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Born out of the optical telecoms revolution, the high power fiber laser challenges currently held views on how to make, repair, and destroy things. With small size, maintenance-free operation, high thermal and electrical efficiency and outstanding (diffraction- limited) beam quality, it has the potential to change every industry and discipline it encounters. Unique among high power lasers, the fiber laser is monolithic, the light being entirely confined to the fiber core. This gives immunity to thermal distortion of the beam, almost instant startup, very high stability and protection from the environment. Maintenance is minimal, since no realignment or cleaning of components is necessary.
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Born out of the optical telecoms revolution, the high power fiber laser challenges currently held views on how to make, repair, and destroy things. With small size, maintenance-free operation, high thermal and electrical efficiency and outstanding (diffraction- limited) beam quality, it has the potential to change every industry and discipline it encounters. Unique among high power lasers, the fiber laser is monolithic, the light being entirely confined to the fiber core. This gives immunity to thermal distortion of the beam, almost instant startup, very high stability and protection from the environment. Maintenance is minimal, since no realignment or cleaning of components is necessary.
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