Application Notes

App Note 73: The application note explains that TOPCon solar cells are more efficient but use a lot of silver, which is costly and unsustainable.  It suggests using lasers …

App Note 72: Laser machining copper with speed and quality can be challenging. This application note demonstrates how UV nanosecond pulse bursts achieve optimal results.

App Note 71: Silicon carbide is critical for e-mobility but is difficult to process. Here we demonstrate ps UV pulses and TimeShift^™technology combining for high-quality …

App Note 70: Lithium-ion batteries are essential in industries like electronics, electric vehicles, and energy storage. Laser processing ensures high cutting speed and precise edge …

App Note 69: When drilling flex PCB blind vias in copper/polyimide laminates, TimeShift^™pulse tailoring overcomes the challenge of processing dissimilar materials, achieving …

App Note 68: Machining ceramics can be challenging, but a 70-Watt green nanosecond laser proves highly capable in meeting todays demanding quality and throughput requirements.

App Note 67: A UV femtosecond laser with pulse-on-demand (POD) capability combines with high-speed galvos for position synchronized output (PSO) processing for high throughput and excellent …

App Note 66: With high power across a range of high repetition rates, green nanosecond pulsed lasers easily slice through flex PCB laminates for high-speed yet cost-effective profile …

App Note 65: Here we demonstrate the cutting of small-radius corners in high-index glass and reduced edge roughness with flexible pulse tailoring using TimeShift™ for process fine …

App Note 64: We present results for using high-power UV femtosecond pulses to cut a complete smartphone OLED display, with speeds approaching 160 mm/s and heat-affected zones of just …

App Note 63: PCB manufacturing is a rapidly evolving application space for lasers, with new materials and processes overlapping those already established. We find that a green nanosecond …

App Note 62: System in package (SiP) singulation cut quality has become increasingly important. Using a green picosecond laser, we demonstrate excellent high-speed cutting of glass-reinforced …

App Note 61: Industrial UV lasers are use a wide range of marking and engraving applications, including consumer electronics, medical devices, semiconductors, food and beverage, and …

App Note 60: The cut quality of lithium-ion battery foils is of particular importance since flaws in the cut edge can lead to shorting and device reliability issues. We demonstrate …

App Note 59: With a high power femtosecond UV laser, we demonstrate fast, high-quality cutting of various polymers used in OLED displays, flexible PC boards, microelectronics, medical …

App Note 58: High-speed, high quality cutting of 5G flex PC board materials is demonstrated using an 80W UV Quasar(R) hybrid fiber laser. Materials include bare and copper-clad liquid …

App Note 57: Polymers play a vital role in various technology sectors, and ultrashort pulse lasers can process polymers with minimal heat-affected zone (HAZ) damage. We have conducted …

App Note 56: Using IceFyre high power picosecond 355 nm hybrid fiber laser for ablation cutting of a clear PI-based multi-layer stack for foldable display cover window application. …

App Note 55: Drilling and cutting of modified polyimide (MPI) and liquid crystal polymer (LCP), materials used in 5G flexible printed circuits (FPCs), are demonstrated using the IceFyre …

App Note 54: Bessel beam optics produce a short Bessel region from the output of an IceFyre^® 1064-50 picosecond laser to process thin glass & sapphire.