By Geoff Giordano While excitement continues to build around new, more efficient and more profitable uses of lasers, such as with additive manufacturing or ultrafast processing, traditional welding and joining applications are still at the forefront of the 21st-century photonics repertoire. Emphasizing this major segment of laser-based manufacturing, the Laser Institute of America has added […]
Month: August 2012
Femtosecond Laser Micro/Nanomachining of Glass Materials for Optofluidic Applications and Beyond
By Ya Cheng Nowadays, microfluidic systems for controlling and manipulating tiny volumes of liquids with high precision have attracted significant attention due to their capability of downsizing both chemistry and biology. In addition, it is often desirable to incorporate micro-optical structures into the microfluidic chips, which leads to not only compact chemical and biological sensors, […]
ICALEO 2012: Featuring Cutting-Edge Explorations of Laser Manufacturing
When the Laser Institute of America brings its premier photonics research event back to Anaheim this year, attendees will hear about “green” photonics, advancing the role of lasers in a “non-laser” world and how various nations are sharing their technical expertise. The 2012 International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro–Optics, or ICALEO®, will feature […]
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Additive Manufacturing – Set to Become the Most Important Manufacturing Technology?
ORLANDO, FL, Aug. 8, 2012 — When additive manufacturing guru Terry Wohlers speaks, the laser industry listens. That’s why the Laser Institute of America featured him at its cutting-edge Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) Workshop last year in Houston, where Wohlers presented key findings from his annual report on global trends in LAM. LIA invited him […]