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    Commentary

    Riding the winds of change: Photonics in 2019

    March 28, 2019
    As you will read in this Report on the 31st annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar, the revenue numbers remain good for lasers and across many photonics markets - but the...
    The Optics Panel (left to right: Moderator Tom Hausken, Todd Jaeger, Jannick Rolland, Groot Gregory, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson) started with a question probing the importance of freeform optics.
    The Optics Panel (left to right: Moderator Tom Hausken, Todd Jaeger, Jannick Rolland, Groot Gregory, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson) started with a question probing the importance of freeform optics.
    The Optics Panel (left to right: Moderator Tom Hausken, Todd Jaeger, Jannick Rolland, Groot Gregory, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson) started with a question probing the importance of freeform optics.
    The Optics Panel (left to right: Moderator Tom Hausken, Todd Jaeger, Jannick Rolland, Groot Gregory, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson) started with a question probing the importance of freeform optics.
    The Optics Panel (left to right: Moderator Tom Hausken, Todd Jaeger, Jannick Rolland, Groot Gregory, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson) started with a question probing the importance of freeform optics.
    Optics

    Technology and Markets Panel: How advances in precision optics are driving new applications

    March 1, 2019
    Within this discussion, Tom Hausken guided the panelists through major questions of the promising technology of freeform optics.
    Courtesy of Bos Photonics
    Given that China has the world’s largest laser market, a 20% growth is still very good news.
    Given that China has the world’s largest laser market, a 20% growth is still very good news.
    Given that China has the world’s largest laser market, a 20% growth is still very good news.
    Given that China has the world’s largest laser market, a 20% growth is still very good news.
    Given that China has the world’s largest laser market, a 20% growth is still very good news.
    Lasers & Sources

    Trade, tariffs, and tumult: New challenges for lasers in China

    March 1, 2019
    After the unique 2017 with almost 30% growth, Gu expects more than 20% for 2018 to RMB 60 billion ($9 billion) in revenue.
    Courtesy of Strategies Unlimited
    Driven by smartphone sales, the market for VCSELs will prosper in the coming years; advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and lidar are gaining market share.
    Driven by smartphone sales, the market for VCSELs will prosper in the coming years; advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and lidar are gaining market share.
    Driven by smartphone sales, the market for VCSELs will prosper in the coming years; advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and lidar are gaining market share.
    Driven by smartphone sales, the market for VCSELs will prosper in the coming years; advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and lidar are gaining market share.
    Driven by smartphone sales, the market for VCSELs will prosper in the coming years; advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and lidar are gaining market share.
    Lasers & Sources

    Global laser markets: Insights and forecasts

    March 1, 2019
    While 2017 had been a year of unprecedented growth for many fields of laser technology, 2018 meant a return to a more typical growth rate.
    Courtesy of the TRUMPF Group
    Laser welding of copper hairpins is a typical application in e-mobility.
    Laser welding of copper hairpins is a typical application in e-mobility.
    Laser welding of copper hairpins is a typical application in e-mobility.
    Laser welding of copper hairpins is a typical application in e-mobility.
    Laser welding of copper hairpins is a typical application in e-mobility.
    Lasers & Sources

    Keynote Talk: Solution-oriented integration as key for sustainable success in the laser business

    March 1, 2019
    Ralf Kimmel, the general manager of TRUMPF Laser Technology, presented his company’s approach: “Solution-oriented integration as a key for sustainable success in the laser business...

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    Lasers & Sources

    The 2019 Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar: Mastering the changes

    March 1, 2019
    A look at the current photonics markets reveals numerous upheavals underway.
    FIGURE 1. The Quantum Technologies Panel (left to right: Moderator John Dexheimer, Graeme Malcolm, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Chris Monroe, and Tim Day) tried to answer questions such as the types of systems that vendors need from the photonics sector in terms of component specs/ technologies.
    FIGURE 1. The Quantum Technologies Panel (left to right: Moderator John Dexheimer, Graeme Malcolm, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Chris Monroe, and Tim Day) tried to answer questions such as the types of systems that vendors need from the photonics sector in terms of component specs/ technologies.
    FIGURE 1. The Quantum Technologies Panel (left to right: Moderator John Dexheimer, Graeme Malcolm, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Chris Monroe, and Tim Day) tried to answer questions such as the types of systems that vendors need from the photonics sector in terms of component specs/ technologies.
    FIGURE 1. The Quantum Technologies Panel (left to right: Moderator John Dexheimer, Graeme Malcolm, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Chris Monroe, and Tim Day) tried to answer questions such as the types of systems that vendors need from the photonics sector in terms of component specs/ technologies.
    FIGURE 1. The Quantum Technologies Panel (left to right: Moderator John Dexheimer, Graeme Malcolm, Jamil Abo-Shaeer, Chris Monroe, and Tim Day) tried to answer questions such as the types of systems that vendors need from the photonics sector in terms of component specs/ technologies.
    Lasers & Sources

    Scaling quantum information systems: Photonics holds the keys

    March 1, 2019
    The commercialization of quantum technology is a much-discussed topic.
    Test & Measurement

    Lasers and flow cytometry

    March 1, 2019
    From genetics to pathology, flow cytometry has proved to be an efficient technology throughout almost all fields of medicine and life sciences.
    Linda Smith described a rapidly changing world of end-users and markets that require new thinking by the photonics component and subsystem companies serving them.
    Linda Smith described a rapidly changing world of end-users and markets that require new thinking by the photonics component and subsystem companies serving them.
    Linda Smith described a rapidly changing world of end-users and markets that require new thinking by the photonics component and subsystem companies serving them.
    Linda Smith described a rapidly changing world of end-users and markets that require new thinking by the photonics component and subsystem companies serving them.
    Linda Smith described a rapidly changing world of end-users and markets that require new thinking by the photonics component and subsystem companies serving them.
    Lasers & Sources

    Financial perspectives on the photonics industry

    March 1, 2019
    Linda Smith, President, Ceres Technology Advisors, started the first of two presentations with an investor’s view on the photonics business.
    Seminar Chair Conard Holton (left) and Novanta CEO Matthijs Glastra (right) discussed sustainable growth and finding new markets during a discussion after lunch.
    Seminar Chair Conard Holton (left) and Novanta CEO Matthijs Glastra (right) discussed sustainable growth and finding new markets during a discussion after lunch.
    Seminar Chair Conard Holton (left) and Novanta CEO Matthijs Glastra (right) discussed sustainable growth and finding new markets during a discussion after lunch.
    Seminar Chair Conard Holton (left) and Novanta CEO Matthijs Glastra (right) discussed sustainable growth and finding new markets during a discussion after lunch.
    Seminar Chair Conard Holton (left) and Novanta CEO Matthijs Glastra (right) discussed sustainable growth and finding new markets during a discussion after lunch.
    Lasers & Sources

    Keynote Discussion: A conversation with Matthijs Glastra, CEO, Novanta

    March 1, 2019
    Sustainable growth is the task of every CEO, but it is a rare chance to have one of them talking about how to get there.