Perspectives and activities in German photonics R&D

Author

Poprawe, R.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. for Laser Technol., Tech. Univ. RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Technological and scientific perspectives include fiber compatible near infrared sources (diode pumped solid state lasers) for materials processing, end-pumped slab-Nd:YAG systems up to 300 W of power and disk lasers with powers in the kW-level, high power diode lasers for application areas like soldering and heat management/hardening, light sources of 13.5 nm wavelength at 5-10 kHz and 3-10 mJ pulse energy for EUV lithography. A brief review of political and scientific action, funding instruments and programs is also presented.

Keywords

laser beam applications; light sources; research and development management; research initiatives; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ultraviolet lithography; 13.5 nm; 3 to 10 mJ; 300 W; 5 to 10 kHz; EUV lithography; German photonics; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode pumped solid state lasers; disk lasers; end-pumped slab-Nd:YAG systems; fiber compatible near infrared sources; funding instruments; heat management; high power diode lasers; laser hardening; materials processing; political action; research programs; scientific action; soldering; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Infrared heating; Laser excitation; Materials processing; Photonics; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Soldering; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967975

Filename

967975