Semiconductor Laser Equipment Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts (2024 - 2029)

Semiconductor Laser Equipment Industry Overview

The semiconductor laser equipment market is moderately competitive, with the presence of numerous players such as Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Applied Materials, DISCO Corporation, Delphi Laser, and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., among others. These players are continuously adopting strategies such as product launches, product development, partnerships, and collaboration, among others, to increase their global share and expand their market presence.

In November 2022, researchers from LP3 Laboratory, France, developed a light-based technique that supports local material processing anywhere in the three-dimensional space of semiconductor chips. The direct laser writing facilitated by this technology opens the possibility of exploiting the sub-surface space for higher integration densities and additional functionalities.

In September 2022, Ushio introduced its novel 405 nm, 600 mW (CW) laser diodes, the HL40173MG and HL40175MG, with a lifetime almost double that of traditional products. The light source need for mask-less (direct imaging) exposure devices that expose high-definition circuit designs on the substrate has increased dramatically in parallel with customer demand for compact and more powerful smartphones. There is also a growing need for 405 nm laser diodes, which are frequently utilized as light supplies in the biomedical, measuring, and 3D printing industries and require additional advancements in stability and operational life.