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Fiber Lasers: Not Just for Materials Processing Anymore

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After displacing conventional lasers in the factory, they target new applications.

Robert Afzal and Andrew Brown, Aculight Corp.

Fiber lasers, once laboratory curiosities, evolved first into the workhorses of telecommunications. In their second transformation, they found work in a host of marking, welding and cutting applications on the factory floor. Today the versatile instruments are proving their worth in a range of established and emerging applications, from medical procedures to directed-energy weapons systems to airborne active imaging platforms. The intrinsic geometry of fiber lasers (a) offers a compact, robust source with high power, excellent pulse stability and conversion efficiency up to 30...Read full article

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    Published: September 2008
    CommunicationsdefenseFeaturesfiber lasersindustrialMaterialsSensors & Detectorstelecommunicationswelding

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