Photonics

How laser material processing can benefit from OCT technology

06.11.2024 -

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrashort-pulse processing of glass in a technical article – now online and in PhotonicsViews issue 1/2025.

Photonics

Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration

27.09.2024 -

Insect residues disturb and interrupt the laminar air flow on airplane wings after a while. These residues therefore need to be repeatedly removed. Shockwave-based laser...

Photonics

Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser

31.07.2024 -

Faced with advancing climate change, we drastically need to monitor and understand the various sources and sinks of greenhouse gases worldwide in real time. One approach...

Photonics

Shaping the future of photonics and quantum technologies in Germany

09.07.2024 -

The opportunities and challenges of photonics and quantum technologies were addressed at the Photonics Germany Future Summit in Berlin.

Photonics

Gas detector to prevent millions of air pollution deaths

08.07.2024 -

A new gas-sensing network that analyzes multiple gasses in real time in towns and cities is being developed to prevent deaths caused by ambient air pollution.

Photonics

OCT for automated conventional welding in the automotive industry

20.06.2024 -

Experts from Lessmueller Lasertechnik discuss the advantages to extend the use of OCT – as known from laser welding – to classical GMAW in an early view article of...

Photonics

Flexible laser plastic welding as an addition to AM

06.06.2024 -

Individualization, shorter product cycles and prototyping are leading to increased use of additive manufacturing in industry. A reliable and versatile process like laser...

Photonics

Light technologies buck trend despite global economic turmoil

15.05.2024 -

New research published today shows the photonics industries in Europe, the US, and Asia outpaced global GDP from 2019 to the post-pandemic period of 2022, growing at a...

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