DIODE LASERS

A full-color brochure from Apollo Instruments Inc. highlights its high-brightness and high-power diode lasers, which have applications in such areas as the cutting of metal and plastics, selective hardening and cladding, and fiber and solid-state laser pumping. The 10-page document specifies the collimated laser diodes, which feature power output up to 1.5 kW, and the fiber-coupled laser diodes, which deliver up to 1 kW through a single fiber with core diameters ranging from 0.05 to 1 mm. Laser diode systems and drivers also are described, along with accessories and options.