Laser Markets Rebound: TEMATYS speaksin Physik Journal

Following a complex 2024, the laser industry is clearly regaining momentum. Across industrial manufacturing, semiconductors, datacom, medical, automotive, and defense, demand is strengthening—driven by both technology upgrades and new application needs.

In a recent Physik Journal Best Of article, TEMATYS experts Kimon Moratis and Thierry Robin share their perspective on how the market is evolving and where growth is concentrating.

What’s Driving the Upswing

 

The recovery is not uniform—but several powerful forces are shaping the next growth cycle:

• AI-driven data infrastructure, accelerating demand for optical communication lasers
• Semiconductor innovation, requiring ever more precise and advanced laser processes
• Electrification and mobility, from EV manufacturing to sensing technologies
• Defense investments, boosting photonics adoption in strategic applications

At the same time, key laser technologies—including ultrafast sources and fiber lasers—continue to expand their footprint across high-value applications.

The Physik Journal contribution provides a high-level view of these trends.

🔗 Read the excerpt here: https://pro-physik.de/zeitschriften/download/23180https://lnkd.in/eGjRXGny

🔗 Read the full issue here: https://pro-physik.de/zeitschriften/physics-best-best/2026-1/

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