Laser Diode Bar provides output power up to 80 W.
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Measuring only 3.6 mm in width, Very High Brightness Model VHB features bar smile of less than 1 µm, making it suited for beam shaping. Hard-soldered device will optimize performance of direct diode and fiber delivery systems, particularly those supporting industrial processing applications such as coating, cladding, and welding.
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Bookham Achieves Record Power-To-Size Ratio with Ground-Breaking Laser Diode Bar
New product to be unveiled at LASER 2007
Zurich, Switzerland - June 6, 2007 - Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), a leading provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, is to unveil a new "Very High Brightness" (VHB) laser diode bar at LASER World of Photonics 2007 in Munich later this month.
The VHB bar has a power output of 80W - up to four times the brightness of a typical 10mm bar - and measures only 3.6mm in width. With a bar smile of less than 1um - a record for a hard-soldered device - the product is designed for efficient beam shaping and will enhance the performance of direct diode and fiber delivery systems, particularly those supporting industrial metal processing applications such as
coating, cladding and welding.
"Bookham is leading the market in terms of brightness and power," said Berthold Schmidt, director of product marketing for High Power Lasers at Bookham. "Designed for efficient beam shaping, and with a wall-plug efficiency of more than 60%, our high power laser diode portfolio enables more reliable, smaller, less expensive and more flexible designs for direct diode systems and fiber lasers."
Visitors to the Bookham stand (number B3.149), will also see new 10xxnm bars designed to provide an additional wavelength to scale power of direct diode systems or to replace Nd:YAG lasers in medical applications. Two conductively cooled 9xxnm high brightness bars - a 60W 20% fill-factor bar and an 80W 30% fill-factor bar - will also be on display.
At LASER, Bookham will partner with customers to demonstrate end applications of its laser diode products. Demonstrations will include CW and pulsed fiber lasers for material processing, micromachining and medical applications besides many others.
In addition to showcasing its technology at the exhibition, Bookham will be delivering two technical papers: 'Broad area single emitter (BASE) modules with improved brightness' and 'Brightness Scaling of High Power Laser Diode Bars', as well as giving a talk at the "Photonics Forum - Talking Trends" entitled "High performance laser diodes are setting the pace for industrial systems".
Bookham will also be showing products from its thin film filter technology portfolio, including optical filters and the ZoroLight(tm) LED multiplexer module, which can be used to replace traditional lamps in bio-medical instrumentation illumination. The new Bookham VCSELs portfolio, which is targeted at a range of datacom, sensing and measurement markets, will also be on display.
Contact Info:
Joanne Bradbeer
Bookham, Inc.
+44 (0) 1327 350581
joanneb@bookham.com
About Bookham
Bookham is a leading manufacturer and independent, vertically integrated supplier of high performance, high reliability industrial laser diodes across many markets, including industrial, medical, display, analytical, printing, aerospace and defense.
The company boasts two decades of experience as a leader in laser diode development, continued investment in technology and customer support, and offers scalability for cost efficient, high volume production through the use of advanced automated manufacturing processes in its state of the art facility in Zurich.
Bookham was the first company to offer 120W 9xxnm diode bars and is a leader in the market for single emitter 8W pigtailed laser modules for fiber laser pumping. The company's diversified high power laser diode offering ranges from 8W pigtailed multimode modules to 120W bars and 2.4kW fast axis collimated stacks.
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