Femtosecond lasers are among the most advanced tools in precision manufacturing and can shape materials with great precision without damaging surrounding structures.
According to experts at LITILIT, one of the biggest barriers to mass adoption of femtosecond lasers is that they evolved from laboratory-grade systems and are notoriously difficult to produce at scale.
Researchers at EPFL university in Switzerland recently demonstrated a lab concept of an ultrafast laser integrated onto a photonic chip, showing how rapidly the technology is becoming smaller. [Read more…] about From cutting smartphone glass to ‘painting’ with light: Three applications of femtosecond lasers