Spectra-Physics opens applications lab

17 Jun 2002

Spectra-Physics will open an industrial-laser applications laboratory at its facility in Mountain View, California, in the US. The purpose of the lab is to enable manufacturers in industrial markets, such as microelectronics, to investigate materials-processing techniques using solid-state lasers. In particular, Spectra-Physics aims to facilitate and advance the use of high-power, ultraviolet lasers for high-volume micromachining tasks.

The new applications lab will be headed by Dr Mingwei Li and will be equipped with high-power semiconductor lasers and several high-performance diode-pumped solid-state lasers. These will include lasers that are based on Spectra-Physics's Fcbar technology, which offers infrared, green and ultraviolet output, as well as the company's newest Fcstack Tornado series, stack-pumped solid-state lasers that deliver high power (35-100 W) for high-throughput processing tasks.

Spectra-Physics plans to have the facility fully operational by February, 2001.