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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.

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Quasar hybrid fiber laser

Quasar

Unprecedented UV power (>60 W and >300 µJ) hybrid fiber laser with TimeShift pulse flexibility for fastest precision micromachining

Solar/Photovoltaics Manufacturing Applications

c-Si Solar Cell Processes Thin Film Solar Cell Processes

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

Lasers

	Type	Pulse Width	Power	Wavelength
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
Talon Disruptive cost-performance UV and green lasers	Q-switched	15–100 ns	6–30 W, 15–40 W	355, 532 nm
HIPPO Versatile design for micromachining and scribing in a compact industrial package		12–30 ns	2 W, 17–27 W	266, 1064 nm
Explorer One XP Compact green and UV mid-power all-in-one lasers		<12 ns	2 W, 5 W	355, 532 nm
Explorer One Compact, lightweight UV and green nanosecond lasers		5–15 ns	0.1–0.5 W, 2 W	349, 355 nm, 532 nm
Explorer One HP Compact air cooled high power UV ns laser		<15 ns	4 W	355 nm
Navigator Industry leading history/reliability for trimming and micromachining		8–110 ns	3–12 W	532, 1064 nm
Spirit 1030-100 and 70 Setting a new standard for high-precision femtosecond machining	Ultrafast	400 fs	50 W, 70 W, 100 W	515, 1030 nm
Spirit One Breakthrough cost-performance femtosecond lasers		400 fs	4 W, 8 W	520, 1040 nm
Spirit HE High pulse energy, high repetition rate ultrafast lasers		400 fs	8 W, 16 W	520, 1040 nm
Spirit Industrial high repetition rate ultrafast lasers		400 fs	8 W, 16 W	520, 1040 nm
IceFyre Versatile game-changing picosecond laser for precision micromachining	Picosecond	<20 ps	>50 W	1064 nm
Spirit ps High finesse industrial picosecond lasers	Picosecond	13 ps	18 W	1040 nm
VGEN-QS IR Q-switched fiber lasers	Fiber	125 ns	10–100 W	1060–1080 nm
VGEN-ISP-POD IR MOPA industrial short pulse fiber lasers		2–250 ns	20–50 W	1060–1080 nm
VGEN-G Pulsed green fiber lasers (532 nm)		<1 to >20 ns	10–30 W	532 nm
Millennia eV Highest power 532 nm pump lasers, up to 25 W	CW	N/A	5–25 W	532 nm

Application Notes

	Picosecond Laser Burst Machining of Silicon to Enhance Material Removal Rate and Quality
	E-Track: Active Pulse Energy Control for Explorer One Lasers
	Through-Glass Via Drilling with a UV Laser Source: Temporal Pulse Tailoring for Improved Throughput and Quality
	Industrial PERC Solar Cell Processing with a High Power Nanosecond Pulsed Laser
	Glass Cutting with Spirit
	High Quality Precision Micromachining at 50 m/sec Scanning Speed with Quasar
	Glass Cutting and Si Scribing with Quasar
	Ultrashort-pulse Laser Structuring with Spirit and Spirit ps
	fs Laser Irradiation and Chemical Etching (FLICE)
	ITO and Ag Patterning with VGEN-ISP
	Explorer Fuels Laser Marking Trend Toward Shorter Wavelengths
	LED Sapphire Wafer Scribing Using 355 nm Lasers
	LED Laser Scribing Brochure
	Glass Cutting with UV Lasers
	High Speed Laser-Dicing of Thin Silicon Wafers Using Line-Focus

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