Where to Buy Ultrafast Lasers

With more than 15 years of experience, TOPTICA provides high-repetitive femtosecond and picosecond 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.

The current EKSPLA product line includes lasers providing picosecond and femtosecond pulses. The femtosecond laser line includes:

- the FemtoLux3 series microjoule class industrial fiber laser

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

- the FF200 series compact fiber laser

Due to their excellent stability and high output parameters, EKSPLA scientific picosecond lasers established their name as “Gold Standard” among scientific picosecond lasers. The innovative design of a new generation of picosecond mode-locked lasers features diode-pumping‑only technology, thus reducing maintenance costs and improving output parameters. Second, third, fourth and fifth (on some versions) harmonic options combined with various accessories, advanced electronics (for streak camera synchronization, phase-locked loop, synchronization of femtosecond laser) and customization possibilities make these lasers well suited for many scientific applications, including optical parametric generator pumping, time-resolved spectroscopy, nonlinear spectroscopy, remote sensing and metrology.

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.

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.

NKT Photonics offers a wide range of diode-pumped, ultrafast fiber lasers for industrial as well as scientific applications. All lasers are maintenance-free and packaged in a dust-sealed enclosure allowing for operation in the harshest environments. The combination of advanced fiber laser technology and nonlinear frequency conversion results in a broad range of wavelengths, from UV to infrared, and pulse durations from femtosecond to nanosecond. Our more than ten years’ experience and deep knowledge in laser science allow us to offer lasers having industrial-grade reliability and robustness.

Laser Quantum specialise in ultrafast laser systems with short pulses and high repetition rates, offering unique capabilities and benefits to a wide variety of scientific applications.

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

WHITE DWARF OPCPA powered by Coherent up to 5 W:

- < 9 fs at 800 nm @ 1 MHz

- most compact few-cycle laser system

- stable and reliable

- CEP stability optional

- dual output for time-resolved measurements

- pumped by Coherent Monaco industrial femtosecond laser

WHITE DWARF HE OPCPA up to 30 W:

- high-performance OPCPA system

- pumped by Yb:Fiber or Yb:YAG laser up to 300 W and 3 mJ

- output power up to 30 W

- pulse durations down to 9 fs

- add-ons EUV to MID-IR

- pump-probe configuration available

SUPERNOVA OPCPA up to 100 W – our flagship product:

- highest average power OPCPA for demanding applications

- pumped by kW-class Yb:YAG Innoslab amplifiers or thin-disk

Ultrafast or “ultra-short-pulse lasers” with picosecond or femtosecond pulse durations are of tremendous interest for a growing number of commercial applications due to their extremely high peak powers. These high intensities enable precise micromachining together with minimal thermal input to the surrounding material but present a challenge for fiber based delivery and laser architectures. This means that until recently only very bulky, complex multi-stage solid state or disk laser designs were commercially available.

The CARBIDE femtosecond lasers feature an output power of >80 W at 1030 nm wavelength. The laser emits pure pulses with ASE background of <10⁻⁹ and recently updated maximum energy specifications without compromises to the beam quality, industrial grade reliability and beam stability regardless of environmental conditions. Continuously tunable repetition rate in a range of 60 kHz to 2 MHz is combined with an in-built pulse picker for output pulse timing and full-scale energy control with <10 microsecond response time, enabling arbitrary shaping of the emission. The pulse duration can be tuned in a range of 290 fs – 10 ps. Excellent power stability of <0.5% RMS is standard. The laser output can be split into a burst of several pulses of pico- and nano- separation while having the ability to modify the burst envelope. Harmonic generator options permit femtosecond applications at different wavelengths. The parameters are entirely software adjustable.

The scientific interface module for CARBIDE features:

- laser seeding via external OSC (FLINT)

- uncompressed laser output access

- provides simultaneous OSC output ( 65 MHz, <100 fs, >100 mW output power)

- beam-splitting options

The CARBIDE laser can be equipped with auto mated harmonics modules. Selection of fundamental (1030 nm), second (515 nm), third (343 nm) or fourth (257 nm) harmonics outputs are available by software control. Harmonics generators are designed to be used in industrial applications where a single output wavelength is desired.

Ti:sapphire is the workhorse of ultrafast lasers due to its high gain bandwidth, enabling delivery of the shortest pulses and scalable to high pulse energy and average power. KMLabs provides a full suite of modelocked oscillators and integrated oscillator-amplifier systems, spanning pulse energies from the nJ range to 30 mJ in pulses from 15 fs to 40 fs.

RPMC Lasers offers ultrafast mode locked fiber lasers in the IR and green wavelengths. These lasers offer pulse widths as low as 170 femtoseconds and pulse repetition rates upward of 80 MHz, making them ideal for nonlinear optics and multiphoton spectroscopy.

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.