PREVIEW LASER WORLD OF PHOTONICS CHINA
Photonics heading East
China’s largest photonics trade fair will be held from 14 to 16 March in Shanghai
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n an area of 51,750m2, Laser World of Photonics China 2018 will feature more than 1,000 exhibitors and nine national
pavilions from around the world, with more than 55,000 trade visitors. With five key topics – lasers and photonics, optics and optical manufacturing, laser systems for production engineering, imaging, testing and quality control – the exhibition will present the entire range of modern laser technology. It will also be an opportunity to discuss
the most popular topics and challenges in industry and research fields.
Focus on smart manufacturing The integration of robots and advanced laser processing technology is a key factor of Industry 4.0, where manufacturing processes are automated to allow for more efficient and flexible production. Laser
“With five key topics, the exhibition will present the entire range of modern laser technology”
processing robots integrate the advantages of both technologies to better serve the high-end manufacturing industry. The exhibition will see robot giants like Fanuc, Kuka and Yaskawa demonstrate the ‘intelligence’ of laser processing robots. Much of China’s manufacturing industry still uses traditional production technology, which is in need of upgrading and replacement. In addition to laser processing robots, the trade show floor will feature equipment for ultra-precision optical parts processing, precision measurement and servo systems, and ultra-precision cutting. Products on display will include the Newport IDL positioning equipment
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platform, sub-nanometre optical technology from Changchun Guoke and the 3D optical scanning system from Carl Zeiss. Visitors will also be able to view the
latest in touch-screen cutting, ultra- fast lasers, VCSELs, attosecond laser technology, optoelectronics and multi- material welding.
Photonics Congress China A conference will be held concurrently with the exhibition and will examine interesting areas covering the hot topics in the industry, including laser processing, optical technology, infrared imaging technology, laser safety and beam analysis. These programmes will link the scientific research, development and application fields to offer more practical value. The congress will invite well-known experts from all over the world, including Professor Andreas Ostendorf, vice chancellor of the Ruhr University Bochum, Professor Wong Chee How, vice president of the College of Engineering at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, and Professor Stefan Kaierle, director of the Materials and Processing Division at the Hanover Laser Centre. They will talk about the latest advances in laser and optoelectronic technology, plus current market trends.
bonding process enables single-crystal coatings to be combined with a variety of dissimilar materials and geometries – including surfaces with a radius of curvature >1cm for diameters up to 20cm. The result is the best mirror possible on the ideal substrate, with centre wavelengths spanning 0.9 to 5µm and reflectivities >99.99 per cent. In the near-IR, scattering and absorption can be <5ppm and Brownian noise is reduced by up to a factor of 10. When paired with SiC or diamond, the high thermal conductivity of the coatings – 30x greater than traditional sputtered films – redefines the performance metrics of optics for high-power laser systems.
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Highlights from an impressive lineup of products and technology
Visit Crystalline Mirror Solutions in hall W4, booth 4733, to discuss how the company exploits direct bonding to merge III-V materials with super-polished optics to create semiconductor supermirrors. Via MBE, the highest-quality GaAs/AlGaAs multilayers are grown. The epilayers are then
extracted from the GaAs growth wafer and transferred to arbitrary substrates. CMS’ proprietary direct-
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