High power laser diodes set for show launch

Bookham will unveil an expanded portfolio of high power laser diode products at Photonics West later this month.

Bookham will unveil an expanded portfolio of high power laser diode products at Photonics West later this month.

The launch includes a range of new higher performance laser diodes designed for industrial applications, and a number of devices that are addressing medical and analytical applications.

In partnership with several of its customers, Bookham will be demonstrating, for the first time (Stand 1127), end applications of its products.

Demonstrations include: direct systems using 9xxnm laser diode bars for welding, marking, soldering, thermal processing and medical applications; fibre lasers and pump blocks using 9xxnm laser diode single emitters for material processing, fibre laser pumping, micromachining and medical applications; and frequency conversion visible lasers using 9xxnm single mode diodes for display applications and biomedical instrumentation.

"These demonstrations will show visitors to Photonics West the range of applications enabled by the Bookham portfolio and how our customers are benefiting from these cutting-edge, high power devices", said Berthold Schmidt, Director of Product Marketing for High Power Lasers at Bookham.

"Achieving lower cost per watt, is key to our customers' success in the competitive market for fibre, disk, Nd:YAG and direct diode lasers", added Schmidt.

"By providing more laser diode pump power and brightness, our expanded product portfolio meets this customer need, reinforces our leadership in providing innovative high performance laser diode products and allows us to target the vast medical and analytical markets".

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