PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Editorial
Closing the loop: AI has the potential to disrupt – and photonics needs to take advantage of this
Prof. Constantin Häfner (Fraunhofer ILT)
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Contents
Contents: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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News: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Products
Products: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Communications: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Interview
“There are several advantages of being a smaller independent company”
Michael Porbadnik of Luxinar, interviewed by Antonio Castelo
Antonio Castelo-Porta (EPIC)
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Additive Manufacturing
Innovative measurement tool optimizes development: Reichenbacher relies on Ophir BeamPeek high-power laser beam analysis and power measurement system
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Laser Welding
High precision laser welding for the electric vehicles of tomorrow: How to maximize output in bipolar plates and battery manufacturing
Ralf Nürnberg (Blackbird Robotersysteme), Holger Schlüter (Scanlab)
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Photonic Integrated Circuits
Accelerating into production: Integrated tunable laser and comb laser assemblies boosted by the JePPIX InPulse pilot line
Desi Gutierrez, Shane Duggan, Frank Smyth, Caolán Murphy, Gaurav Jain (all: Pilot Photonics)
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AKL’24
Program of the Technological Conference AKL’24
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Market Report
Laser sources: global market and trends: After some challenging years, the laser source market experienced significant growth in 2021 and 2022
Thierry Robin, Jacques Cochard, Kimon Moratis (all: Tematys)
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Laser Materials Processing
High-energy UV lasers for display and green energy applications: UV laser-based material deposition, modification, and transfer
Robin Rammelsberg, Ralph Delmdahl, Oliver Haupt (all: Coherent)
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Laser Surface Processing
High speed wafer grooving with UV-USP lasers: Addressing semiconductor requirements: high die strength and low burr height
Kees Biesheuvel, Patrick Huberts (both: ASMPT ALSI)
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Trends in Manufacturing
Dual-beam lasers meet challenges of the automotive industry: Versatile control of spatial energy deposition lowers the process cost and improves quality and productivity
Alexei Markevitch, Michael Wiener, Iurii Markushov (all: IPG Photonics)
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Laser applications for smart textiles: In the textile industry, lasers are already used in many ways. And cutting, bleaching, engraving, or positioning were just the beginning
Friederike Brackmann, Alexander Olowinsky (both: Fraunhofer ILT)
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Beam Shaping
Free Access
The shape of things to come: All-fiber kW beam shaping enables high-productivity industrial processing
Dahv Kliner, Alex Kingsbury (both: nLIGHT)
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Technology Feature
Lasers – smart tools with a bright future: Whether in energy, mobility, environmental or production technology, lasers have many advantages as measurement instruments or as production tools
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Company Profiles
Company Profiles: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Calendar
Calendar
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Events
Events: PhotonicsViews 2/2024
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Buyers' Guide
Buyers' Guide
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Index & Masthead
Company Index
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