Photonics News No 83
Photonics News Magazine - Issue 83
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Dear reader,
Our aim to constantly improve our range of products has led to the continuous expansion of our services in recent years.
At LASER COMPONENTS you receive much more than “just” components; for example, we offer technical training, seminars, in-house conferences, on-site installation, and repair and calibration services.
In addition, we have invested massively in production-related measurement technology over the past few years, which enables us to define an optimum scope of documentation and thereby respond specifically to our customers’ demands.
Background information on the services we offer can be found in detail in this issue.
Good service includes the optimal accessibility of technically qualified personnel. In times of a shortage of skilled workers and rapid growth, we are therefore pleased and proud to have found numerous additional sales staff in recent months.
We were also able to successfully complete a generational change in two important management positions, once again drawing on employees from our own ranks.
Yours,
Patrick Paul
Managing Director, Laser Components GmbH
MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY IN PRODUCTION
Beyond Borders
Anyone who has ever painted a wall as a do-it-yourself handyman is all too familiar with the following scenario: The paint is on the wall, and somehow everything is colorful. Upon closer inspection, however, it appears that the result did not turn out quite as intended. Too much paint in some spots, not enough in other spots: the whole wall is more like a patchwork carpet than a uniform, colored surface.
Uniform coating is also important for laser optics. But unlike painting your home, irregularities cannot simply be masked by hanging up a picture to cover it up. If the dielectric layers are not homogeneous, this has an effect on the beam shape and the imaging properties of the optics. The coating is then useless and must be disposed of. But nobody can afford this because a dielectric coating system is much more expensive than a bucket of paint. Precise control of the coating thickness is therefore essential in our industry.
A further complicating factor is the fact that experts do not speak of “thin layers” for no reason: While a layer of wall paint measures approximately 100 µm on average, the layer thicknesses of laser optics typically range between 100 nm and 6 µm for the visual spectral range. A layer design can consist of 20 or more layers. A standard coating of paint is therefore around a thousand times thicker than the individual coating thicknesses. That’s about the difference in height between a man and a flea.
SERVICE FIBER TECHNOLOGIES
Beyond Borders
When it comes to fiber optic data networks, you can rely on LASER COMPONENTS: Our services include the installation of monitoring systems and the calibration and repair of your measuring instruments. Optical fibers are not only used in communication; they can also be found in many other areas (e.g., in high-power lasers in medicine and industry). We are also a competent partner for these applications: We accompany you from product development to assembly under cleanroom conditions. If you would like to purchase high-tech measuring systems for laboratories or production, we support you with our leasing offers. You will benefit from the knowledge we have gained in production, sales, and service at practical training courses and informative symposia at LC’s facilities.
SERVICES FROM LASER COMPONENTS
Beyond Borders
Customer Visits, Workshops, Trade Shows - Personal contact is more important than ever before
“Laser Components manufactures according to the wishes of its customers!” This is one of our company’s most important messages and at the same time shows that few products come off the shelf. The adapted products are created in direct consultation with customers; intensive contact is therefore a prerequisite for our course of action.
During the project phase, our product engineers are on site at the customer’s facilities again and again – often accompanied by our development engineers. However, coordination also takes place at trade shows and in-house workshops. Large events have the advantage that it is possible to come into contact with many customers in a short period of time. Fixed appointments guarantee that nobody is rushed, which facilitates fruitful discussions.
In Germany alone, we conduct about 1,000 customer visits every year. In 2018, we will be present at thirteen trade shows. With the IR WORKshop and fiber optics symposium, we will be hosting two major events, at which we expect about eighty guests each. In addition, various events will be held at our LC campus: training courses and workshops will be held in small groups at different locations.
In view of the large number of events we hold and visit, we always question the benefits critically: sometimes, we must also turn our backs on established events if we no longer reach our target group.
We spent almost a quarter of a century at Optatec in Frankfurt with a wide range of products. After long deliberations, we have decided not to attend in 2018, but instead we will strengthen our presence at other trade shows and continue to expand our own program of events in order to reach out to our customers in a very targeted manner.
We look forward to welcoming you at one event or another – and/or directly in house at Laser Components.
NEW PRODUCTS and Company News
Beyond Borders
LASER COMPONENTS Germany - Your competent partner for optical and optoelectronic components in Germany.
Welcome to LASER COMPONENTS Germany GmbH, your expert for photonics components. Each product in our wide range of detectors, laser diodes, laser modules, optics, fiber optics, and more is worth every Euro (€/EUR). Our customized solutions cover all conceivable areas of application: from sensor technology to medical technology. You can reach us here:
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 15
82140 Olching
Deutschland
Phone: +49 8142 2864-0
Email: info(at)
