II-VI Incorporated Introduces Electro-Optic Modulators for Ultrafast Lasers in Materials Processing
January 15, 2020 at 03:00 am IST
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II-VI Incorporated announced the introduction of its electro-optic modulators, based on proprietary crystal technology, for ultrafast lasers in materials processing. Ongoing efforts to increase efficiencies in manufacturing are spurring the demand for next-generation laser systems that achieve faster materials processing throughput. II-VI’s electro-optic modulators enable ultrafast lasers to generate a series of highly controlled energy pulses at rapid intervals to achieve precision machining tasks such as scribing, drilling, and marking at a very high speed. II-VI leverages its electro-optic, acousto-optic, and magneto-optic materials and technology platforms to enable a wide range of ultrafast laser designs. II-VI’s broad portfolio of components for ultrafast lasers includes seed lasers, wavelength-stabilized pump laser modules, matched chirped mirror pairs, dispersion-compensation prism pairs, diffractive gratings, and polarization-mode combiners. Ultrafast lasers can be converted from infrared to ultraviolet at 355 nm using II-VI’s lithium triborate (LBO) and beta-barium borate (BBO) crystals.
Coherent Corp. is a vertically integrated manufacturing company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, optical and laser subsystems and systems for use in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Its segments include Networking, Materials, and Lasers. The Networking segment designs, manufactures, and markets products, such as optical and electro-optical components and materials, infrared optical components, semiconductor lasers and detectors, engineered materials, and compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers. The Materials segment manufactures transceivers for data centers and telecom optical networks, pump lasers, optical amplifiers, crystal materials, optics, lasers and optoelectronic modules. The Lasers segment offers lasers and optics products that serve industrial customers in semiconductor and display capital equipment, precision manufacturing, and aerospace and defense.
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