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Advanced Foil-to-Tab Welding

Pairing the Coherent ARM fiber laser and SmartWeld+ processing head delivers the precision demanded for the most sensitive and delicate EV battery manufacturing tasks.

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Practical MicroLED Mass Transfer

Coherent excimer lasers power a cost-effective method for this critical step in microLED production.

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Transforming Edge Network Expansions

See how the Coherent 100G QSFP28 DCO Transceiver transforms edge network expansions, delivering 10X bandwidth compared to 10G tunable transceivers being deployed today with minimal capital expenditures for service providers.

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Enabling Global Automotive Mass Production

Coherent ARM fiber lasers deliver the consistency needed for high-volume automotive manufacturing.

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Crystals Power Medical Lasers

Coherent gain crystals and harmonic nonlinear crystals are widely used in specialty lasers for many types of medical procedures from aesthetic to therapeutic.

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Enabling 800 V EVs

High-voltage EV power electronics made from Coherent SiC will cut charging times, extend range, and lower costs.

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An In-Depth Look at 3D Sensing

Coherent delivers advanced illumination solutions for digital 3D vision systems.

Coherent is a leading provider of advanced illumination solutions for 3D sensing applications.

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ZnS MS Windows for Aerospace Imaging Systems

Coherent offers a unique broadband material that improves SWaP-C of airborne reconnaissance systems.

Closeup of a Drone Camera and Sensor Pod Module.

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5X Faster Laser Measurements

The Coherent PM10K+ Laser Sensor dramatically speeds up power measurements of industrial lasers up to 10 kW.

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High Throughput Ultraprecision Processing

Coherent HyperRapid NXT combines high power and superb beam quality for high-precision, high-volume materials processing.

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Successful Production Microwelding

Coherent delivers a total welding solution – hardware and process – to enable cost-effective, high-precision welding in volume production.

Quickly produce small, strong, cosmetically attractive welds with minimal heat affected zone for pressure sensors, batteries, mobile devices, and other products

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Life Sciences, Simplified

Accelerating biotech and medical advancements from prototyping to volume manufacturing.

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Coherent Corp. Reaches Milestone in Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project.

July 25, 2024. Coherent Corp. is proud to announce the completion of its 100th polished mirror segment.

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Coherent Reaches a Manufacturing Milestone: 300 Million Transceivers Shipped from Ipoh, Malaysia Facility

June 12, 2024. Coherent announced that it has shipped over 300 million optical transceivers from its Ipoh, Malaysia facility.

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Coherent Appoints Jim Anderson as Chief Executive Officer

June 3, 2024. Coherent has appointed Jim Anderson, an established industry executive with a proven track record of driving innovation and leading business transformations, as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective today. Mr. Anderson also joins the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Coherent Launches PM10K+ High-Power Laser Sensor

May 30, 2024. New 10K continuous (12K intermittent) Power Sensor that fills a previous gap in our offering and allows measurement of some of our higher power lasers.

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Coherent Releases New Specialty Optical Fiber for Lidar and Quantum Computing Applications

May 23, 2024. Coherent achieves another industry first. The new single-mode (SM), polarization-maintaining (PM) erbium-ytterbium co-doped specialty optical fiber for coherent LiDAR and quantum computing applications is available immediately.

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Coherent Supports HBCU/MI and Optica Foundation Scholarship Initiatives

Coherent announced a broad package of financial and material support for HBCU/MI and Optica Foundation targeted to workforce and skills development, and advanced degree and certifications for Black scientists in the field of photonics.

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Earth Day 2024: Coherent Corp. Announces Milestones in its Sustainability Journey

In support of Earth Day, Coherent announces its sustainability progress, including a 2040 net-zero goal, 70% renewable electricity use, and membership in the RBA.

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Coherent Secures Chips Act Funding to Accelerate Commercialization of Wide- and Ultrawide-Bandgap Semiconductors

Apr. 10, 2024. Coherent today announced that it secured $15 million in funding from the CHIPS Act to accelerate commercialization of next-generation wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors.

