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    The 2020 Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar—Uncertainty amid success

    March 24, 2020
    The global laser markets developed very differently in 2019: While the average prices for lasers in material processing dropped substantially, the revenue for semiconductor lasers such as VCSELs was very healthy.
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    The global laser markets developed very differently in 2019: While the average prices for lasers in material processing dropped substantially, the revenue for semiconductor lasers such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) was very healthy. Overall, it was a good year with more than 4% growth of the total laser market. 2020 will depend very much on further developments in China, where the impact of the COVID-19 disease on the overall economic situation is just one of several uncertainties.

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    Andreas Thoss | Contributing Editor, Germany

    Andreas Thoss is the Managing Director of THOSS Media (Berlin) and has many years of experience in photonics-related research, publishing, marketing, and public relations. He worked with John Wiley & Sons until 2010, when he founded THOSS Media. In 2012, he founded the scientific journal Advanced Optical Technologies. His university research focused on ultrashort and ultra-intense laser pulses, and he holds several patents.

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