PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202400036
Christian Gaida, Tobias Heuermann, Sven Breitkopf, Tino Eidam, Jens Limpert
{"title":"Industrial-grade 2-μm ultrafast fiber laser CPA for silicon processing","authors":"Christian Gaida, Tobias Heuermann, Sven Breitkopf, Tino Eidam, Jens Limpert","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202400036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202400036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A novel compact laser utilizing thulium-based fiber chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) technology has been developed to enable essential tasks such as microwelding or the precision cutting of filaments with semiconductors such as silicon. At a central wavelength of 2 μm, the activeTwo-15 provides pulse energies exceeding 100 μJ and an average power output surpassing 15 W, and can be seamlessly integrated into systems for materials processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"44-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202400036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142573960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202400040
Deividas Andriukaitis, Mantvydas Jašinskas, Paulius Gečys, Christian Bischoff
{"title":"Dielectric material processing with ultrashort pulses","authors":"Deividas Andriukaitis, Mantvydas Jašinskas, Paulius Gečys, Christian Bischoff","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202400040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202400040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Femtosecond lasers have become essential tools in material processing. Thanks to their ultrashort pulse duration, these lasers can process a wide range of materials without causing significant thermal effects, leading to superior quality. Dielectric materials, especially glass and ceramics, are among those that benefit the most from femtosecond laser technology. Traditional processing methods often struggle with these materials, but femtosecond lasers provide a solution with high precision and quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"52-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202400040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202400039
Antonio Castelo-Porta
{"title":"Raman spectroscopy and imaging in bio and life sciences","authors":"Antonio Castelo-Porta","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202400039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202400039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Raman spectroscopy is a well-known technique to study different materials and determine their chemical composition. It is based on the inelastic scattering of light and provides a unique spectrum for the sample under study. The advances in lasers and detectors, their combination with imaging systems and the discovery of new phenomena have expanded the use of this technique in several research fields. In the particular case of biology and life sciences, it has been used to provide chemical and compositional information on plant and animal tissues, cells, biofluids, etc., with the advantage that the presence of water molecules normally does not cause interference in the measured signal.</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"24-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202400039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142573959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202470517
{"title":"The industrialization of additive manufacturing","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202470517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202470517","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Our world is constantly facing a wide variety of social challenges — currently, issues such as climate change, security, demographic change, and resource conservation are of significant importance and show an acute need for action. Among other things, disruptive technologies are needed to tackle such problems. Additive manufacturing (AM) is regarded as the ‘game changer/paradigm shift’ technology for the digital, automated production of the future — as the key enabler of ‘Production 2.0’. This sustainable and resilient technology enables new paths to innovative solutions across all industries through a high degree of individualization (mass customization) and great design freedom (‘manufacture for design’ instead of ‘design for manufacture‘). For example, internally cooled turbine blades for H<sub>2</sub>-capable gas turbines, lightweight structures for more efficient aircraft or patient-specific implants are only made possible by AM. In this way, AM makes an important contribution to solving the social challenges mentioned above now it is necessary to transfer this technology to board industrial use.</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202470517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202400031
Mason Zhang, Yaron He, Hanan Huang
{"title":"Glass machining technology with a nanosecond-pulsed infrared laser","authors":"Mason Zhang, Yaron He, Hanan Huang","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202400031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202400031","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Traditional machining methods for glass drilling use contact-based processes such as CNC, grinding wheels, or chemical etching, which easily cause surface microcracks, poor quality, or environmental pollution. Additionally, traditional glass sandblasting requires complex steps involving sandblasting and UV curing. Laser processing of glass instead is more efficient, environmentally friendly, and reliable.</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"28-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202400031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotonicsViewsPub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202470516
{"title":"How laser material processing can benefit from OCT technology","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/phvs.202470516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202470516","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ultrashort-pulse (USP) laser ablation enables the creation of freeform shapes that are challenging to produce with conventional optics manufacturing techniques. To maintain the industrial standards of many branches, it is crucial to not only consider material removal rates but also the surface quality and subsurface damage (SSD). This study investigates the SSD patterns generated in fused silica and quantifies key parameters such as the SSD depth by applying optical coherence tomography (OCT).</p>","PeriodicalId":101021,"journal":{"name":"PhotonicsViews","volume":"21 5","pages":"47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/phvs.202470516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142574072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}