SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13,
2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumentum Holdings Inc. ("Lumentum") today
announced that its PicoBlade® 3 picosecond laser
has been recognized in Laser Focus World's 2020 Innovators Awards.
An esteemed and experienced panel of judges from the optics and
photonics community recognized Lumentum's recently launched
PicoBlade 3 platform as a Silver honoree. Picosecond lasers address
the trend toward miniaturization in the smartphone, automotive, and
medical device industries by offering higher power, precision, and
flexibility for micromachining processing.
"On behalf of the Laser Focus World Innovators Awards, I would
like to congratulate Lumentum on their Silver-level honoree
status," said Laser Focus World Editor in Chief John Lewis. "This competitive program allows
Laser Focus World to celebrate and recognize the most innovative
products impacting the photonics community this year."
"We are thrilled to receive this innovation award for the
PicoBlade 3," said Lumentum Director of Product Line Management,
Vincent Issier. "Our focus in enhancing the PicoBlade 3 laser
system was to increase the power by a factor of four and provide
customers with higher throughput in existing applications. We
expect this improvement will accelerate the development of new
applications to come."
About the Product
By offering high-precision and reliability, customers worldwide
turn to Lumentum's ultrafast industrial lasers to support a variety
of complex micromachining applications. The high power PicoBlade 3
employs a new design which enables faster processing and improved
throughput for micromachining applications including OLED, PCB,
semiconductor, metal, and solar cell processing. It allows users to
cut thicker substrates, decrease processing time, and improve
quality. Lumentum's ultrafast lasers are known for their excellent
beam quality, high pulse-to-pulse stability, and long-term output
power stability. These characteristics are also built into the
PicoBlade 3, but now at significantly higher power–up to 50 W at
355 nm over an extended range of repetition rates (400 kHz to 8
MHz). Additionally, the PicoBlade 3 is available in three
wavelengths 1064 nm, 532 nm, and 355 nm. For more information or to
place an order, please contact customer.service@lumentum.com.
About Laser Focus World
Published since 1965, Laser Focus World has become the most
trusted global resource for engineers, researchers, scientists, and
technical professionals by providing comprehensive coverage of
photonics technologies, applications, and markets. Laser Focus
World reports on and analyzes the latest developments and
significant trends in both the technology and business of photonics
worldwide—and offers greater technical depth than any other
publication in the field.
About Lumentum
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and
manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling
optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum
optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type
of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers
enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications
including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is
headquartered in San Jose,
California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices
worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.
Contact Information:
Investors: Jim Fanucchi, 408-404-5400;
investor.relations@lumentum.com
Media: Sean Ogarrio, 408-546-5405;
media@lumentum.com
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