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The main difference between the fiber laser  and the CO2 laser is that the working materials of the two are different. The working material of the fiber laser is optical fiber, and the working material of the CO2 laser is CO2, which belongs to the gas laser. In addition, the power of the two is relatively large. The difference is that fiber lasers are currently used from a few hundred watts to thousands of watts, while CO2 lasers typically   have a power range of 80W to 600W. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of fiber lasers is higher than that of CO2 lasers. Fiber lasers are superior to CO2 lasers in terms of cutting quality and speed. Fiber lasers are lower than CO2 lasers in terms of use and maintenance costs. Higher than CO2 lasers ; in addition, both fiber lasers and CO2 lasers require a chiller to cool and cool them.

The year is ending, holiday reminders surround us, and after some opulent dinner it is time to think about what may come to us next year. A few trends in photonics such as lidar or additive manufacturing are obvious, others may be less apparent. Here are my picks for photonics trends that might be worth watching in 2018. 2017 was an incredible year for industrial photonics: Market leaders such as Trumpf and IPG Photonics posted double-digit revenue growth, and Coherent seems to do well with the purchase of Rofin Sinar. It is no surprise that fiber lasers conquered more than 40% market share, while the good news for excimer lasers may not be on everybody‘s focus. And thanks to EUV the good old CO2 laser has some new prospects as well. Behind many of the good numbers is a record breaking spending of almost $56 billion for equipment in semiconductor industry. The CEO of Carl Zeiss, Michael Kaschke, spoke of “the most successful fiscal year in the history of Zeiss,” backed by a 25% in...