Where to Buy Femtosecond Lasers

With more than 15 years of experience, TOPTICA provides high-repetitive femtosecond lasers based on erbium- and ytterbium fiber laser technology. TOPTICA offers systems for OEM integrators as well as customized solutions for scientific customers, ranging from compact fiber-based seeders / oscillators to custom-tailored high-power amplifiers.

EKSPLA offers a wide range of femtosecond lasers for various applications:

- FemtoLux3 series microjoule class industrial fiber laser

- Ultraflux series femtosecond tunable wavelength laser based on the novel OPCPA technology

- FF200 series compact fiber laser

Laser Quantum specialise in femtosecond laser systems with ultra-short pulses and high repetition rates that offer unique capabilities and benefits to a wide variety of scientific applications.

Menhir Photonics offers ultrafast mode-locked lasers at 1.5 μm wavelength. These lasers offer pulse width below 200 fs and fundamental pulse repetition rates that can be chosen from 250 MHz up to 2.5 GHz. These systems are hermetically sealed and all-in-one (laser and electronic is one box). Menhir Photonics’ products have been designed to achieve ultra-low-noise performances combined with high-reliability and robustness, to ensure that they can be used in any situation from laboratory setup to harsh environments.

Class 5 Photonics offer powerful and high-performance femtosecond lasers based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA):

- 5 W to 100 W average power for demanding applications

- pulse duration from 100 fs down to 9 fs

- pumped by industrial Yb:fiber or Yb:YAG amplifiers

- CEP stability available

- add-ons: EUV to MID-IR wavelength extension

Extreme power at extreme wavelengths with award-winning products serving the ultrafast community with wavelengths ranging from high-flux extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) to high-field Terahertz – enabling researchers in physics, chemistry, and biology to conduct outstanding research at the frontiers of their fields.

The PHAROS is a femtosecond laser system combining millijoule pulse energies and high average powers. PHAROS features a mechanical and optical design optimized for industrial applications such as precise material processing. Compact size, integrated thermal stabilization system and sealed design allow PHAROS integration into machining workstations. The use of solid state laser diodes for pumping of Yb medium significantly reduces maintenance cost and provides long laser lifetime.

Tunable PHAROS parameters include: pulse duration (190 fs – 20 ps), repetition rate (single pulse to 1 MHz), pulse energy (up to 2 mJ) and average power (up to 20 W). Its deliverable power is sufficient for most of material processing applications at high machining speeds. The built-in pulse picker allows convenient control of the laser output in pulse on demand mode. The compact and robust optomechanical design features of PHAROS lead to stable laser operation in varying environments.

The PHAROS laser can be equipped with automated harmonics modules. A selection of fundamental (1030 nm), second (515 nm), third (343 nm), fourth (257 nm) or fifth (206 nm) harmonic outputs are available through software control.

Harmonics generators are designed to be used in industrial applications where a single output wavelength is desired. Modules are mounted directly on the output of the laser and integrated into the system.

PHAROS has an option for tunable GHz and MHz burst with burst-in-burst capability – called BiBurst. The distance between burst packet groups is called nanosecond burst, N (MHz-Burst). The distance between sub-pulses in the group is called picosecond burst, P (GHz-Burst). In single pulse mode, one pulse is emitted at a time at some fixed frequency. In burst mode, the output consists of several picosecond burst packets each separated by an equal time period between each packet. Each packet can contain a number of sub-pulses which are also separated by an equal time period between each pulse.

High pulse energy femtosecond laser with flexible BiBurst functionality brings new production capabilities to high-tech manufacturing industries such as consumer electronics, integrated photonic chip manufacturing, stent cutting, surface functionalization, future displays manufacturing and quantum computing.

BiBurst material fabrication areas cover:

- brittle material drilling and cutting

- deep engraving

- selective ablation

- transparent materials volume modification

- hidden marking

- surface functional structuring

Origami is our ultra-stable passively mode-locked laser platform, it exhibits the lowest phase noise on the market. A special hybrid laser setup, consisting of state-of-the-art polarization maintaining (PM) fiber technology and free-space sections for advanced dispersion control, allows for high pulse energy generation while supporting perfectly transform-limited soliton pulses without spectral ripples, excess of optical bandwidth, Kelly-sidebands, temporal pedestals or satellite pulses. The Origami lasers are designed for all precision applications, scientific or industrial, requiring long-term amplitude stability, low phase noise and timing jitter, compact and rugged design and 24/7 maintenance-free operation.

KMLabs is the only commercial provider for comprehensive, end-to-end research systems that leverage ultrafast pulses of extreme UV and soft X-ray light for a variety of experiments. The QM Quantum Microscope™ builds on the company’s world leading technology in high harmonic generation to enable a range of techniques including coherent diffraction imaging, photoemission, pump–probe spectroscopy, and EUV metrology. In addition, KMLabs continues to pioneer the development and engineering of standalone short wavelength sources including the Hyperion VUV laboratory-based vacuum ultraviolet femtosecond laser source, and the Pantheon™ platform, a pulsed EUV source-beamline to generate and deliver EUV photons to user-supplied experimental stations.

Menlo Systems' femtosecond fiber lasers based on Menlo figure 9® patented laser technology are unique in regard to user-friendliness and robustness. We offer solutions for scientific research as well as laser models engineered for OEM integration. From the shortest pulses to highest average power beyond 10 Watts and pulse energy beyond 10 μJ, we have the solution for your application ranging from basic research to industrial applications in spectroscopy, quality control, and material processing.

RPMC Lasers offers mode locked femtosecond fiber lasers from 400 fs down to <140 fs, with average powers up to 50 W and wavelengths of 1040, 1035, 920 and 515 nm.

Halite is a compact, single-box, all-fiber femtosecond laser, specifically designed to meet the most demanding applications in the field of neuroscience, biophotonics, microscopy and engineering. With pulses as short as <180 fs, average power up to 2 W at 1030 nm and the option of second harmonic generation at 515 nm, it is an irreplaceable tool in every lab that needs a reliable, turn-key, ultrafast light source. Thanks to its unique construction and SESAM-free technology it is a cost-effective solution that provides high pulse energy (up to 100 nJ) and an excellent beam quality. Halite’s industrial design facilitates easy integration with both experimental and commercial systems.