The final project newsletter is now available, with a summary of progress made in the last year:

First isolators supporting LG modes and capillary fibres AO modulators and segmented waveplates Polymer processing using hybrid 2 µm laser Glass cutting using ps-lasers with higher speed & quality Stainless steel cutting using tailored polarisation beams High quality […]

The HALO project ended 29-Apr-2016, with a dedicated session at AKL 2016 in Aachen. The series of excellent presentations was well received by the 100+ specialist audience. Over the next few weeks the final project reporting will be compiled, including a newsletter and a summary of the project progress.

Any questions, including interest in spin-off projects: please get in […]

HALO will have a booth at the Photonics Innovation Village as part of Photonics Europe 2016
03-07 Apr-2016; Brussels, Belgium
With over 1200 presentations and 18 conferences, this major European event covers a wide range of photonic technology including highly integrated and functional components, advances in laser and amplifier technologies and photonics […]

We can confirm that there will be a dedicated HALO session at AKL 16!
International Laser Technology Congress 2016
27-29 Apr-2016; Aachen, Germany.

For the eleventh time, laser manufacturers and laser users from various branches will meet at the biannual International Laser Technology Congress AKL. Featuring over 600 participants, around 70 speakers and over […]

The latest HALO newsletter #5 (Jun-2015) has been released which includes adaptable beams for cutting brittle materials, meta-modelling of metal cutting and observations on steel cutting with CO2 and fibre lasers.

If you have any questions, please get in touch: bruce@vividcomponents.co.uk

Best regards,

Bruce.

Weblink

http://halo-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/HALO-project-newsletter-5-Jun-2015.pdf

An article on the HALO project has been published in Laser Focus World:

HALO project results: Optimized beam profiles for laser machining

12-May-2015; Gail Overton

It mentions that results of the project will presented as part of the “European Research on Laser Based Technologies” Forum at LASER World of Photonics 2015:

Prof. Wolfgang Schulz (Fraunhofer ILT); “HALO–Real […]

Dear HALO mailing list member,

You may be interested to know about a free workshop on 2 um fibre lasers which is being prepared by the ISLA project (which includes several HALO members). It will be held in Munich on the day following the Laser World of Photonics exhibition and CLEO Europe conference.

There will be […]

A new video for the HALO project is available from the “Results” page of the project website.

The video covers some of the progress made in the project so far, including modelling advances, novel components and liquid jet cutting innovations.

It may also be viewed on YouTube here.

Any questions? Please contact […]

HALO had a strong presence at the International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO) in San Diego last week.  For over thirty years, this large congress event has enabled researchers and end-users to meet and review the state-of-the art in laser materials processing and predict where the future will lead. 

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