Ultrafast Lasers - 2008

Table of Contents

• 1.1 Summary of Key Findings
• 1.2 Report Methodology

• 2.1 The Laser Supply Chain
• 2.2 Pulsed Lasers
• 2.3 Definition of Ultrafast Pulses
• 2.4 Ultrafast Laser Advantages
• 2.5 Ultrafast Laser Disadvantages
• 2.6 Mode-Locked Ultrafast Lasers
• 2.7 Timeline of Ultrafast Lasers
• 2.8 Comparing Types of Ultrafast Lasers
• 2.9 Record Ultrafast Laser Performance
• 2.10 Materials Processing Requirements
• 2.11 Import-Export Issues
• 2.12 Intellectual Property Issues

• 3.1 Materials Processing
• 3.2 Medical Therapeutics
• 3.3 Biomedical Instrumentation
• 3.4 Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology
• 3.5 High-Frequency Instrumentation
• 3.6 Terahertz Generation
• 3.7 Supercontinuum Generation
• 3.8 R&D and Other Applications
• 3.9 Ultrafast Laser Prices
• 3.10 Ultrafast Laser Business Strategies
• 3.11 Ultrafast Laser Forecast

• 4.1 Market Share by Supplier
• 4.2 Supplier Regional Distribution
• 4.3 Supplier Timeline
• 4.4 Summary of Product Offerings
• 4.5 Brief Supplier Profiles

• 1.1 Typical Pulse Energy vs. Repetition Rate for Key Ultrafast Applications
• 1.2 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Forecast by Application, 2007-2012
• 1.3 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Share by Supplier, 2007
• 1.4 Calibration of Applications with Laser Types
• 2.1 The Industrial Laser Supply Chain
• 2.2 Peak and Average Power
• 2.3 Comparison of Laser Cutting - Ultrafast vs. CW Lasers
• 2.4 Example of a Compact Turnkey Femtosecond Laser
• 2.5 Example of a “Tabletop” Petawatt Femtosecond Laser
• 2.6 Example of an Ultrafast Laser Configuration
• 2.7 Amplified Picosecond Diode Laser Head - PicoQuant and TOPTICA Photonics
• 2.8 Progress of Ultrafast Laser Intensity Since 1960
• 2.9 Map of Materials Processing Parameters - Beam Quality vs. Output Power
• 2.10 Map of Materials Processing Parameters - Intensity vs. Interaction Time, All Regimes
• 2.11 Map of Materials Processing Parameters - Intensity vs. Interaction Time, Thermal Regimes
• 2.12 Pulse Duration vs. Cut Quality
• 2.13 Typical Pulse Energy vs. Repetition Rate for Key Ultrafast Applications
• 2.14 Relationship of Energy and Power Damage Thresholds to Pulse Width
• 2.15 Gaussian vs. Top-Hat Beam Profiles
• 2.16 Map of Pulse Energy vs. Repetition Rate - Commercial Ultrafast Lasers
• 3.1 Typical Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Materials Processing
• 3.2 Forecast for Laser Sales - Microfabrication Materials Processing, 2007-2012
• 3.3 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Therapeutic Medicine
• 3.4 Forecast for Laser Unit Sales for Laser Microkeratome and Refractive Surgery, 2007-2012
• 3.5 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Biomedical Instrumentation
• 3.6 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology
• 3.7 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Telecom Instrumentation
• 3.8 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - R&D
• 3.9 Ultrafast Laser Pricing Over Time Showing Widening Mix of Prices
• 3.10 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Forecast by Application, 2007-2012
• 3.11 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Forecast by Application, 2007-2012
• 3.12 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Forecast by Application - Revenue Shares, 2007-2012
• 4.1 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Share by Supplier, 2007
• 4.2 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Share by Region of the Supplier Headquarters, 2007
• 4.3 Organization of Product Categories by Pulse Energy and Pulse Duration

• 1.1 Ultrafast Laser Regimes by Pulse Duration
• 1.2 Summary of Market Outlook by Application
• 2.1 Pulsed Laser Regimes
• 2.2 Ultrafast Laser Regimes by Pulse Duration
• 2.3 Comparison of Thermal and Ultrafast Materials Processing
• 2.4 Active vs. Passive Mode-Locking
• 2.5 Brief Timeline of Ultrafast Laser History
• 2.6 Typical Parameters for Ultrafast Lasers
• 2.7 Key Features of Fiber Lasers Versus Other Key Laser Types
• 3.1 Typical Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Materials Processing
• 3.2 Forecast for Laser Sales - Materials Microfabrication Processing, 2007-2012
• 3.3 Maximum Selling Prices- Medical Laser-Based Tools
• 3.4 Ultrafast Laser Requirements- Therapeutic Medicine
• 3.5 Forecast for Laser Sales for Laser Microkeratome and Refractive Surgery, 2007-2012
• 3.6 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Biomedical Instrumentation
• 3.7 Forecast for Ultrafast Laser Sales - Biomedical Instrumentation, 2007-2012
• 3.8 Ultrafast Laser Requirements - Semiconductor Inspection
• 3.9 Forecast for Ultrafast Laser Sales - Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology, 2007-2012
• 3.10 Ultrafast Laser Requirements- Telecom Instrumentation
• 3.11 Forecast for Ultrafast Laser Sales - Telecom Instrumentation, 2007-2012
• 3.12 Ultrafast Laser Requirements- Terahertz Generation
• 3.13 Ultrafast Laser Requirements- R&D
• 3.14 Forecast for Ultrafast Laser Sales - R&D, 2007-2012
• 3.15 Average Prices for Products Related to Ultrafast Lasers
• 3.16 Ultrafast Laser Forecast by Application, 2007-2012
• 4.1 Key Supplier Developments
• 4.2 Ultrafast Laser Revenue Share by Supplier, 2007
• 4.3 Ultrafast Laser Suppliers by Region
• 4.4 Ultrafast Laser Suppliers by Year of Founding
• 4.5 Product Offerings for Low-Energy Picosecond Lasers
• 4.6 Product Offerings for Low-Energy Femtosecond Lasers
• 4.7 Product Offerings for Mid-Energy Ultrafast Lasers
• 4.8 Product Offerings for High-Energy Ultrafast Lasers
• 4.9 Product Offerings for Ultrahigh-Repetition-Rate Ultrafast Lasers
• 4.10 Brief Profiles of Ultrafast Laser Suppliers