Applications and market segments for ultra-high brightness direct diode lasers

Author

Gries, W. ; Heinemann, S. ; Fritsche, H. ; Suptitz, W.

Author_Institution

DirectPhotonics Ind. GmbH, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Over the last 15 years, lasers have increasingly penetrated the market of industrial manufacturing. Laser macro material processing - ranging from flat-sheet and tube cutting to scanner and seam welding of metals - has become an indispensible part of the production in major industries like automotive, aerospace, or general packaging. Freeform-shapes, lightweight structures and other complex geometries are now economically produced with laser additive manufacturing or laser 3D structuring.

Keywords

laser beam cutting; laser beam welding; laser materials processing; semiconductor lasers; aerospace industries; automotive industries; flat-sheet cutting; freeform-shapes; general packaging; industrial manufacturing; laser 3D structuring; laser additive manufacturing; laser macromaterial processing; lightweight structures; market segments; scanner; seam welding; tube cutting; ultrahigh brightness direct diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Laser theory; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6802022

Filename

6802022