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- extensive PV applications expertise
Solar/Photovoltaics (PV) Manufacturing
Spectra-Physics is a market leader in lasers for photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing. With thousands of lasers used in PV manufacturing, Spectra-Physics lasers deliver highest reliability and cost-effectiveness for demanding 24/7 operations. Our broad portfolio of lasers for PV is used in a variety of processes for crystalline, multi-crystalline and thin-film a-Si, CdTe and CIGS PV. Our lasers are backed by our team of applications engineers and a global support organization.
So contact our experts to discuss your laser application needs and challenges. Let’s work together to solve them.
Unprecedented UV power (>60 W and >300 µJ) hybrid fiber laser with TimeShift pulse flexibility for fastest precision micromachining
Solar/Photovoltaics Manufacturing Applications
| Dicing |
| Drilling |
| Doping |
| AR film removal |
| Edge isolation |
| Emitter wrap through (EWT) |
| Metal wrap through (MWT) |
| Laser-fired contact (LFC) |
| Laser groove buried contacts (LGBC) |
| Defect/shunt repair |
| P1 scribing a-Si – ITO, AZO, GeZO, SnO2 CdTe – SnO2 CIGS – Molybdenum |
| P2 scribing a-Si CdTe – CdS/CdTe, graphite CIGS |
| P3 scribing a-Si – ZnO, ITO, aluminum CdTe – Metal, aluminum, silver CIGS – ZnO, ZnO:Al |
| Edge delete TCO/a-Si/ITO |
| BIPV a-Si/ZnO/ZnAl |
| Drilling Glass |
Lasers for Solar/Photovoltaics
| Product | Type | Pulse Width | Power | Wavelength | ||
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Quasar Highest power hybrid fiber laser with TimeShift pulse flexibility for high speed, quality micromachining |
Hybrid Fiber | 2–100 ns | 45–60 W, 75–95 W | 355, 532 nm | |
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Talon Disruptive cost-performance UV and green lasers |
Q-switched | 15–100 ns | 6–45 W, 15–40 W | 355, 532 nm | |
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Explorer One Compact air cooled high power UV ns laser |
5-15 ns, <12 ns, <15 ns |
1.1-0.5 W, 2 W, 4 W, 5 W | 349, 355, 532 nm | ||
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Spirit Setting a new standard for high-precision femtosecond machining |
Ultrafast | 400 fs | 8 W, 16 W, 30 W, 70 W, 100 W |
515, 520, 1030 , 1040 nm | |
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IceFyre Versatile game-changing picosecond laser for precision micromachining |
Picosecond | <20 ps | >50 W | 1064 nm | |
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VGEN-G Pulsed green fiber lasers (532 nm) |
Fiber | <1 to >20 ns | 10–30 W | 532 nm | |
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VGEN-ISP-POD IR MOPA industrial short pulse fiber lasers |
2–250 ns | 20–50 W | 1060–1080 nm | ||
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Millennia eV Highest power 532 nm pump lasers, up to 25 W |
CW | N/A | 5–25 W | 532 nm | |
Application Notes
Technical Articles
- Optimization of UV Laser Scribing Process for Light Emitting Diode Sapphire Wafers
- Efficient Use of Short Pulse Width Laser for Maximum Material Removal Rate
- DPSS Lasers Give Medical Device Manufacturing an Edge
- Highest-speed Dicing of Thin Silicon Wafers with ns-pulse 355 nm Q-switched Laser Using Line-focus Fluence Optimization
- High Power UV Q-switched and Mode-locked Laser Comparisons for Industrial Processing Applications