The Laser Institute (LIA) Announces Retirement of Executive Director

Orlando, FL – 3/28/23 The Laser Institute, a nonprofit organization that promotes laser safety and education, announced that Dr. Nathaniel Quick has retired from his Executive Director position, effective February 28, 2023. LIA’s President Henrikki Pantsar says, “The organization has been managed by Executive Director Dr. Nat Quick for the past five years, and it […]

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Dr. Bo Gu – 2022 Schawlow Award Recipient

ORLANDO, FL – September 22, 2022 — Laser Institute of America (LIA) Fellow, LIA Board officer Dr. Bo Gu has been selected as the 2022 Arthur L. Schawlow Award recipient in recognition to his career long contributions throughout the laser industry in the fields of micro- and nano engineering and laser applications in industrial metal […]

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The Novel Technology for Thick Glass Cutting with Small Power Laser Saw

By Chao Huang, Jimin Chen and Shi bai Introduction In recent years, glass has been widely used in different industrial field due to its excellent physical and chemical properties. However the glass cutting is always a difficulty because of its fracture characteristics. Especially in the field of irregular curve cutting, sloped cutting and drilling. In […]

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High Density Through Glass Vias for Advanced Chip Packaging

By Ralph Delmdahl, Rainer Pätzel, Rolf Senczuk and Jan Brune Glass is a promising material from which advanced interposers for high density electrical interconnects for 2.5D and 3D chip packaging can be produced. The supply of ultra-thin glass wafers with thicknesses of 100 µm and below shows attractive cost and superior high frequency performance relative […]

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