LASER World of Photonics Product Preview: 2015 exhibit to continue growth streak

The LASER World of Photonics trade fair—held biennially in Munich, Germany—has drawn more than 26,000 attendees who work in lasers and optics and hosted more than 1100 exhibitors. This year's event, which will take place June 22–25, 2015 at the Messe München site, is no different: the event's organizers expect 27,000 attendees from more than 70 countries, and will welcome more than 1180 exhibitors to showcase their newest optics and photonics products and services.

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Due to its large size, the exhibition will be spread throughout five different halls, growing from four halls at the 2013 event. The following list represents our coverage of some of the products expected to be demonstrated in these halls, broken down by product category. (Each link points to the companies' hall and booth numbers, too.)

DETECTORS & IMAGING

• Infrared microscopy platform from Daylight Solutions
• Single-photon detector from ID Quantique

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS

• Laser cleaver from OpTek Systems

LASERS & SOURCES

• Diode laser cladding system from Apollo Instruments
• High-brightness fiber laser pump modules from DILAS
• DFB laser diodes from Eagleyard Photonics
• Laser material processing system from Erlas Erlanger Lasertechnik
• Fiber amplifier from Keopsys
• 4 kW laser processing head from Laser Mech
• Ultrafast laser sources from Laser Quantum
• 3D printer from Nanoscribe
• 405 nm high-power laser from Necsel
• Fiber lasers for industrial materials processing from nLIGHT
• Industrial picosecond fiber laser from Nufern
• 1490 nm pulsed laser diode from OSI Laser Diode
  
• 1064 nm butterfly pulsed laser module from Photodigm
• Lasers for bioimaging from Photonics Industries
• Mid-IR DPSS lasers from Quantum Composers
• Two-chip laser package from SemiNex
• Industrial femtosecond laser from Spectra-Physics
• Ultrafast fiber laser from Toptica Photonics

OPTICS

• Polarizers for sensor and measurement applications from Codixx
• Linear variable visible bandpass filter from Delta Optical Thin Film
• Aspheric lenses from Edmund Optics
• Diffractive optical element from Holo/Or
• Stilbene scintillation crystals from Inrad Optics
• Pulse compression gratings from Jenoptik
• Laser optics assemblies from RMI

POSITIONING, SUPPORT & ACCESSORIES

• Scan head from Lincoln Laser
• Two-stage Faraday isolators from Qioptiq
• Laser scanner for microprocessing from Scanlab

SOFTWARE

• Optical design software from Lambda Research Corp.

SPECTROSCOPY

• Compact spectral sensor from Ocean Optics

TEST & MEASUREMENT

• Laser beam profiler from Duma Optronics
• Handheld laser power meter from Gentec-EO
• Laser beam profiling camera from Ophir-Spiricon

For far more information on this event, please visit www.world-of-photonics.com—also be sure to follow along with our coverage of the event on Twitter (@LaserFocusWorld) under the hashtag #LFWMunich.