of optical imaging and measurement techniques, from interferometry to radar. Yet lasers were not developed with a specific application…

Eliminating the Heat-Affected Zone

Heat is energy transfer from one location to others. How much and how quickly the energy is transferred is determined by the material’s properties: thermal conductivity, heat diffusivity, etc. Generally, metals h…

The ablation process is the underlying mechanism for laser machining. Conventional pulsed-laser machining techniques dissociate matter at atomic and molecular levels via the deposition of laser radiation. The absorbed laser energy is transferred to t…