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Coherent Loans James Webb Space Telescope Demonstration Mirror to Space Foundation Discovery Center

Apr. 8, 2024. Coherent agreed to loan a replica mirror used on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to the Space Discovery Center in Colorado Springs.

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Coherent to Present a Broad Portfolio of New Products and Technology Innovations at OFC 2024

Mar. 25, 2024. Coherent will showcase its new products and technologies for next-generation optical communications networks at OFC 2024, March 26-28 at the San Diego Convention Center, Booth #3412.

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Significant Advancement in VCSEL Performance for Next-Gen AI Networks

Mar. 25, 2024. Coherent announced today a significant advancement in improving the bandwidth of its vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), paving the way for use in next-generation optical interconnects that will operate at 200 Gbps per lane.

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Optical Circuit Switch for Data Centers - Live Demo at OFC 2024 Based on Ultrareliable DLX Technology

Mar. 25, 2024. Coherent will hold a first-of-its-kind demo at OFC 2024 of a 300x300-port optical circuit switch based on ultrareliable DLX technology, revolutionizing data center networks for AI deployments.

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World's First 6-inch InP Scalable Wafer Fabs Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Lasers for AI Transceivers and 6G Wireless Networks

Mar. 25, 2024. Coherent has established the world’s first capability for 6-inch indium phosphide wafer fabrication; its expanded capacity significantly reduces die cost for InP devices.

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PIC Magazine | PIC platforms: A question of choice

November 24, 2023. An Interview With Julie Eng, Chief Technology Officer at Coherent.

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NIKKEI Mobility | Coherent CEO: SiC Invested by DENSO and Melco

November 7, 2023. DENSO and Mitsubishi Electric (Melco) have decided to invest in the silicon carbide (SiC) business of an American semiconductor wafer manufacturer. Vincent Mattera, Chairman and CEO of Coherent, gave an interview to NIKKEI Mobility.

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WSJ | One of the World’s Biggest Diamonds Could Be Key to Some of the World’s Fastest Microchips

November 3, 2023. To beat the heat that our devices throw off, engineers are experimenting with synthetic diamonds, ultrapure glass and other obscure materials.

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NIKKEI Tech Foresight | Battle to secure SiC wafers - power semiconductors for EVs

October 17, 2023. Japanese companies are scrambling to secure a stable supply of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which are essential for manufacturing next-generation power semiconductor devices.

Secure SiC wafers to compete for power semiconductors for EVs

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The Economic Times | US electronics manufacturer Coherent Corp establishes first global centre of excellence in Chennai

September 05, 2023. Coherent Corp, a Pennsylvania (US) based manufacturer of electronics, and instrumentation devices, on Tuesday said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to start its first global centre of excellence (COE) in Taramani, Chennai.

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McKinsey | Coherent’s Chuck Mattera on growing a $5 billion company

August 4, 2023. II-VI was founded 50 years ago as a specialized materials company. Today, as Coherent, it has technology platforms in multiple verticals and end markets. Coherent’s chair and CEO explains how it happened.

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Gazettabyte | How to Shepherd a Company’s Technologies for Growth

February 16, 2023. CTO Interviews Part 3: Dr Julie Eng. “One of the things that I always somehow had a knack for is interacting with customers, sensing opportunities, and then figuring out how our technologies can help customers solve their problems,” says Eng.

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Laser Focus World | Laser Engines Improve Life Sciences Applications

August 18, 2022. Multiwavelength laser engines, which combine laser sources with pre-aligned and stabilized free-space focusing optics or integrated fiber delivery systems, simplify alignment and integration tasks for fluorescence microscopists and flow cytometry OEMs.

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E-Motec | Silicon Carbide: Coming of Age in Electric Vehicle Powertrains

August, 2022. Using silicon carbide (SiC) for power switches enables higher power densities and switching efficiencies in electric vehicle (EV) powertrains.

