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New Coherent PowerLine E QS Models Offer Compact, Air-Cooled Green Lasers for Marking Applications

From the Coherent Powerline family, our newest laser markers extend the popular air-cooled PowerLine E series from the infrared to green wavelengths.

Discover Coherent Labs

Learn how Coherent Labs help manufacturers bring cost-effective laser processing into their production based on our extensive applications experience.

Coherent PowerLine FL Series Offers Economical, Modular Sub-Systems

Discover the PowerLine FL series — integrating a fiber laser with optional scanner, chiller, vision, process monitoring, all operated through the integrated Coherent Laser FrameWork software. For laser welding tasks in e-mobility, consumer electronics, and medical devices

Novel Laser Coating Process Improves Disc Brakes

Find out how researchers at Fraunhofer are using high-power diode lasers to lower pollution and improve lifetime of automotive disc brakes.

Introducing the SmartSense+ Process Monitoring Accessory

The new SmartSense+ process monitoring solution improves results and cuts costs for many precision laser materials processing tasks.

BeamInspect Improves Laser Materials Processing

Cut scrap and setup times with a laser beam diagnostic system that integrates directly into Coherent laser machines.

Laser FrameWork Software Improves Manufacturing Productivity

An integrated laser software platform for welding, cutting, and marking machines simplifies use and improves throughput.

Laser FrameWork Improves Manufacturing Productivity

Shining a Light into the Deep Ocean

Learn how scientists at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) use the Genesis laser to see the weird and wonderful creatures found only in the ocean depths.

ExactMark 210 TL Lowers Costs for High-Volume Marking

Explore a new automated laser marker that can process up to 30 trays of parts in a single production run.

Coherent Expands Fiber Laser Welding Solutions with Precitec Tools

Coherent integrated ARM fiber laser welding systems for e-mobility can now include Precitec processing heads and process monitoring tools.

Introducing the Coherent COMPex F2: the Most Powerful VUV Laser Available

Our newest COMPex excimer laser offers dual wavelength capability at 157 nm and 193 nm, enabling ablation of tough and/or transparent materials.

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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.

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.

DPSS Lasers Inc.: UV Lasers Deliver Success for Systems Integrator

Learn how a systems integrator maintains their reputation for fast response and cost-effective solutions for marking and micromachining, using off-the-shelf UV lasers from Coherent.

Politecnico di Milano: Fidelity Laser Key to Multispectral Raman Tissue Imaging

A group led by Prof Giulio Cerullo has expanded the capabilities of Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) microscopy to 32 wavelength channels, enabling detailed chemical mapping of tissue.

MBARI: Imaging Deep Sea Animals with a Laser Light Sheet

Learn how scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) are using our Genesis laser to acquire detailed images of deep-sea creatures in their native environment: at depths up to 4000 meters, where the pressure approaches an incredible 40 MPa (6000 psi.)

High-Resolution 3D Images Produced by DeepPIV Laser System

ES Precision: A Novel Approach to Laser Cutting Delivers High Edge Quality

Read how this UK-based contract manufacturer adapted fast-scanning technology to perform thin metal cutting with superior edge quality and finer details, using up to thousands of repeated passes.

Solmates: Excimer Lasers Advance Pulsed Laser Deposition

Learn how Solmates is using the Coherent LEAP laser to power specialty pulsed laser deposition (PLD) systems for the fast-growing thin-film industry.

Solmates PLD Systems Thin-film Deposition Techniques

Crestron Electronics: Lasers Enable Cost-Effective Day & Night Marking

See how the Coherent LME enables complex marks that traditional rotary engraving using a steel cutting tool can't produce.

Kavli Institute of Nanoscience: Excimer Lasers Deliver Stoichiometric Films

Discover how the Coherent LPX Pro excimer laser and Astrella amplifier help investigate the ultrafast dynamics of magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional van der Waals antiferromagnet NiPS3 crystals.

Ultrafast Laser System Interrogates Magnetic and Structural Properties of Perovskites and Van der Waals Crystals Customer Success Story

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II-VI Incorporated And Coherent, Inc. Announce Refiling Of Premerger Notification And Report Form With Federal Trade Commission And U.S. Department Of Justice | Coherent

II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI) and Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR) today announced that they have refiled their Premerger Notification and Report Form (the “HSR Notification”) with the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice on May 2, 2022, in connection with the previously-announced pending acquisition (the “Merger”) of Coherent by II-VI.

II-VI Incorporated and Coherent, Inc. Announce Respective Shareholder and Stockholder Approvals for Merger Agreement

Coherent (Nasdaq: COHR) - II-VI Incorporated and Coherent, Inc. Announce Respective Shareholder and Stockholder Approvals for Merger Agreement

II-VI And Coherent Provide Update On Transaction Milestones

Coherent (Nasdaq: COHR) - II-VI And Coherent Provide Update On Transaction Milestones.

Coherent and II‐VI Incorporated Enter Into a Supply Agreement

Coherent (Nasdaq: COHR) - Coherent and II-VI to Jointly Supply Turnkey Automotive and Electrification Welding Solutions.

Lumentum and Coherent to Combine, Uniting Global Industry Leaders to Accelerate the Future of Photonics

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Lumentum to acquire Coherent in a $5.7 billion cash and stock transaction.

Coherent Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from MKS Instruments

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from MKS Instruments.

Coherent Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from II-VI Incorporated

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) Coherent Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from II-VI.

Coherent to Engage in Discussions with II-VI

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent to Engage in Discussions with II-VI.

Coherent Board Determines Revised II-VI Proposal is Superior to Lumentum Merger Agreement

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent Board Determines Revised II-VI Proposal is Superior to Lumentum Merger Agreement.

Coherent Signs Revised Merger Agreement with Lumentum

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent Signs Revised Merger Agreement with Lumentum.

Coherent Board Determines New II-VI Proposal is Superior to Amended Lumentum Merger Agreement

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent Board Determines New II-VI Proposal is Superior to Amended Lumentum Merger Agreement.

Coherent Confirms Receipt of New Acquisition Proposal From Lumentum

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) - Coherent Confirms Receipt of New Acquisition Proposal From Lumentum.