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PIC Magazine | PIC platforms: A question of choice

November 24, 2023. An Interview With Julie Eng, Chief Technology Officer at Coherent.

An interview with Julie Eng, CTO at Coherent

NIKKEI Mobility | Coherent CEO: SiC Invested by DENSO and Melco

November 7, 2023. DENSO and Mitsubishi Electric (Melco) have decided to invest in the silicon carbide (SiC) business of an American semiconductor wafer manufacturer. Vincent Mattera, Chairman and CEO of Coherent, gave an interview to NIKKEI Mobility.

Nikkei Mobility

WSJ | One of the World’s Biggest Diamonds Could Be Key to Some of the World’s Fastest Microchips

November 3, 2023. To beat the heat that our devices throw off, engineers are experimenting with synthetic diamonds, ultrapure glass and other obscure materials.

One of the World’s Biggest Diamonds Could Be Key to Some of the World’s Fastest Microchips

NIKKEI Tech Foresight | Battle to secure SiC wafers - power semiconductors for EVs

October 17, 2023. Japanese companies are scrambling to secure a stable supply of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which are essential for manufacturing next-generation power semiconductor devices.

Secure SiC wafers to compete for power semiconductors for EVs

The Economic Times | US electronics manufacturer Coherent Corp establishes first global centre of excellence in Chennai

September 05, 2023. Coherent Corp, a Pennsylvania (US) based manufacturer of electronics, and instrumentation devices, on Tuesday said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to start its first global centre of excellence (COE) in Taramani, Chennai.

American optical lasers manufacturer Coherent Corp. selects Chennai to establish its global centre of excellence in India

McKinsey | Coherent’s Chuck Mattera on growing a $5 billion company

August 4, 2023. II-VI was founded 50 years ago as a specialized materials company. Today, as Coherent, it has technology platforms in multiple verticals and end markets. Coherent’s chair and CEO explains how it happened.

Chuck Mattera Interview - McKinsey

Gazettabyte | How to Shepherd a Company’s Technologies for Growth

February 16, 2023. CTO Interviews Part 3: Dr Julie Eng. “One of the things that I always somehow had a knack for is interacting with customers, sensing opportunities, and then figuring out how our technologies can help customers solve their problems,” says Eng.

How to shepherd a company’s technologies for growth

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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Coherent Scotland Wins IOP Business Award

Coherent Scotland received the 2023 Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Award for the development of a range of cost-effective, turnkey, ultrafast lasers for life sciences, nanomanufacture, and inspection applications.

Coherent Scotland Team (courtesy: IOP)

Coherent Leads in Ion Implantation

Foundry services support semiconductor manufacturers from R&D through volume production.

Coherent Leads in Ion Implantation

Coherent passes 150,000 OPSLs milestone

Optically pumped semiconductor lasers (OPSLs) have achieved tremendous success in diverse applications – let’s see why.

100,000 OPSLs and Counting

Shining a Light on the Brain: The Marvel of Optogenetics

Discover how scientists are using optics and genetics to unveil the brain's secrets.

Bridging Gaps in Neuroscience

The Cold Hard Facts about Diamond Heat Spreaders

The unique properties of diamond enable its growing use as an efficient heat spreaders that are also electrical insulators.

The Cold Hard Facts about Diamond Heat Spreaders

Coherent Helps Secure the Battery Supply Chain

From Li-ion battery recycling to Li-S battery chemistry, Coherent paves the way for the future of EVs.

Why breakthrough Coherent Li-S battery technology offers a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries

Introducing Sapphire SF NX

Ideal for applications such as wafer inspection, Raman spectroscopy, holography, remote sensing, quantum sensing, and more.

Introducing Sapphire SF NX

Advanced Thermal Management Solutions

Coherent delivers materials and components that enable thermal control in a wide range of applications.

Enabling Advanced Thermal Management Solutions

Wearable Health Monitors Depend on Lasers

Compact and economical diode lasers key to several optical sensing methods.

Laser Diodes Enable New Possibilities in BioSensing

All USP Lasers Volume Manufactured at Coherent Glasgow

Coherent accelerates ultrafast laser technology synergy at the company’s Center of Ultrafast Excellence in Glasgow, Scotland.

Human Resources Glasgow

Faster Deep Penetration Welding

Combining a new fiber laser and process head enables deep penetration copper welding over large working areas.

HIGHmotion 2D processing heads combine superior optical performance and exceptional operational reliability to enable cost-effective production welding

Improving Battery Recycling

SHARP technology enables upcycling of Li-ion battery waste.

Coherent Revolutionizes Li-Ion Battery Recycling

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University of Vienna: Orders of Magnitude Improvements in Radioisotope Analysis

See how Dr. Martin Martschini at the University of Vienna used lasers to perform AMS in conjunction with selective photodetachment.

Together with the ultraviolet AVIA LX, the Verdi 18 is a key laser in the ILIAMS setup, enabling unwanted background signals from isobars to be suppressed by up to 11 orders of magnitude.

Teamtechnik: SmartWeld+ Fills the Gaps in Production Welding

See how production automation expert teamtechnik worked with Coherent Labs.

