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Laser Focus World | Laser Engines Improve Life Sciences Applications

August 18, 2022. Multiwavelength laser engines, which combine laser sources with pre-aligned and stabilized free-space focusing optics or integrated fiber delivery systems, simplify alignment and integration tasks for fluorescence microscopists and flow cytometry OEMs.

Laser Engines Improve Life Sciences Applications

E-Motec | Silicon Carbide: Coming of Age in Electric Vehicle Powertrains

August, 2022. Using silicon carbide (SiC) for power switches enables higher power densities and switching efficiencies in electric vehicle (EV) powertrains.

Silicon Carbide: Coming of Age in Electric Vehicle Powertrains

Cignal AI | II-VI and ADVA Announce a Shakeup in the 100ZR Market

July 5, 2022. In June, II-VI and ADVA announced a joint collaboration on a QSFP28-based 100Gbps coherent pluggable optic (aka 100ZR) to be released next year. For the past several years, Cignal AI has been forecasting 100ZR optics demand for enterprise and network edge applications. This is the first announcement of a product designed specifically for this market, and it holds the promise of mass deployment of 100Gbps at the network’s edge.

WSJ | How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible

October 16, 2021. To peer deeper than ever into space, NASA needed optics of unprecedented size; the technology to make them was later repurposed to manufacture the display you might be looking at this very moment.

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New Markers for Semiconductor Applications

The PowerLine F QS series of green (532 nm) laser markers now offers a 3X increase in laser power and marking speed.

Coherent Announces New Markers for Semiconductor Application

BETTER BEAM POSITIONING FOR PRECISION REMOTE WELDING

HIGHvision machine vision system improves throughput in e-mobility and automotive welding tasks.

Better Beam Positioning For Precision Remote Welding

NEW CUTTING HEADS FOR FIBER LASERS UP TO 30 KW

High-speed cutting of sheet metal up to 50 mm thick, with high reliability and uptime.

NEW CUTTING HEADS FOR FIBER LASERS UP TO 30 KW

MDM Cutting Increasingly Uses Femtosecond Lasers

Many MDM applications are adopting cutting with femtosecond lasers due to a convergence of technical and market factors.

MDM Cutting Increasingly Uses Femtosecond Lasers

MDM Laser Cutting Machines – To Buy or To Build?

Read about four things you should consider when deciding to buy a laser cutting machine or risk building your own.

MDM Laser Cutting Machines – To Buy or To Build?

Cutting Specialty Metals in MDM Applications

Discover how laser cutting overcomes medical device manufacturing challenges with specialty metals.

Cutting Specialty Metals in MDM Applications

Lasers in Display Fabrication #1: Excimer Laser Annealing

Discover a process that is key to producing the latest generation of bright, high resolution, lower power consumption displays.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: Excimer Laser Annealing

Lasers in Display Fabrication #2: Laser Lift-Off

The ability to make displays on thick glass substrates, and then cleanly detach them near the end of production, is key to the practical manufacture of thin, flexible displays.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: Laser Lift-Off

Lasers in Display Fabrication #3: Cell & Polarizer Cutting

High volume FPD production relies on Coherent CO2 lasers to rapidly cut display “cells” and polarizers with excellent edge quality.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: Cell & Polarizer Cutting

Lasers in Display Fabrication #4: FlexOLED Shape & Hole Cutting

See how high-power ultrashort pulse lasers can make the precise cuts needed in nearly finished displays without damaging sensitive circuitry.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: FlexOLED Shape & Hole Cutting

Lasers in Display Fabrication #5: Coverglass & Window Cutting

Combining USP laser-based filamentation cutting technology with advanced optics enables precise process optimization for various FPD glass and sapphire cutting tasks.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: Coverglass & Window Cutting

Lasers in Display Fabrication #6: MicroLED Lift-Off, Transfer, and Repair

The ability to detach and accurately place thousands of MicroLEDs with a single laser pulse is an enabling process for automated assembly and repair of next-generation displays based on this technology.

Lasers in Display Fabrication: MicroLED Lift-Off, Transfer, and Repair

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INTAI: Precision Laser Cutting of “Difficult” Medical Devices

INTAI manufacturers a wide range of products for medical devices, automotive, aerospace, and much more, and powers precision manufacturing with Coherent StarCut Tube fiber lasers.

Intai Success Story

Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory: Coherent Supplies Optics for Ambitious Project

Coherent supplies optics and optical fabrication technology for one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever conceived – the Thirty Meter Telescope.

Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory: Optics from Coherent Give Telescopes a Bright Future

Dartmouth College: Coherent OBIS Lasers Power Research on Neurological Diseases

See why a team led by Prof Michael Hoppa at Dartmouth College chose an OBIS laser for their study of synaptic dysfunction and treatments for epilepsy and other neurological diseases.

Success story with Michael Hoppa of Dartmouth. OBIS lasers.

Watlow: Laser Welder Delivers Heat at Just the Right Spot

See how our Select Manual Laser Welder enables precision thermal solutions provider Watlow to produce a novel type of resistance heating element.

Wires laser bonded directly to the thermal spray layer of an inline circulation heater

XL Precision: Laser Machines Deliver for MDM

A leader in medical device and component manufacturing builds on strong growth by investing in more laser machines.

