PhotonicsViews 2 / 2025

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Editorial

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Automation and photonics: a powerful synergy

Jürgen Niederhofer (MKS Instruments)

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Table of Contents

Contents: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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News: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Products: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Communications: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Interviews

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“Our commitment to sustainability and social responsibility enhances our reputation”

Pascal Grahnert, managing director of Jabil Optics Germany, a provider of design and
engineering services for opto-electronic devices from concept to mass production, talks to EPIC photonics technologies program manager Jérémy Picot-Clémente.

• Pages: 20-21
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Laser Micromachining

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Electronics on any surface: SSAIL brings innovations to chip packaging, displays, and PCBs

Valdemar Stankevič (Akoneer, FTMC), Karolis Ratautas (FTMC), Deividas Andriukaitis (Ekspla), Tadas Kildušis (Akoneer), Oliver Rohm (Topag Lasertechnik)

• Pages: 26-29
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Optical Measurement Technology

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Utmost flexibility paired with high accuracy

Researchers at ICFO rely on MKS measurement technology

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Spectroscopy

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Boosting efficiency and data quality – lasers for LIBS aluminum recycling

Flexible MOPA lasers from Neolase improve aluminum sorting speed and accuracy

Torsten Ledig (AMS Technologies)

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Laser Materials Processing

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2 in 1: laser cutting and welding in one

Hiwin and Laservorm realize a real heavyweight

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Technology Feature

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Photonics – a key enabling technology in the quantum world

Inside Hamamatsu Photonics' expanding portfolio of quantum technology

Naveen Balla (Hamamatsu Photonics)

• Pages: 38-40
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Beam Shaping

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Why laser beam shape matters

The performance of laser systems is significantly affected by the laser's beam shape

Anna Hetzelt, Sara Castillo (both: Edmund Optics)

• Pages: 42-45
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Beam shaping: a key enabler to upscale industrial laser processes

Case studies highlighting beam shaping as a driver of industrial laser process innovation

Gwenn Pallier, Clémentine Maurier (both: Cailabs)

• Pages: 46-50
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Biophotonics

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Unveiling cell secrets with lasers

Ultrafast lasers enable rapid cancer diagnosis with simultaneous two and three-photon imaging

Oliver Prochnow (Hübner Photonics), Laura van Huizen (Flash Pathology)

• Pages: 51-53
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Technology Report

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The new green revolution: Photonics for smart farming

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (European Photonics Industry Consortium)

• Pages: 54-57
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Community Features

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Investment in Photonics: Three experts share their advice on how to increase your chances of finding the right investors for your enterprise

Carlos Lee (European Photonics Industry Consortium)

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40 years of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

The laser is a success story and some chapters of it were written in Aachen

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Company Profiles: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Calendar

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Events: PhotonicsViews 2/2025

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Buyers’ Guide

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Index & Masthead

Company Index

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