Top view of the 0.5 mm zinc coated copper to 1.0 mm nickel coated copper weld.

APEX: West Australian Heavy Industries Benefit From Direct-Diode Laser Technology

Learn how APEX ETG uses Coherent 10 kW direct-diode lasers for efficient, high-speed cladding of components for industries such as mining, energy, and construction.

IPS: Optical Isolators Improve Laser Reliability

Discover why IPS chose Tornos optical isolators in a custom format from Coherent.

Innovative Photonic Solutions (IPS) laser module with an integrated optical isolator. Free-space or fiber coupled versions are available.

Nichrominox: Automated Laser Marking Delivers Production Flexibility

Learn how Coherent CombiLine laser markers enables dental equipment manufacturer Nichrominox to efficiently process diverse batches of metal products.

Lasers can produce durable, high-contrast marks on most metals

Siemens: Laser Framework Makes a Mark in its Digital Factory

Learn how Coherent's Laser FrameWork software was able to successfully meet the laser marking demands of Siemens ID Link manufacturing program.

Laser Marking Success at Siemens

New Mexico State University: Time-Resolved Flow Cytometry

Professor Jessica Houston’s research group at New Mexico State University investigates the unique ways in which time-resolved measurements can be used in flow cytometry.

Assembling the time-resolved flow cytometer

University of Vienna: Shaping and Patterning Electron Beams with Laser Light

Dr. Thomas Juffmann and team developed new imaging techniques in light and electron microscopy using the Coherent Monaco femtosecond laser.

Thomas Juffmann (right) with members of his reach group

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

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 Wins 2023 Business Innovation Award for Its Axon Laser From the IOP

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in lasers for life sciences, today announced that its Axon laser has won the 2023 Business Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP). The award was presented in a ceremony held Oct. 30.

Coherent's Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Business to Receive $1 Billion in Investments From Denso and Mitsubishi Electric

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that DENSO CORPORATION and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have agreed to invest an aggregate $1 billion in its silicon carbide business (the “Business”). The transaction results from the strategic review process announced in May 2023 for the Business.

Coherent and Faraday 1867 Partner to Scale Manufacturing of Superconducting Tape to Enable Mass Deployment of Fusion Reactors

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in industrial lasers, and Faraday 1867 Holdings LLC today announced that they signed a letter of intent (LOI) outlining their partnership, with the objective of scaling up manufacturing of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape to enable mass deployment of nuclear fusion reactors and support the green energy transition.

Coherent Wins ECOC 2023 Award for Most Innovative Product With 200G PAM4 Mach-Zehnder Modulated Semiconductor Laser

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that its 200G four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) distributed-feedback laser and Mach-Zehnder modulator (DFB-MZ), combined monolithically in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), has won the 2023 ECOC Exhibition Industry Award for Most Innovative Product in the category of Innovative Photonics Component.

Coherent to Demonstrate Next-Generation Transceiver and Semiconductor Laser Technology for 800G and 1.6T Transmission in AI Networks at ECOC 2023

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceivers and laser technology for 800G and 1.6T datacom transmission at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406. Such advances are critical to sustaining the accelerating growth of the cloud driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML).

Coherent to Demonstrate Next-Generation Transceiver Technology for Digital Coherent Optics in Ultracompact Pluggable Form Factors for Disaggregated Systems at ECOC 2023

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceivers and laser technology for 800G and 1.6T datacom transmission at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406. Such advances are critical to sustaining the accelerating growth of the cloud driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML).

Coherent Unveils Industry’s First 140 GBaud Optical Subassembly to Enable 800G in Ultracompact Pluggable Form Factors for Optical Communications Networks

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in networking technology, today announced the introduction of its 140 GBaud integrated coherent transmitter-receiver optical subassembly (IC-TROSA), the industry’s first to enable 800G QSFP-DD and OSFP digital coherent optics (DCO) pluggable transceivers for high-speed datacenter interconnects and metro networks.

Coherent and Kinetic Extend Partnership to Enable 100G Services Leveraging the Industry’s First 100G QSFP28 0 dBm DCO Transceiver

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications transceivers, and Kinetic by Windstream, a leading provider of fiber-based connectivity, collaboration, and security services for businesses and homes across an 18-state footprint, today announced that their existing partnership to enable 400G services has been extended to enable 100G services at the edge of the network, leveraging the industry’s first 100G QSFP28 0 dBm digital coherent optics (DCO) transceiver.

Coherent Thought Leaders to Present at Ecoc 2023

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, announced today that its thought leaders will present at speaking events during ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 1-4.

Coherent Introduces Industry's First 1200 mW Pump Laser Module for Optical Amplification in DWDM Networks

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in pump laser technology for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) deployed in optical networks, today announced the industry’s first pump laser module with 1200 mW of output power in a 10-pin butterfly package.

Coherent Introduces WaveMaker and WaveShaper Instruments to Lower the Cost of Testing Next-Generation Technology for Optical Networks

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leading provider of test and measurement instruments for optical communications, today announced the introduction of its first instrument from the WaveMaker instrument series operating in the C-band and two new instruments from the WaveShaper instrument series operating in the Super L-band.