XL Precision Technologies services a worldwide base of customers

Fraunhofer CAP: High-performance Compact Tapered Amplifiers for Sensing Local Gravity Gradients

See how a team led by Dr Loyd McKnight in the Quantum Technologies Business Unit at the Fraunhofer Center for Applied Photonics used tapered amplified chips from Coherent to create a portable atom interferometer.

Fraunhofer CAP: High-performance Compact Tapered Amplifiers for Sensing Local Gravity Gradients

IMAG’IC at Institut Cochin: Ultrafast Laser Delivers Flexibility and Reliability for Lab Productivity

Discover how Dr Thomas Guilbert and team used a Coherent Chameleon laser to support cutting-edge tumor research and more.

IMAG’IC at Institut Cochin: Ultrafast Laser Delivers Flexibility and Reliability for Lab Productivity

Heraeus: Why Lasers Are Better for Platinum Cutting

Discover how the team at Heraeus uses a modern fiber laser to optimize platinum and precious metal cutting on the production line.

Heraeus: Why Lasers Are Better for Platinum Cutting

Tokyo Institute of Technology: KAGRA Relies on Low-Noise Mephisto

Discover how Prof Kentaro Somiya and his team at the Tokyo Institute of Technology use a low-noise Coherent Mephisto laser in their work with KAGRA, the Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope, the world's largest gravitational wave observatory.

KAGRA First Large-scale Gravitational Wave Telescope

University of California, San Diego: Amplifier Stability Enables 2D Spectroscopy

See how a group led by Prof Wei Xiong leveraged a Coherent Astrella amplifier to study the efficacy of heterogenous catalysts with 2D spectroscopy.

Astrella Laser Amplifier

University of Toronto: Multiphoton Microscopes Probes Social Behavior in Zebrafish

Discover how the University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, used Coherent lasers to understand the neurological basis of social memory deficits.

Multiphoton Microscope at the University of Toronto

Motion Dynamics: Versatile Laser Cutting for Neurological Sub-Assemblies

Motion Dynamics is a leading manufacturer of neurological sub-assemblies, including steerable catheters and “pull-wire” assemblies, making use of our StarCut Tube machines for precision cutting of key components.

Motion Dynamics

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Coherent Introduces 30 kW Laser Cutting Heads

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in advanced laser processing solutions, today announced that it introduced its next-generation flat sheet cutting laser head series with ultrahigh-power ratings reaching 30 kW.

COHERENT ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) REPORT 2022

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in materials, networking, and laser technology, today announced the publication of its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report 2022. The report outlines Coherent’s approach to enhancing sustainability and the global progress it has made in its commitment to corporate social responsibility.

Coherent Appoints Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng as Chief Technology Officer

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and laser technology, today announced that Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng, previously Senior VP and General Manager of Optoelectronic Devices and Modules, has become Chief Technology Officer of Coherent.

COHERENT ANNOUNCES ADVANCED INDUSTRY 4.0 INTEGRATION OF LASER WELDING HEAD VISION SYSTEM ENABLING A REVOLUTION IN EV BATTERY AND MOTOR MANUFACTURING

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in advanced laser processing solutions, today announced HIGHvision, a machine vision system for laser welding heads, that greatly improves the efficiency of manufacturing electric vehicle (EV) batteries and motors.

Coherent Wins Ecoc 2022 Award for Optical Integration With 400G Zr+ Qsfp-Dd-Dco Transceiver

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in optical communications transceivers, today announced that its 400G ZR+ QSFP-DD-DCO transceiver has won the 2022 ECOC Exhibition Industry Award for Optical Integration.

Coherent Thought Leaders to Present at ECOC 2022 and Showcase New Products With Live Technology Demonstrations

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), the world’s leading supplier of components and modules for optical communications, today announced that it is exhibiting at ECOC 2022 in Basel, Switzerland, Sept. 19-21, booth #1.

Coherent Introduces Ultrahigh-Resolution Telemetry Module for Embedded Performance Monitoring in 800G Optical Transport Systems

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in optical communications technology, today announced the introduction of its ultrahigh-resolution telemetry module, or optical channel monitor (UHR-OCM), for embedded performance monitoring in optical transport systems transmitting at up to 800G and beyond.

Coherent Introduces 200G Indium Phosphide Electro-Absorption Modulated Lasers for High-Speed Datacenter Transceivers

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced the introduction of its 200 Gbps indium phosphide (InP) electro-absorption modulated lasers (EML) for high-speed datacenter transceivers.

Coherent Introduces I-Temp Micro-Pump Lasers for Extended Temperature Operation in Broadband Optical Access Networks

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in pump laser technology for optical networks, today announced the introduction of its I-Temp micro-pump lasers for extended ambient temperature operation in broadband optical access networks.

Coherent Awarded Contract to Develop Optical Transceivers for the DARPA Space-BACN Program

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in photonics for communications and aerospace & defense, today announced that it has won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop coherent optical transceiver technology for the agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program.

II-VI Changes Name to Coherent and Launches New Brand Identity

II-VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a leader in engineered materials and optoelectronic components, today announced a corporate name change to Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR) and a new brand identity, following the successful completion of II-VI’s acquisition of Coherent, Inc., on July 1, 2022.

II-VI Incorporated Completes the Acquisition of Coherent, Forming a Global Leader in Materials, Networking, and Lasers | Coherent

II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI) today successfully completed the acquisition of Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR), forming a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers.