The Laser Thermal Blog

Laser Thermal CTO Daniel Schmidt will give the Day 1 keynote at the 2026 Albany Nanotechnology Symposium, October 22 to 23 at UAlbany’s ETEC Building in Albany, New York. His talk is titled “Keeping the...

From soft TIMs to CVD diamond: join our Thermal Live Fall 2026 session on thermal conductivity measurement Jeff Braun shows how one non-contact platform now measures materials from gels and pastes to diamond wafers, and...

Why the thermal bottleneck moved inside the package As dies get thinner and substrates and dielectrics shrink to reduce signal path length, the same geometry that helps electrical performance limits how effectively heat can spread....

Designing reliable thermal measurements in thin films and bonded interfaces As power densities rise and material stacks grow more complex, thermal performance is increasingly governed by effects that conventional tools struggle to resolve. Directional heat...

Measuring thermal properties becomes significantly more difficult as materials and devices shrink. Conventional techniques like laser flash or guarded hot plate work well for bulk samples, but they rely on assumptions that break down at...

When the materials change, measurement has to follow Thermal measurement is no longer a straightforward task. Many of the materials driving innovation today do not behave in ways that conventional techniques were designed to handle....

Charlottesville, VA — [September 25, 2025] — Laser Thermal, a leader in advanced thermal metrology solutions, today announced the launch of FASTR, a next-generation platform that redefines how researchers and engineers measure thermal properties across...

TOPS revolutionizes thermal conductivity testing for solids, liquids, pastes, gels, and foams. Charlottesville, VA, March 10, 2025 Today, Laser Thermal, a leader in optical thermal measurements, is excited to announce the launch of its groundbreaking...

Laser Thermal is pleased to announce that we have recently secured a contract with Louisiana Tech University to enhance its semiconductor research capabilities. This partnership will bring cutting-edge technology to the University’s Institute for Micromanufacturing...

Introduction As semiconductors continue to improve, thermal management becomes increasingly critical. Current semiconductor devices are certainly stronger, smaller, and higher in power densities than previously created devices. However, semiconductor performance deteriorates in the presence of...