Lithuania's LITILIT secures €8M loan to scale femtosecond laser production

According to the company, its lasers are built on patented technology that allows for scalable production and easier integration into industrial systems. LITILIT's stated goal is to bring femtosecond lasers closer to the cost and integration simplicity of fibre nanosecond lasers.

CEO Nikolajus Gavrilinas said the new system would significantly broaden how femtosecond lasers can be used. He noted that the technology is currently applied mostly to manufacturing high-value small parts, and that the new system could open applications in larger-scale industries such as the mass production of metal tools and the coating of large surfaces including aircraft or car bodies, as well as speeding up existing uses in consumer electronics, displays and chips.

Femtosecond lasers use extremely short pulses to process materials without damaging surrounding structures, a property known as cold ablation. Founded in 2015, LITILIT builds its lasers on patented inventions made by co-founders Kęstutis Regelskis, Nerijus Rusteika, and Gavrilinas, in collaboration with the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology.

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