The ultrafast laser is gearing up to become a tool for high-precision mass production – opportunities and challenges
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Thomas Graf
Thomas Graf was born in Switzerland in 1966. He received his MSc in Physics in 1993 and his PhD degree in 1996 both from the University of Bern. After 15 months of research at Strathclyde University in Glasgow (UK) he was appointed head of the High-Power Lasers Group at the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bern in April 1999 where he was awarded the venia docendi in 2001 and appointed Assistant Professor in April 2002. In June 2004 he was appointed university Professor and Director of the Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW) at the University of Stuttgart (D). At the IFSW Prof. Graf is engaged in high-power laser systems, laser system engineering and laser applications in manufacturing. At the University of Stuttgart Prof. Graf was Vice Dean of the faculty of Engineering Design, Production Engineering and Automotive Engineering from October 2010 to February 2013 and has been Vice Rector for Knowledge and Technology Transfer since February 2013. From 2001 to 2007 Prof. Graf served as a board member of the Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM), from 2008 to 2012 he was a board member of the European Optical Society (EOS), he is a board member of Photonics BW e.V., serving since 2016 as its chair, and is a member of the German Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik e.V., WLT (Scientific Society for Laser Technology), and since 2013 he has been a member of its board as vice president of Engineering Sciences.
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Beat Neunschwander
Beat Neuenschwander studied Physics at the University of Bern and realized 1996 his PhD at the Institute of Applied Physics. Since 2000 he has been at the Bern University of Applied Sciences where he built up the laboratory for laser micro machining and is leading the Laser Surface Engineering Research Group at the Institute for Applied Laser, Photonics and Surface Technologies ALPS. He lectures physics and applied laser technology, has been a member of CTI, is currently an expert for innosuisse and is the Head of the optics section of the Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy SSOM.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Cover and Frontmatter
- Views
- Disruptive: making lenses in a foundry
- Community
- News
- Topical Issue: Ultrafast Laser Matter Interaction
- Editorial
- The ultrafast laser is gearing up to become a tool for high-precision mass production – opportunities and challenges
- Review Articles
- Ablation dynamics – from absorption to heat accumulation/ultra-fast laser matter interaction
- Heat input and accumulation for ultrashort pulse processing with high average power
- Residual heat generated during laser processing of CFRP with picosecond laser pulses
- Ultrafast Bessel beams: advanced tools for laser materials processing
- Research Articles
- Residual heat during laser ablation of metals with bursts of ultra-short pulses
- Model of the final borehole geometry for helical laser drilling
- Atomistic simulations of ultra-short pulse laser ablation of aluminum: validity of the Lambert-Beer law
Articles in the same Issue
- Cover and Frontmatter
- Views
- Disruptive: making lenses in a foundry
- Community
- News
- Topical Issue: Ultrafast Laser Matter Interaction
- Editorial
- The ultrafast laser is gearing up to become a tool for high-precision mass production – opportunities and challenges
- Review Articles
- Ablation dynamics – from absorption to heat accumulation/ultra-fast laser matter interaction
- Heat input and accumulation for ultrashort pulse processing with high average power
- Residual heat generated during laser processing of CFRP with picosecond laser pulses
- Ultrafast Bessel beams: advanced tools for laser materials processing
- Research Articles
- Residual heat during laser ablation of metals with bursts of ultra-short pulses
- Model of the final borehole geometry for helical laser drilling
- Atomistic simulations of ultra-short pulse laser ablation of aluminum: validity of the Lambert-Beer law
