After reading tales about cutters of such size going out of alignment when someone as much as walked nearby, he dropped the idea – and equipped the CNC head with a high-power laser diode module ...

While he was initially planning on using a diode laser, doing anything more than engraving is tricky. He purchased a cheap 40 W CO2 laser tube, but it meant that he needed water cooling ...

Photonics Products claims this performance represents the highest power available in a single-mode laser diode with an internal monitor photodiode. This internal monitor photodiode, which can be ...