CRAIC Technologies Inc of San Dimas, CA, USA has added Raman microspectroscopy to its flagship product: the 20/30 Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer. Users can now acquire Raman spectra by integrating the new Apollo II Raman ...
Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA (which makes high-power semiconductor laser components) has announced the commercial availability of its actively cooled laser bars, emitting 200W of ...
In hall B2, booth 350 at the Laser World of Photonics 2017 trade show in Munich, Germany (26–29 June), Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Hochstfrequenztechnik (FBH) – which offers the full value ...
Tags: FBH, UV LED Developments
Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that a new Apex SLR ICP (inductively coupled plasma) etch system from its Advanced Vacuum division in Lomma, Sweden (which supplies vacuum solutions including ...
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The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a new record high of €7.9 billion in 2012. Measured in euros the market grew 9 % over 2011, while measured in US-dollars the market grew only by 1 %. These observations ...
Annual production of laser-based manufacturing systems made by companies at German locations for the first time exceed the billion euro mark, according to data compiled by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), Laser and Laser Systems ...
Tags: Laser Systems, solid-state lasers
The total laser market will grow at a rate of 5.5% from 2013 through to 2019, bolstered by a double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in display and lightshow laser revenue, according to market research firm Strategies Unlimited's ...
If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
Tags: Rare Earth Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has signing an initial three-year supply contract with Philips Technologie GmbH for epitaxial wafers used for the manufacturing of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser ...
Tags: IQE VCSELs, Philips, Electrical, Electronics
Japan's Shimadzu Corp has developed a blue direct diode laser (DDL), providing what is claimed to be industry-leading brightness levels. The 10W-type laser is being exhibited at InterOpto 2013 at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan (16-18 October). ...
Tags: Blue laser diode, Electrical, Electronics
The patent-pending LED creates a more precise wavelength of UV light than today's commercially available UV LEDs, and runs at much lower voltages and is more compact than other experimental methods for creating precise wavelength UV light. ...
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Last decade has been called as one of the brightest phase in the history of industrial laser systems. With significant advancement in application and performance, laser marking systems have risen with much exponential rate than expected. ...
Tags: Fiber Laser, Manufacturing Tools
LASER is the short form for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation." The word radiation used in it does not refer to nuclear radiations rather it only constitute electromagnetic radiations. The electromagnetic spectrum ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, laser
LASER 2013: Laser market "at record high" – analyst 22 May 2013 …but global markets diverge and reflect exchange rate swings, says Optech Consulting. On the up: The global market for laser materials processing systems. The ...
Optical components, modules and subsystems developer Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced a distributed feedback (DFB) 1060nm laser diode module as the latest addition to its seed laser portfolio, designed for the seeding of ...
Tags: Oclaro, DFB seed laser