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The new NXG XII 600 from SLM Solutions wields twelve 1kW lasers for increased productivity. (Image: SLM Solutions)
Additive firms target serial production with metal 3D printers
25 November 2020
SLM Solutions' NXG XII 600 is equipped with twelve 1kW lasers, while Additive Industries's upcoming MetalFAB-600 will be equipped with ten 1kW lasers
PhotonHub Europe plans to establish a single photonics innovation hub which integrates all of the best-in-class technologies
Photonics hub awarded €19m by European Commission
23 November 2020
PhotonHub Europe aims to help European SMEs become more competitive, digitally, through faster and smarter deployment of photonics-based technologies
M Squared’s lasers have been used in cold matter-based quantum computing projects
Photonics firms to steer £10 million quantum project
20 November 2020
The Discovery project, the largest industry-led quantum computing project in Britain to date, will be led by M Squared
An application of SLD's laser light source
Kyocera to acquire SLD Laser
18 November 2020
California-based SLD Laser was co-founded in 2013 by a group of pioneers in solid state lighting, including Dr Shuji Nakamura (2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics)
Artist’s impression of the Solar Orbiter, with the Spice spectrometer (ESA/ATG medialab)
Spectroscopy to probe the Sun in greater detail
12 November 2020
A proposal to use a high-resolution multi-slit spectrometer to obtain high-cadence observations of the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona, has been selected by Nasa
New buffer promises more eco-friendly solar cells
12 November 2020
The new buffer material reduces the pollution associated with producing cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffers, and is also less toxic – opening up a greater number of solar applications
VLC Photonics' headquarters
VLC Photonics acquired by Hitachi High Tech
12 November 2020
Going forwards, Hitachi High-Tech will provide a more complete one-stop service for photonic integrated circuits
£6.1m project to create silicon optical integrated circuits
09 November 2020
The Quantum Dots on Silicon (QUDOS) programme will investigate new ways of integrating all the parts that are needed for high capacity optical communications and signal processing on a single silicon chip
ASML campus in Veldhoven
ASML completes acquisition of Berliner Glas
03 November 2020
The chip manufacturing giant announced plans to acquire Berliner Glas Group, including all subsidiaries, in July
Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany
Trumpf reports fall in sales revenues
15 October 2020
The group's sales revenues fell by 8 per cent, and its order intake by 11 per cent
The laser operates in fundamental mode with beam quality M2 < 1.05 for both beams. The beam shape is recorded at the output of the oscillator (magnified image of the output coupler) on a WinCamD-LCM-NE 1” beam profiler at the nominal operation point of the laser with 3.7 A pump current, approx. 7.8 W total pump power and 440 mW average output power from each comb.
Single laser emits high-power dual comb femtosecond pulses
15 October 2020
The new development paves the way for portable dual-comb light sources for applications such as spectroscopy and precision distance measurement
