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News Release from: Jenoptik
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
Laser technology and polymer optics
Photonics West, which is being staged from January 22 to 25, 2007, is an important headline trade fair for photonics technologies and is held annually in San Jose, California.
Photonics West, which is being staged from January 22 to 25, 2007, is an important headline trade fair for photonics technologies and is held annually in San Jose, California Jenoptik will be attending, displaying a wide range of innovative products and giving six technical presentations at the accompanying conference
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Extremely fine textures are required, amongst others, for trimming lasers, marking wafers in the semiconductor industry as well as e.g for plastics processing.
Jenoptik microoptics: As an expansion of the Microoptic product range from Jena we now launch transmission gratings made of fused silica and reflection gratings consisting of dielectrical layer systems for laser pulse compression.
This new of gratings are characterized by significant higher diffraction efficiencies and damage threshold than standard metall coated gratings.
These advantages enable our customers to provide more compact femtosecond lasers with higher stability and lifetime.
The Microoptics Group offers a growing number of customised diffractive, refractive and hybrid components and systems for applications using wavelengths from deep UV to IR.
MEMS Optical, is our one-stop-shop in the US for high quality microoptical components and integrated assemblies that are optimised for size and performance.
The flexible in-house design, fabrication, and assembly knowledge leads to more elegant and complete solutions that meet or exceed the customers' requirements.
Jenoptik high-power diode lasers: The quality of the semiconductor material, basis of the high-power diode lasers, has also been further improved.
Exceptional bar quality combined with a new assembly technology led to further increases in the output power of all products.
Diode lasers which previously generated an output power of 60 Watts now provide for 80-100 Watts from one high-efficiency bar or up to 140 Watts from a fibre coupled module based on two high-efficiency diode lasers.
The result of this is that all passively cooled diode lasers can now be used in the same output power category as the actively cooled diode lasers - to the benefit of the user.
Jenoptik offers in-house products along the entire process chain for high-power diode lasers - from the unassembled diode laser bars right up to ready-made diode lasers with beam focusing, vertical and horizontal diode laser stacks as well as fibre-coupled diode laser modules..
Diode lasers are used for pumping thin-disc lasers (for welding and cutting various materials), in the area of medical application (e.g for hair removal) or in direct materials processing (soldering and hardening of metals or welding plastics).
The advantages lie in the high level of efficiency when switching from electrical to optical performance, in the compact design which allows for mass production and in the wide range of applications in which they are used.
The laser's power range can also be variably adjusted to suit the requirements of the respective area of application.
This type of laser is considered overall to be one of the most promising for the future.
The Jenoptik Group will also be presenting other lasers from its Laser and Optics division such as e.g for medical technology, as well as optical components for lasers, high-performance optics, sensor systems for automation and security applications as well as plastic optics and systems.
Jenoptik Polymer Systems: In the polymer systems area Jenoptik will be presenting a new polymer-based camera module for use, among others, in medical technology and for industrial sensors.
The module's special feature is its extremely compact design and the combination of image sensors and an innovative LED-based illumination unit in miniature form.
The challenge posed during development of the camera module was to provide efficient heat management.
The new development succeeded thanks to the group's extensive expertise in the optical field which was interlinked with the activities of the relatively new area of assembly and packaging technology.
This is an area in which in recent years Jenoptik Polymer Systems had significantly expanded its know-how and invested in machinery and systems.
In addition, the group will for the first time be presenting silicon lenses for use in LED illumination applications.
The special feature of silicon is its high temperature stability.
On the plastics side, Jenoptik will also be introducing polymer-based optical components and optoelectronic systems for client-specific applications in the areas of industrial sensor systems and medical technology.
More detailed information on the products and innovations of the Jenoptik Group will be available on stand 1027 which Thuringia's Prime Minister Dieter Althaus will also be visiting on January 23 during his tour of the trade fair.
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