Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces the Spitfire Ace, the most technically-advanced, ultrafast regenerative amplifier commercially available. The Spitfire Ace amplifier sets a new industry standard for guaranteed long-term performance, and delivers superior average power of more than 5W at 1, 5, and 10 kHz with excellent (M2 <1.3) beam quality. The new, highly stable […]
Coherent Launches OBIS Family of Smart Lasers for CW Applications
Coherent Inc. has launched a new family of highly integrated lasers featuring true plug-and-play simplicity. Based on direct diode and optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technologies and using state-of-the-art miniaturized components, these lasers have all the control functions integrated inside its compact laser head, in contrast to the traditional architecture of head, dedicated cable and controller. […]
International Conference on Laser Processes and Components LPC 2011 Shanghai – Exceptional Program Now Available
The International Conference on Laser Processes and Components will be held for the sixth time from March 15-16, 2011 in conjunction with the exhibition Laser – World of Photonics China, Shanghai.
Meet LIA’s 2011 President and Board of Directors
Stephen Capp is the Laser Institute of America’s (LIA) 2011 president. Capp graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1978 with degrees in electrical power engineering technology and industrial management. It didn’t take him long to put this education to good use. “After a short career as an engineer working for a defense contractor, […]
Overview of Laser Additive Manufacturing
By Professor Bill Steen From the early beginnings of LAM has come a process which is developing in many directions. Through the variety of ways in which the laser can construct three dimensional objects it has been established that designers can now shape both the outside and the inside of a casting in detail not […]