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The fibre laser

Delivering power

Nature Photonics volume 4, page 290 (2010)Cite this article

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With its high wall-plug efficiency and record-breaking power output, the fibre laser has made the use of lasers in manufacturing more acceptable and cost-effective.

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  1. Bill Shiner is vice president of industrial at IPG Photonics, 50 Old Webster Road, Oxford, Massachusetts 01527, USA. bshiner@ipgphotonics.com,

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Shiner, B. Delivering power. Nature Photon 4, 290 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.109

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