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he field of laser systems is certainly looking healthy and fertile. With continued advances and improvements in lasers and systems, new applications are now possible


and beneficial. Diode lasers, for instance, are steadily


becoming more efficient and operating at higher intensity, meaning they can now be used in some cutting or even drilling applications, as well as welding and heat treatment. Similarly,


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ore than 400 attendees from 20 countries gathered from 16 to 20 October at the Sheraton in San Diego, CA,


for the 2016 Laser Institute of America’s International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro- Optics (ICALEO). Gathering a highly engaged group


of field veterans, new registrants and students, this year’s ICALEO featured more than 200 presentations, 59 peer-reviewed talks, comprehensive biophotonics coverage, and the introduction of the new ICALEO mobile app. Returning congress general chair Silke Pflueger was back at the helm helping compile the most highly-rated opening plenary presentations delivered at an ICALEO conference thus far. ‘We worked so hard this year to


ensure ICALEO 2016 once again exceeded all expectations,’ said Pflueger. ‘Our opening plenary session is a great example. From visiting Mars, to self-driving cars and a LIGO revisit,


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Fertile fields for laser systems By Peter Baker, Executive Director, Laser Institute of America


improvements in beam delivery sensing and other factors have allowed systems to be faster, more accurate and give higher quality manufacturing. Advances in laser technology, in turn, drives


better processes and new applications, for instance in aerospace where, in addition to cutting, welding and drilling, there is increased use of 3D laser printing. Tis virtuous cycle of progress brings benefits to life through improved manufacturing.


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Unparalleled laser innovations mark the 35th edition of ICALEO


we inspired new outlooks and forged new relationships, which is what ICALEO is all about.’ Opening plenary speakers included


Nina Lanza, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, who linked humanity together in her discussion about the laser used onboard the Opportunity rover on Mars, and Jim McBride from Ford Motor Company, who talked about the challenges of sensing on fully autonomous vehicles.


self-driving cars and a LIGO revisit, we inspired new outlooks and forged new relationships


From visiting Mars, to


Lin Li (left), University of Manchester, UK and president of the LIA board of directors, and Minlin Zhong from Tsinghua University and on the LIA board of directors


Tis year’s ICALEO also featured a


Albert Lazzarini, deputy director of LIGO Laboratory at California Institute of Technology, presented groundbreaking results on black holes, made from the first gravitational waves detected by LIGO.


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variety of laser research and experimentation revelations, from the use of lasers in emerging areas, like paint stripping and dairy, to microprocessing and several new opportunities in wearables and medicine. Highlights of the roughly 200


presentations include: lTe writing of skin by 3D printed cells with ultrafast lasers, and


insight into how creating structures on the surface of a biomaterial with lasers may eventually be able to control cell spreading;


lHow to improve processing speed and precision with new beam delivery and beam shaping techniques, and how to optimise later-cutting processes through time-resolved analysis of nanosecond pulsed laser processing of CFRP;


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