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Fiber Lasers: Continuing to Power Growth
Bryce Samson, IPG Photonics Corporation

Early fiber lasers were inefficient and limited to low powers, until more effective methods emerged to deliver the pump light into the cladding. Valentin Gapontsev, founder and CEO of IPG Photonics,...

Fiber Optics: Understanding the Basics
Engineering and Marketing Staff, OFS

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

Lasers: Understanding the Basics
Coherent Inc.

Over 60 years have passed since the first demonstration of a laser in 1960. After the initial spark of interest, lasers were for a while categorized as “a solution waiting for a problem,”...

Beam Diagnostics: Meeting the Need for High Quality
Coherent, Inc.

For any discussion of laser beam diagnostics, it is first necessary to define some terms that characterize beam properties. Broad definitions can include measurements of laser energy or power,...

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