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Historic Lasers Find New Life in Niche Applications

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David Havrilla, !%Trumpf Inc.%!

With all the hoopla surrounding new high-brightness lasers such as disk and fiber, some think the death knell is sounding for CO2, lamp-pumped and other older, well-established types. However, the lack of a one-size-fits-all laser means these classics are far from giving up the ghost. In the years since the introduction of high-power disk and fiber lasers, we have witnessed not only the resilience of the historic industrial lasers, but also enormous advances in direct-diode lasers. In fact, the direct-diode laser, which preceded disk and fiber, is certain to be somewhat disruptive to the...Read full article

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    Published: September 2011
    aluminumCO2 lasersDavid Havrilladiode lasersdirect-diode lasersdisk lasersenergyFeaturesfiber lasersindustrialindustrial laserslamp-pumped lasersmanufacturingmaterials processingmetal processingpulsed lasersQuasi-CW fiber lasersTrumpf Inc.TruPulseweldingLasers

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