Advances in pulsed fiber lasers for modern micromachining applications

Pulsed fiber lasers have created new opportunities in commercial micromachining applications requiring superior processing speeds for small, precise features. Specifically, the growing demand for mobile device manufacturing and renewable energy related applications have paved the way for IR and Green fiber based lasers to become a key enabling technology, harnessing their typical characteristics such as high flexibility and efficiency combined with low maintenance and cost. In this talk we review the recent advances in Spectra-Physics’ V-Gen pulsed fiber laser technology offering state-of-the-art pulse energies, peak powers, and flexibility for modern micromachining applications, including touch panel displays, Li-ion battery, solar cell, semiconductor, and PCB processing.