Cover Picture: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

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Editorial

Photonics: Science to Market: Pushing the frontiers in photonic physics (now often called “quantum”), SMEs translate this knowledge through innovation into products

• Dr. Christoph Harder

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Contents: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

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News: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

• Pages: 4-9
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Products: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

• Pages: 10-11
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Communications

Simultaneous Control of the Degree of Overlap and Melt Pool Size for Laser Powder Cladding

• Dieter Tyralla
• Henry Köhler
• Thomas Seefeld
• Claus Thomy
• Frank Vollertsen
• Ryuichi Narita

• Pages: 12
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Communications: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

• Pages: 13-19
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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

• Pages: 20-21
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Product Report

Making Light Work in Superresolution Microscopy: Hübner Photonics proudly introduces the Cobolt Rogue 640 nm laser

• Pages: 22
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Portrait

“We Had to Build Systems from Scratch”: A portrait of Didier Beghuin, CTO of Belgian manufacturer of proprietary and custom optical systems, Lambda‐X

• Jose Pozo

• Pages: 23-25
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Technology Report

New Trends in Laser Beam Welding: How automotive applications are driving the future of laser technologies

• Francesca Moglia
• Antonio Raspa

• Pages: 26-29
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Laser Welding

Efficient Connective Solutions: Automation solutions for the laser welding of plastics

• Frank Brunnecker
• Christian Ebenhöh

• Pages: 30-33
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Laser Cutting

A Toast to Laser Glass Cutting: Ultrashort‐pulse lasers ramp up productivity for manufacturing glasses

• Pages: 34-37
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Laser Cladding

Worn Knife Seatings in the Best of Hands: Laser cladding is the “knight in shining armor” for a sawmill

• Pages: 38-41
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Laser Micromachining

Combining High‐Tech Glass Innovations with Advanced Laser Technologies: High‐quality glass substrates and supporting laser capabilities for semiconductor and microelectronics applications

• Julia Brueckner
• Andreas Gaab
• Prakash Gajendran

• Pages: 42-46
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Conceiving the ‘E1’ Laser‐Machining Center: The machine with an ultrashort‐pulse laser processes hard materials – high‐precision, low‐energy and without any thermal generation

• Pages: 47-49
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When Things are Running Smoothly: The laser as a turning tool takes cutting technology to a new level

• Pages: 50-52
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Efficient Fine Balancing in Two Planes with Laser Ablation: The design characteristics of new impellers require efficient balancing procedures to eliminate noise and increase lifetime

• Guenter Hummelt

• Pages: 53-55
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Spectroscopy

The Laboratory at Hand: Plastic Sorting Made Easy: A next‐generation mobile near‐infrared spectroscopy solution

• Felix Schmidt
• Nicole Christiansen
• Robert Lovrincic

• Pages: 56-59
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Fibers and Fiber Optics

Advanced Fiber Technology for High‐Energy Lasers: New microstructured optical fibers manufacturing and design for laser emission and beam transportation

• Laurent Bigot
• Philippe Roy
• Thierry Taunay
• Fetah Benabid
• Eric Mottay

• Pages: 60-63
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Portrait

Anniversary at Lasercomb: 250^th CO₂ Slab laser for die making

• Pages: 64-65
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Calendar

• Pages: 66
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Meetings: PhotonicsViews 5/2020

• Pages: 67-68
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Buyers' Guide

• Pages: 69-71
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Index & Masthead

Company Index

• Pages: 73
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