Size variation of a laser working spot is an important function of processing heads in laser applications like cutting, welding, cladding, brazing. This is easily realised using the zoom collimator trioFokus from AdlOptica
Splitting laser energy and focusing in multiple foci is a main function of foXXus and twoXX beam shaping optics of patent pending design developed for laser material processing applications like welding and metal sheet cutting using multi-kW lasers
The Focal-πShaper 9_HP presents new refractive focusing beam shapers optimised to operate with modern high power ps and fs lasers
The high power piShaper NA0.2 and Focal-piShaper NA0.1_50_80_1064 from AdlOptica are intended to be used with multi-kW fiber coupled or fiber lasers in systems
AdlOptica has extended its PiShaper family of beam shaping optics, with devices for the mid-IR spectrum 2-8um
AdlOptica has launched the Focal-piShaper9_532q
New collimating beam shapers, piShaper NA 0.1_12 / NA 0.2_12, from AdlOptica are intended to operate with high power TEM00 and multimode fibre lasers as well as fibre-coupled DPSS and diode lasers, combining functions of beam shaping and collimation
AdlOptica's new Focal-piShaper has been optimised to operate with high power (>1kW) fibre lasers
AdlOptica has introduced its piShaper 6_6, the latest versions of its piShaper achromatic refractive field mapping beam shapers
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
