Flexibility, speed of processing and maintenance-free operation are now rapidly making fibre lasers the technology of choice for marking plastics and metals.
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Gabzdyl, J. Fibre lasers make their mark. Nature Photon 2, 21–23 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.268
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