Adding Fiber Pays Off for Industry
Jul 1, 2010 — For Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI) of Portland, Ore., getting fiber into its diet has been one key to success. Among other things, the company makes a line of micromachining systems for the semiconductor, flat panel display, photovoltaic and other industries. Some of these systems are powered by fiber lasers, a technology in which a fiber doped by rare earth elements, and typically pumped by a diode, acts as the lasing medium. The choice of when to go with this approach over an...