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    • Laser Processing

    The laserfocusworld.com Laser Processing channel features articles and other content that discuss industrial laser applications and technology.

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    Laser Processing

    Visiting the AKL '24 conference in Aachen, Germany

    Ron Schaeffer
    April 25, 2024
    Here are some post-show thoughts about the International Laser Technology Congress (AKL '24) held April 17-19.
    Fiber Optics

    Hollow-core fibers revolutionize green laser technology

    Qiang Fu
    March 27, 2024
    Researchers made a significant breakthrough in laser and fiber technology, which showcases the potential for the long-distance fiber delivery of high-power green laser pulses ...
    (Image credit: TRUMPF Scientific Lasers)
    Laser Processing

    Enabling better EV battery technology

    Patricia Panchak
    March 21, 2024
    A look inside the technological advances a TRUMPF-led project must overcome to create a compact, high-brilliance x-ray source for analyzing electric car batteries.
    (Image credit: EPFL/Gözden Torun)
    Lasers & Sources

    What happens if you etch tellurite glass with a femtosecond laser?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 22, 2024
    Serendipity in the form of an active photoconductive material—a semiconductor phase embedded within glass—that generates a current reliably for months when exposed ultraviolet...
    (Image credit: Fluence)
    Laser Processing

    Femtosecond fiber lasers improve processing of ultrathin glass and polymers

    Patricia Panchak
    Jan. 9, 2024
    A higher quality edge, without compromising speed or efficiencies, provides promise for new applications.
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    Executive Forum

    China’s industrial laser market shows steady growth in turbulent times

    Bo Gu
    Dec. 8, 2023
    This in-depth market update focuses on trends in laser processing and industrial lasers while touching on what to expect in the ultrafast laser, fiber laser, LiDAR, and handheld...
    (Image credit: DELO Industrial Adhesives)
    Optics

    Monolithic integration of functional structures into micro-optical elements

    Stephan Prinz
    Dec. 6, 2023
    A polymer-only ultraviolet imprint process potentially saves costs, simplifies the process, and increases the reliability of the optical element.
    Software & Accessories

    Yaw and pitch series stages have use in laser processing applications

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 15, 2023
    Yaw-and-Pitch Stages integrate goniometers as the lower stage and rotary stages.
    Crp Technology
    Laser Processing

    Thermoplastic polyurethane has use in laser sintering

    LFW Staff
    Nov. 8, 2023
    Windform TPU is a thermoplastic polyurethane that is white-colored, elastic, flexible, resistant to impact, and soft, with elongation at break value >400%.