Fiber laser market share will reach 30%

High-power fiber laser technology has rapidly moved from the laboratory to commercialization in the past 10 years. Compared with traditional carbon dioxide laser technology, fiber laser technology can provide high-quality, more perfect and long-distance laser beams, and additional advantages include high efficiency and low energy consumption, low operating costs, industrial maintenance and automation of the production process. In the fast-growing world laser technology application market, the market share of fiber laser technology has increased from 8% in 2006 to 10% in 2008, and it is expected to increase to 30% in 2013.

Advanced fiber laser technology produces laser pulses on the order of Fentosecond (10-15 seconds), which has been known for its complexity, cost, and instability since its inception. The European Union's Seventh Research and Development Rack Program (FP7) supports 10 million Euros, with a total R&D investment of 16 million Euros, and is coordinated by German scientific and technical personnel. The European Union’s 7 member states and associated countries include Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, and Denmark. The European LIFT R&D team of 21 Swedish scientific and technological personnel participated in the successful development of a new type of stable, affordable and high-power femtosecond fiber laser source, laying the foundation for the promotion and application of fiber laser technology. The R&D team was able to develop fiber-based short-pulse laser generators and ultra-short-pulse laser generators called “cold processing” in a relatively short period of time, thanks to the composition and coordination of R&D team scientists. The R&D team's scientific and technical personnel come from a wide range of disciplines and cover scientific research, experimental and engineering researchers and engineers of laser technology research institutes, laser source suppliers, and optical instrument assembly manufacturers.

The success of the R&D team in the development of fiber laser technology will continue to ensure the EU's leading position and competitiveness in laser technology and laser manufacturing. At present, the main goal of the R&D team has shifted to the commercial application of fiber laser technology, including the development of the fortune cutting and welding process using a new generation of fiber laser technology; the acne and acne technology applied to medicine has applied for a patent for invention; The development of cancer treatment technology; applied to the development of solar cell module manufacturing technology.