SPI Lasers Rebrands Under TRUMPF Umbrella

Spectral technology company Ocean Insight will relaunch its Ocean Optics brand, which the company used from its founding in 1989 until retiring the brand in 2019. The move comes as part of a company...

The University of Twente opened its BioImaging Centre, which serves as the core facility for microscopy at the university’s Technical Medical Centre. The facility is equipped with confocal...

Quantum technology company PsiQuantum expanded its development agreement with SkyWater Technology and its plan to produce silicon photonic chips that will become part of future quantum computing...

Automotive technology solutions developer indie Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company whose technology supports driver safety and automation, has acquired EXALOS AG. The Swiss photonics...

The TruFiber 2000 P fiber laser from TRUMPF features automatic laser power control to compensate for the effects of diode aging. Using the latest optical engines, the 2-kW device provides high...

The TruMicro Mark 1020 from TRUMPF is a ultrashort pulse laser marking system for medical, microprocessing, and line production applications. Utilizing short pulses, operators can mark components and...

The TruMark 7050 laser system from TRUMPF features integrated scanner and software for applications with short process cycle times. Users can join different types of metals using spot welding,...

TruDisk high-power, solid-state lasers from TRUMPF SE and Co. KG are suitable for cutting, welding, and machining surfaces. Its BrightLine technology features a two-in-one laser light cable...

Photonics is the study of light and other types of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The impact of photonics on research, technology, navigation, culture, astronomy, forensics, and...

The ubiquitous Nd:YAG laser has played many roles over the years. For the military, it has provided rangefinding and target designation capabilities. When used with nonlinear optics or as a pump...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

When purchasing an industrial laser system, the astute buyer will look for a Class 1 laser product — a system where the laser beam hazard is completely enclosed and there is no potential laser...

The Lumispot Tech LSP-LRS-0310F is a compact and lightweight laser rangefinder module, notable for being the smallest of its kind, weighing only 33 g. It is a highly precise tool for measuring...

DRS Daylight Solutions has launched Stretto, a family of external cavity diode lasers operating from ultraviolet wavelengths through to the infrared. Drawing its name from the intricate overlapping...

3m.i.k.r.o.n.™ is the technology platform for compact, efficient, fast and reliable lasers for a wide range of potential applications in the field of medical engineering and industry.

Block Engineering's widely tunable mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers are designed for use by researchers and manufacturers. Our next generation design features a six-fold increase in laser power,...

Fiber lasers are pivotal to many processes in the e-mobility manufacturing chain. Jack Gabzdyl discusses several fiber laser applications. In battery manufacture, fiber lasers are extensively used in...

Industrial laser applications such as 3D printing and micromachining require a variety of scan systems to accommodate current market demands. A trade-off always exists between throughput, accuracy,...

This event is supported by the European initiatives presented and is moderated by EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium. The European Commission is helping companies access the...

To make e-mobility a real success, production processes must be profitable, efficient and reproduceable. Laser technology is an indispensable manufacturing tool and is used throughout the entire...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

Photonic crystals are artificial structures or materials designed to manipulate and control the flow of light in a manner analogous to how semiconductors control the flow of electrons. Photonic...

A pulse having extremely short duration, about 10-13 to 10-10 s, that is produced by mode locking of wide-bandwidth lasers, such as the organic dye and ruby lasers. Picosecond pulses are used in the...

Glass containing small quantities of neodymium oxide that is used as a filter plate in color television or as a lasing medium (Nd:glass) in solid-state lasers.

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

Edinburgh Instruments is a world-leader in both single photon counting and time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) based fluorescence spectrometers. Our product range includes: FLS1000...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

At the exhibition, BWT exhibited more than 20 types of diode lasers, fiber lasers, and ultrafast lasers.

A fiber Bragg grating is a type of optical filter that is inscribed or "written" into the core of an optical fiber. It consists of a periodic modulation of the refractive index along the length of...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...

LASER SAFETY • Eyewear • Barriers • Windows • Training laservision USA designs and manufactures a comprehensive assortment of custom-made laser safety eyewear that attenuates...