
Scan Head SK1010 Time Period: c. 1992 Technology Represented: Deflection and Positioning of Laser Beams
Introduced by SCANLAB in 1992, the SK1010 was one of the first SCANLAB scan heads for laser material processing. Nearly 20 years later, many SK1010 scan heads remain in service today. Marking speed: approx. 200 characters/second.

FL20-42 Time Period: 1999 Technology Represented: Fiber Lasers
First high power fiber laser, result of an Polaroid / SDL development. The FL20 is the second generation, the initial product was the FL10-39, a 9W laser introduced for the printing industry.

High-power Green DPSS Laser Prototype Time Period: c. Mid 1990s Technology Represented: Diode-pumped Solid-state Lasers
First laser produced for industrial use

SDL-7350-A6 Time Period: 1997 Technology Represented: Semiconductor Lasers
Monolithically integrated MOPA, delivering up to 1W of single frequency diffraction limited power, replacing gas lasers with a smaller, more rugged package

Electro Optics Associates Model LSTP1010 He Ne Laser Time Period: c. mid 1990s

Tsunami Spectra-Physics Laser Time Period: c. 1992 Technology Represented: Ti:Sapphire
First commercial ultrafast Ti:Sapphire laser

Millennia V Spectra-Physics Laser Time Period: c. 1996 Technology Represented: DPSS
First high-power cw DPSS green laser

Display of High Power Semiconductor Packages Time Period: 1999 Technology Represented: Semiconductor Lasers
Various high power semiconductor lasers in SDL's product spectrum in the late 1990s.

FL20-42 Time Period: 1999 Technology Represented: Fiber Laser
First high power fiber laser, result of an Polaroid / SDL development. The FL20 is the second generation, the initial product was the FL10-39, a 9W laser introduced for the printing industry.

LDL 80-900 Time Period: c. 1997 Technology Represented: High Power Diode Lasers
This 900W direct diode was integrated into a milling machine for rapid prototyping applications
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