Laser Application

A detailed list of industrial and commercial laser applications includes: Laser cutting Laser welding Laser drilling Laser marking Laser cladding, a surface engineering process applied to mechanical components for reconditioning, repair work or hardfacing Photolithography Optical communications over optical fiber or in free space Laser peening Guidance systems (e.g., ring laser gyroscopes) Laser rangefinder / surveying, Lidar / pollution monitoring, Digital minilabs Barcode readers Laser engraving of printing plate Laser bonding of additive marking materials for decoration and identification, Laser pointers Laser mice Laser accelerometers OLED display manufacturing Holography Bubblegrams Optical tweezers Writing subtitles onto motion picture films.[26] Power beaming, which is a possible solution to transfer energy to the climber of a Space elevator 3D laser scanners for accurate 3D measurement Laser line levels are used in surveying and construction. Lasers are also used for guidance for aircraft. Extensively in both consumer and industrial imaging equipment. In laser printers: gas and diode lasers play a key role in manufacturing high resolution printing plates and in image scanning equipment. Diode lasers are used as a lightswitch in industry, with a laser beam and a receiver which will switch on or off when the beam is interrupted, and because a laser can keep the light intensity over larger distances than a normal light, and is more precise than a normal light it can be used for product detection in automated production. Laser alignment Additive manufacturing Plastic welding To store and retrieve data in optical discs, such as CDs and DVDs