The revolutionary white light laser Published 31.10.2006
One of the youngest ‘daughters’ in the NKT family, KOHERAS A/S, is quietly and unobtrusively developing into a leader in its field. The company creates laser light sources that can revolutionise the use of laser-based equipment in several ways, and recently KOHERAS signed its first partnership agreement with Leica Microsystems.
To build a wind farm you need to be able to measure wind speed. This can be done simply and easily using a laser-based sensor. And to effectively study living cells under a microscope a research scientist needs to be able to image all the cells, something that requires a special laser light source.
This is where the NKT company KOHERAS comes into the picture. Because KOHERAS makes light sources based on optical fibres. The optical fibres are used in the laser components developed by KOHERAS. The components will soon be serial produced by KOHERAS for sale to makers of analytical, measuring and monitoring equipment. Like the engine of a motor car, a laser component is valuable only as a key part of another product.
Laser light sources exist in a wide variety of forms. KOHERAS has two main product lines: A narrow spectrum fibre laser that enables instant and ultra-precise listening, imaging and sensing. And a line of broad-spectrum components that make all visible wavelengths available at the same time. This frees the user from the limitations of conventional lasers, which permit working on only one wavelength at a time.
Both product lines are superior to conventional laser products. Their market potential is therefore significant.
