Coherent appoints Young-Kai Chen as Deputy CTO
The global player in materials, networking, and laser technology, appointed Dr “YK” Chen as deputy chief technology officer (DCTO) of Coherent, reporting to CTO Dr Julie Sheridan Eng.
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First light of the FHI far-infrared laser
The free electron laser team of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society observed first lasing of the new FIR FEL.
Qant and IMS Chips produce quantum chips together
The Stuttgart-based start-up and the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS Chips), signed an agreement to jointly manufacture quantum chips.
Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite
Satellites could replace expensive deep-sea cables as the internet backbone soon.
New lasers for climate research
How do you measure the temperature of individual atoms at an altitude of ninety kilometers?
MKS celebrates 50 years at Laser World of Photonics
As one of the early exhibitors, the company looks back on a long history in the photonics industry and demonstrates its close ties with the trade show held in Munich next week.
First demonstration of SNOM using blue light
New microscopy technique to measure electrons in semiconductors and other nanoscale materials.
A laser welding with head seam-tracking technology
Coherent introduces Hightactile, a laser processing head with a patent-pending seam-tracking technology that is easily configurable to perform automated fillet welding and brazing.
Prima Industrie sells laser business unit to Lumibird
Convergent Photonics focused on the development and production of both industrial and medical diodes and laser sources.
Femtosecond fiber lasers for high-precision measurement technology
The DPG Technology Transfer Prize was awarded to the Center for Applied Photonics at the University of Konstanz and Toptica at the 4th WTT Forum Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Dialog.
New germanium-tin transistor as alternative to silicon
In experiments, the germanium-tin transistor exhibits a very high electron mobility.
VDMA is the sponsor of Laser World of Photonics
The VDMA Working Group on Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing assumes the conceptual sponsorship of the trade fair for components, systems and applications in photonics.
Lars Mechold elected chair of CEN/TC 123
European standards committee lasers and photonics to be headed by the Laser Components CTO.
Manufacturing is more sustainable with green lasers
A collaboration between Trumpf, Fraunhofer ILT and DESY provides the most detailed of insights into laser welding processes to date thanks to a particle accelerator.
Increasing semiconductor laser production capacity
Hamamatsu Photonics constructs a new building at its Miyakoda Factory site.
Chromacity targets key industrial markets with AMS Technologies
Ultrafast laser company joins forces with key European provider of photonics technologies as it focuses on biomedical, semiconductor, energy and defense sectors.
Quantum light source goes fully on-chip
The new development is scalable and suitable for use in photonic quantum computers.
Cooperation with added value
VDMA and Photonics Germany have signed a memorandum of understanding for closer collaboration.
Improving lasers with chaotic cavities
New class of laser array for high-quality illumination and high-speed communication.
New platform for tunable lasers
Combination of lithium niobate with silicon nitride for a new type of hybrid integrated lasers.
Compact x-ray laser begins to shine
National Science Foundation awards 90.8 million dollars to Arizona State University to advance x-ray science.
Layered plasma mirrors for smaller high-power lasers
New approach could help to reduce the size of ultrahigh power lasers.
Vector Photonics received over £2.4M of equity investment
The spin-out company from the University of Glasgow will further commercialize its unique PCSEL laser technology.
Quantel USA has a new CEO
Lumibird has appointed Cordell Maines as chief executive officer of its photonics division’s US manufacturing site.
Chromacity enters strategic agreement with Edmund Optics
Today at Photonics West, Chromacity announced a strategic partnership agreement with Edmund Optics for the global supply and distribution of its ultrafast lasers.
Nuburu now publicly listed
Common stock and warrants will commence trading on February 1, 2023 on the NYSE.
Deflecting lightning with a laser
A European consortium has guided lightning using a high-power laser installed at the top of Mount Säntis in Switzerland.
Laser light of any wavelength
Swiss researchers developed a platform for the resonant enhancement for nonlinear optical processes.
Lascam Systems takes over distribution for Precitec
The 3D metrology manufacturer will leave sales in Eastern Europe to Lascam Systems in future.
Terahertz enables wireless 6G communication
Sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) will enable new application scenarios in industry, medical technology and everyday life. This will be accompanied by new requirements in terms of latency or the transmittable data rate, which cannot be met by current communication systems.
Programmable laser beams save energy
There is a new quality in laser material processing: With a liquid crystal modulator, the beam profile of a laser can be freely programmed with high temporal resolution, but also split into identical copies. The target is to achieve energy savings of at least 30 percent compared with conventional processes.
Scanlab expands its company building
Company increases its production capacities in Puchheim in a fourth construction phase
Lumibird acquires Innoptics
Through this operation, Lumibird will welcome a team of five people with complementary technological know-how and twelve years’ experience designing and manufacturing optoelectronic subsystems and components.
International photonics community back in Franconia
After a virtual edition of the LANE conference in 2020, Bayerisches Laserzentrum (BLZ) and the Institute of Photonic Technologies (LPT) of Erlangen Nuremberg University welcomed more than 300 scientists from 20 different countries on-site.
Toptica increases capacity for growing workforce
North America subsidiary Toptica Photonics Inc. near Rochester, NY, has moved from its Ontario County location in Farmington to Pittsford on September 9.
Quantel USA
Fraunhofer Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS
Prima Additive S.r.l.
Active Fiber Systems GmbH
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
IMS CHIPS
HighFinesse GmbH
TOPTICA Photonics SE
P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG
neoLASE GmbH
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH
Innoptics SAS
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Optomotive LTD
A&B KMG Service GmbH
Precitec Optronik GmbH
nLIGHT, Inc.
VALO Innovations GmbH
Aerotech GmbH
Laser Components Germany GmbH
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH
Laser Institute of America
IRsweep AG
Civan Lasers
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
MKS Instruments
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Coherent Corp.
Vector Photonics Ltd.
NUBURU Inc.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG
Evosys North America Corporation
Schulz-Electronic GmbH
LPT – Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Precitec GmbH & Co. KG
Laser Cheval – SAS
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
BLOOM LASERS
S&I Spectroscopy & Imaging GmbH
HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG
Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IAP)
Heriot-Watt University
AMS Technologies AG
SuperLight Photonics BV
AT - Automation Technology GmbH