The laboratory’s National Ignition Facility has repeatedly ignited fusion plasma using what is currently the world’s largest laser, achieving steadily increasing energy surpluses in the process.

The optical industry “almost completely relies on mechanical processes in its process chains,” So says laser and photonics research center Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). This, ...

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Fraunhofer ILT and Cailabs are entering a development partnership to advance wire-based laser material deposition for demanding industrial applications. Cailabs contributes a new, particularly compact ...

A project funded by Europe's M-ERA.NET research framework and including Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) has employed OCT to monitor laser metal deposition. TopCladd, investigating ...