At the Czech Optical Cluster stand we presented our teams and the results of their research. We also presented the LasApp project: Breakthrough Laser Technologies for Smart Manufacturing, Space and Bio-Tech Applications, and other partners were at the same stand.
ÚFE presented record-breaking fiber laser results at the concurrent CLEO-Europe congress. Pavel Honzátko gave an invited talk at the CLEO-Europe congress on our fiber optics for 2-micron fiber lasers, including all-fiber thulium lasers in the >100 W class with the highest differential efficiencies at the time. Jan Pokorný presented a holmium fiber laser at 2.1 micron wavelength with the highest output power and highest efficiency ever demonstrated in a core-pumped configuration. Bára Švejkarová was involved in another record-breaking experiment: at the Optoelectronic Research Centre at the University of Southampton, they broke the limits of thulium-doped fibres with a standard outer diameter of 125 microns and obtained an output power of 272 W thanks to the structured fiber core.
This year’s Laser Munich was a great success for the ÚFE. Thank you to everyone who visited our booth and we look forward to seeing you next time!
Photos: Majka Thunová, HiLASE