Market forecast of laser diode pumped solid-state lasers

Looking into the worldwide laser device sales by application and the commerciallaser devicesales by laser types, we forecast a nearly 200% annual growth rate for laser-unitsales and dollarvolume by market of the leser diode (LD) pumped solid-state lasers. A futurcorrelation betweenLD laser diode or LD pumped solid lasers and other lasers in thenear-infrared, visibleand ultra-violet regions foresees that dye lasers and gas lasers will be replacedby LD and/or LDpumped solid-state lasers.