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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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SiC power electronics improve EVs

This wide-bandgap semiconductor is key to increasing EV range and performance.

SiC makes EVs better

Speeding Laser Marking

Coherent ExactMark 210 TL — with 6-axis robotic part handling — fully automates multi-sided laser marking of trays of small parts.

ExactMark 210 TL with Robotic Option Speeds Laser Marking

PLD: from Lab Research to Full Production

See how excimer laser deposition creates high-quality films.

PLD: from Lab Research to Full Production

Coherent Field Service Maximizes Customer Success

Delivering rapid repairs, plus installations, preventative maintenance, and operator training.

Field Service Engineers Maximize Equipment Value

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

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AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: EXCIMER LASER OPTICS FACILITATE FLUENCE CONTROL

A team led by Prof Helmut Karl at Augsburg University chooses a COMPex laser and bespoke PLD beam optics for quantitative ablation studies of single-crystalline targets.

Augsburg lab photo with (left to right) Helmut Karl, Ralph Delmdahl, Florian Jung and Andreas Heymann

Washington University: Dual-Laser Multiphoton Microscope for Immunology and Other Research

Dr. Mark Miller, Associate Professor and Director of the In Vivo Imaging Core at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has a long history of building and using multiphoton microscopes, particularly for use in intravital studies of immunity.

In vivo two-photon imaging of “T cell antigen recognition” reveals the key role played by random T cell motility in initiating adaptive immune responses. T cells (red) in the cervical lymph node migrate away from high endothelial venules(pink) and make random contacts with dendritic cells (green, zoomed view).

E&R: Advanced Wafer Scribing with Monaco Femtosecond Lasers

E&R Engineering Corp. (based in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) wanted to develop a next-generation scribing machine capable of singulating miniature dies with dimensions smaller than a millimeter.

Advanced Wafer Scribing with Monaco Femtosecond Lasers

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

THE COHERENT GLOSSARY

IDEAS THAT DRIVE INNOVATION

The Coherent Glossary is an educational resource for key terms in photonics.

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Laser Cutting Machines Diagram

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Coherent to Showcase a Broad Portfolio of Product and Technology Innovations at Photonics West and BiOS Expo

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that it will exhibit industry-leading products and capabilities at SPIE Photonics West, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Booth #4805 (Hall D, Exhibit Level), and at BiOS Expo Jan. 28-29, part of Photonics West, in Booth #8320 (Hall F, Exhibit Level North).

Coherent Introduces 266 nm HyperRapid NXT Picosecond Laser for Ultraprecise Machining of OLED Displays

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in industrial lasers for materials processing, today announced that it introduced its new HyperRapid NXT industrial picosecond laser, with 10 W of average output power in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV), that enables ultraprecise edge ablation around OLED displays.

Coherent Introduces 150 W Monaco Laser for Large OLED Display Glass Cutting

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in industrial lasers for materials processing, today announced that it introduced a new Monaco infrared industrial femtosecond laser configuration with 150 W of output power that is ideal for cutting of large OLED display glass.

Coherent Introduces the Industry’s First Commercially Available 50 W Pump Laser Diodes for Fiber Lasers

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced the introduction of its next-generation pump laser diodes that achieve an industry-record high output power of 50 W from a single chip.

Coherent Appoints Dr. Beck Mason as Executive VP, Telecommunications

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that Dr. Beck Mason has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Telecommunications. Dr. Mason will lead the Telecommunications Business Unit within the Networking Segment.

Coherent Introduces 905 nm Pulsed Triple-Junction Edge-Emitting Lasers for Industrial LiDAR

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in semiconductor lasers, today announced the introduction of its 905 nm triple-junction edge-emitting semiconductor lasers for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in industrial applications.

Coherent Introduces Diffractive Optical Elements for High-Power Industrial Lasers

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in industrial laser optics, today announced that it introduced a product line of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) for high-power industrial lasers.

Coherent Receives Supplier Excellence Award From Applied Materials

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, has earned a Supplier Excellence Award from Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world.

Coherent Partners With ETRI and KAIST to Focus on Advanced Electronic and Photonic Devices

Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Korean institutions, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), to foster collaboration on advanced electronic and photonic devices, with a focus on the Korean market.

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.