Aochuang photonics southwest headquarters settled in Chongqing

On June 27, the reporter of Chongqing daily learned that Hangzhou aochuang Photonics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "aochuang photonics"), a leading enterprise in the domestic ultrafast laser industry, has set up its southwest headquarters in Chongqing and will establish an ultrafast laser Collaborative Innovation Center in Chongqing.

Ultrafast laser is applied to the manufacture of micro precision components. (picture from aochuang photon)

It is reported that ultrafast laser is a laser with a pulse width of picosecond or even femtosecond, of which one femtosecond is equal to one millionth of one second. It has the characteristics of high peak power, small thermal effect, high processing precision, no material selectivity and no phototoxicity, and has a wide application prospect. For example, in the field of electronic information, the sapphire used in mobile phones has high hardness and brittleness, and the efficiency and yield of traditional machining methods are very low. Femtosecond laser has become one of the main technical means for cutting sapphire.

Another example is the lithium battery used in new energy vehicles, which can avoid quality defects such as burrs and curling when machining electrodes by mechanical cutting, thus greatly improving the safety performance of the battery.

Ultrafast laser is applied to large-scale material processing and manufacturing. (picture from aochuang photon)

Ultrafast laser technology first came from European and American countries. In China, the team of Xi'an Institute of Optics and mechanics of Chinese Academy of Sciences took the lead in the research of ultrafast laser since 1985. Founded in 2018, aochuang photonics, based on the backbone team members of the national key Laser Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced several overseas experts with engineering experience to form a core team to carry out the R & D, production and application of femtosecond laser light source technology and femtosecond laser function modules.

At present, as a leading domestic femtosecond laser market share enterprise, aochuang photonics adopts customized self-made modules in the whole process of femtosecond laser production and assembly, which reduces the cost by one third compared with imported assemblies in the domestic market, and realizes import substitution with lower finished product price, so that more industries that used to sink in the past can also enjoy the performance improvement brought by femtosecond laser.

On June 27, altron photonics officially announced the completion of tens of millions of yuan of a+ round financing, which is also the second financing completed within a year, and will further lay a solid foundation for altron photonics to enter the new energy industry. At the same time, the southwest headquarters of aochuang photonics also settled in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing.

The reporter learned that aochuang photonics southwest headquarters will give full play to the technology accumulation and engineering advantages of the enterprise for many years. In view of the urgent demand for industrialized ultrafast lasers in the manufacturing field and forward-looking scientific research field in the southwest region, through innovative research and development, condition construction and other means, it will realize the industrialization and industrial support of industrialized ultrafast lasers, and strive to form a laser crystal, key components, accessories, lasers A complete and complete industrial chain composed of laser system, application development, public service platform and other links.

Among them, the ultrafast laser Collaborative Innovation Center will mainly carry out R & D and industrialization around the key core technologies of femtosecond lasers, build a high-end talent team, form industry university research cooperation with local universities and scientific research institutes, and promote the deep integration of innovation chain and industrial chain. In addition, it will connect with high-end manufacturing, biomedical and other industries, explore innovative applications of femtosecond lasers in other industries, and jointly promote industrial development, transformation and upgrading.

Source: Chongqing daily