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Cignal AI | II-VI and ADVA Announce a Shakeup in the 100ZR Market

July 5, 2022. In June, II-VI and ADVA announced a joint collaboration on a QSFP28-based 100Gbps coherent pluggable optic (aka 100ZR) to be released next year. For the past several years, Cignal AI has been forecasting 100ZR optics demand for enterprise and network edge applications. This is the first announcement of a product designed specifically for this market, and it holds the promise of mass deployment of 100Gbps at the network’s edge.

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WSJ | How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible

October 16, 2021. To peer deeper than ever into space, NASA needed optics of unprecedented size; the technology to make them was later repurposed to manufacture the display you might be looking at this very moment.

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Photon Automation: Teamwork Improves Precision Laser Welding

See how coordination between the Photon Automation and Coherent applications teams enabled rapid development of an advanced laser welding process.

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PT Laser Indonesia: Introducing Laser Cladding to Indonesia

See how a Coherent high-power diode laser system enabled Laser Indonesia to offer cladding services.

Restoring the leading-edge surface of turbine blades with cladding. Cladding is much quicker and less costly than removing and replacing worn blades or repairing them using traditional welding or thermal spray methods.

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University of Vienna: Orders of Magnitude Improvements in Radioisotope Analysis

See how Dr. Martin Martschini at the University of Vienna used lasers to perform AMS in conjunction with selective photodetachment.

Together with the ultraviolet AVIA LX, the Verdi 18 is a key laser in the ILIAMS setup, enabling unwanted background signals from isobars to be suppressed by up to 11 orders of magnitude.

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Teamtechnik: SmartWeld+ Fills the Gaps in Production Welding

See how production automation expert teamtechnik worked with Coherent Labs.

Top view of the 0.5 mm zinc coated copper to 1.0 mm nickel coated copper weld.

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APEX: West Australian Heavy Industries Benefit From Direct-Diode Laser Technology

Learn how APEX ETG uses Coherent 10 kW direct-diode lasers for efficient, high-speed cladding of components for industries such as mining, energy, and construction.

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IPS: Optical Isolators Improve Laser Reliability

Discover why IPS chose Tornos optical isolators in a custom format from Coherent.

Innovative Photonic Solutions (IPS) laser module with an integrated optical isolator. Free-space or fiber coupled versions are available.

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Nichrominox: Automated Laser Marking Delivers Production Flexibility

Learn how Coherent CombiLine laser markers enables dental equipment manufacturer Nichrominox to efficiently process diverse batches of metal products.

Lasers can produce durable, high-contrast marks on most metals

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Siemens: Laser Framework Makes a Mark in its Digital Factory

Learn how Coherent's Laser FrameWork software was able to successfully meet the laser marking demands of Siemens ID Link manufacturing program.

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New Mexico State University: Time-Resolved Flow Cytometry

Professor Jessica Houston’s research group at New Mexico State University investigates the unique ways in which time-resolved measurements can be used in flow cytometry.

Assembling the time-resolved flow cytometer

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University of Vienna: Shaping and Patterning Electron Beams with Laser Light

Dr. Thomas Juffmann and team developed new imaging techniques in light and electron microscopy using the Coherent Monaco femtosecond laser.

Thomas Juffmann (right) with members of his reach group

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AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: EXCIMER LASER OPTICS FACILITATE FLUENCE CONTROL

A team led by Prof Helmut Karl at Augsburg University chooses a COMPex laser and bespoke PLD beam optics for quantitative ablation studies of single-crystalline targets.

Augsburg lab photo with (left to right) Helmut Karl, Ralph Delmdahl, Florian Jung and Andreas Heymann

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Washington University: Dual-Laser Multiphoton Microscope for Immunology and Other Research

Dr. Mark Miller, Associate Professor and Director of the In Vivo Imaging Core at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has a long history of building and using multiphoton microscopes, particularly for use in intravital studies of immunity.

In vivo two-photon imaging of “T cell antigen recognition” reveals the key role played by random T cell motility in initiating adaptive immune responses. T cells (red) in the cervical lymph node migrate away from high endothelial venules(pink) and make random contacts with dendritic cells (green, zoomed view).

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