Laser applications are being used more and more often in industry,
backed up by the continually strong growth of the laser manufacturing
market. The World of Photonics Congress 2009 from 14 to 19 June 2009
will present LiM 2009 and the most advanced technologies in macro and
micro processing. Innovative applications and new markets for laser technology are
opening as lasers become more and more efficient, flexible and diverse,
and as beam quality improves. The development of the laser industry and
laser-based applications is closely connected to research being carried
out in this field. The two main tracks of LiM 2009 are therefore high
power laser machining at Macro Processing Conference and the generation
of precise structures at Micro Processing Conference.
From simulations to laser metrology, from process and system control to
hybrid processes, from cutting and welding to micromachining,
industry-oriented laser research is being carried out in many fields.
Besides this, there will be Joint Sessions of LiM and CLEO, another
conference held under the roof of the World of Photonics Congress. They
will cover Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers as well as on Fundamentals and
Modeling of Material Processing. A Special Session on Laser
Nanomanufacturing will be organized based upon a new German basic
research program.
LiM 2009 which is organized by the German Laser Research Society WLT
will be the platform where international speakers in this field will
present and exchange their latest results and ideas and where new
projects are born. Since WLT represents all major German institutes and
scientists in laser technology and there are significant cooperating
societies like LIA, JLPS, AILU, and SwissLaserNet, and ELI, LiM is
backed by an enormous portfolio of international laser research
activities.
The LIM 2009 is an ideal platform for gathering information on the
latest developments and for exchanging ideas between both industry and
research. This conference is meant to be an interface between the
industrial market and scientists, and ideally LIM should make a major
contribution to shortening the time between first lab results and the
introduction of new products to the market. More information on how to
contribute on LiM and on how to submit an abstract can be found at
www.lzh.de/lim2009-WLT.
Laser joining of stripes in solar cell processing
Photo: Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. 
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