20 – 21 June 2007,
PHOTONICS Forum
Hall B2, Stand B2.371

Solid-state lasers are attractive sources of coherent radiation for various scientific and industrial applications, leading to a substantial growth in photonics industry. A key driver of this development is the laser materials processing with strong impact on several key economic fields which have already be changed due to the application of lasers in production technology.

A prominent example can be found in the automotive industry, the welding of car bodies and cutting of stamped parts has improved both productivity and quality. In 2006, the world market sales volume of solid state lasers amounted to more than US $ 1 billion. However, the different fields of applications increasingly demand more powerful, efficient, and rugged lasers with higher beam quality. Hence, at present a new generation of laser systems with improved parameters has begun to dominate the market. Thin disc and fiber lasers have now entered the regime of multi-kilowatt of average output power with almost diffraction limited beam quality. Wall-plug efficiencies exceed 20% for systems with emission wavelength in the near infrared.

The primary goal of this workshop is to provide an update on new developments in advanced solid-state lasers and their application in production technology.

Introduction by Andreas Tünnermann, Fraunhofer IOF, Jena:
Status & Perspectives of High Brightness all-Solid-State Lasers: Fiber Laser and Thin Disc Laser Technology. 


 Detailled program for download
 

Registration and Participation:

The access to the workshop is included in the registration fee for LASER 2007. World of Photonics. Your visitor badge will only be tracked at the entrance to the forum.

The workshop is organized by:

	Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF
	Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS
	Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT
	Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM

The workshop is supported by: