By: Masayuki Fujita and George Okada It is well known that Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) has attractive features like high-durability, high-strength and light-weight. These features have been stimulating the CFRP to be applied for a wide variety of applications. For example, by using the CFRP as a body material of aircrafts and automobiles, higher fuel efficiency […]
Laser Research
Lasers used to make super-hydrophobic metal
Scientists have developed a process that uses lasers to pattern a metal surface that is so smooth it actually repels water. This process will allow for a number of applications such as self cleaning surfaces.
ICALEO 2014: The Premier Conference for World-Class Laser Research
By Geoff Giordano For the first time, presentations at the Laser Institute of America’s 33rd International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) will undergo a peer-review process that will bring even more scholarly rigor to the cutting-edge research presented at the conference. “It’s my second year as general chair, but there have been […]
ICALEO 2013: The Premier Conference for Industry-Leading Laser Research
By Geoff Giordano With a new general chairman and the first female recipient of the Arthur L. Schawlow award, the 32nd International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) Oct. 6-10 in Miami, FL promises to yet again raise the bar on the laser industry’s premier research conference. Stefan Kaierle, who for the past […]
A Novel Laser Trepanning System for Research and Production
By: David Ashkenasi1, Tristan Kaszemeikat1, Norbert Mueller1, Reinhard Dietrich1, Daniel Jahns1,Gerd Illing1, Hans Joachim Eichler1,2 Tino Petsch3, Jens Hänel3, Christian Scholz3 To exploit the advantages of laser technology for material processing, e.g. micro drilling and cutting, versatile trepanning systems based on rotating optics have been designed and implemented. Depending on the development stage, the trepanning systems […]