A laser system having multiple beams for simultaneously cutting patterns into a plurality of stents, the laser system comprising: a laser (305,405) capable of emitting a linearly polarized laser beam (310,410); at least one partially transmissive and partially reflective beam splitter (315,325,415,425) capable of transmitting and reflecting the laser beam (310,410) at a nearly linear polarization and which introduces no polarization change to the laser beam (310,410) and which is capable of dividing the laser beam (310,410) emitted by the laser (305,405) into two laser beams; a respective half wave plate (330,430) disposed in an optical path of each of the two laser beams, the half wave plates (330,430) being capable of being rotated to alter the polarization direction the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective polarizer (335,435) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams for adjusting the laser power of the two laser beams at a selected polarization direction independently of each other; a respective adjustable beam expander (340,440) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams to adjust the size of the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective dichroic mirror (345,445) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams, the dichroic mirrors (345,445) reflecting the two laser beams and providing a respective optical pathway to view the cutting process; a respective quarter-wave plate (350,450) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams after reflecting from the last mirror for introducing circular polarization into the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective focusing lens (355,455) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams after the laser beams have passed through the respective quarter-wave plate (350,450) for focusing the two laser beams to a desired spot size independently of each other; a respective achromatic lens (365,465) disposed in each of the two optical pathways for viewing the cutting process; and a respective camera (370,470) configured to view the cutting process through the respective achromatic lens (365,465). a laser (305,405) capable of emitting a linearly polarized laser beam (310,410); at least one partially transmissive and partially reflective beam splitter (315,325,415,425) capable of transmitting and reflecting the laser beam (310,410) at a nearly linear polarization and which introduces no polarization change to the laser beam (310,410) and which is capable of dividing the laser beam (310,410) emitted by the laser (305,405) into two laser beams; a respective half wave plate (330,430) disposed in an optical path of each of the two laser beams, the half wave plates (330,430) being capable of being rotated to alter the polarization direction the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective polarizer (335,435) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams for adjusting the laser power of the two laser beams at a selected polarization direction independently of each other; a respective adjustable beam expander (340,440) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams to adjust the size of the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective dichroic mirror (345,445) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams, the dichroic mirrors (345,445) reflecting the two laser beams and providing a respective optical pathway to view the cutting process; a respective quarter-wave plate (350,450) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams after reflecting from the last mirror for introducing circular polarization into the two laser beams independently of each other; a respective focusing lens (355,455) disposed in the optical path of each of the two laser beams after the laser beams have passed through the respective quarter-wave plate (350,450) for focusing the two laser beams to a desired spot size independently of each other; a respective achromatic lens (365,465) disposed in each of the two optical pathways for viewing the cutting process; and a respective camera (370,470) configured to view the cutting process through the respective achromatic lens (365,465).