HC Photonics

HC Photonics Corp.
F4, No. 2, Technology Rd. V
Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300
Taiwan

Tel.:	+886 3 666 2123
Fax:	+886 3 666 2124
E-mail:
Website:	www.hcphotonics.com
Quality certificate:	ISO 9001:2015

Company Description

HCP specializes in custom solutions of optical wavelength converters for initial development and commercialization of project and product based on periodically poled nonlinear materials – MgO:PPLN/PPLT bulk and waveguide crystals and also fiber-packaged mixers. HCP provides cost-effective and fast turnaround products for full spectrum applications range from UV to mid-IR and THz, enabling scientific and industrial applications, e.g. quantum information, organic gas sensing, bio-medical surgery and others.

HC Photonics has the following distributors:

GWU-Lasertechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH: Germany
Opton Laser International: France
Photonics Solutions Ltd.: United Kingdom
Yuchen Optics: China
Bi-pol: Israel
Optronscience Inc.: Japan
Broadband Inc.: Japan
Japan DEVICE Ltd.: Japan

Products

Product	Enc	Description
crystal ovens	E	HC Photonics (HCP) provides crystal ovens and controllers to well manage the temperature of nonlinear crystals, especially PPLN and PPLT. The operating range is from room temperature up to 200°C, which enables a wide wavelength tuning range.
frequency doubling devices	E	HC Photonics (HCP) offers both commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT based frequency doubling devices for wavelength ranging from 710 nm to 5000 nm. The product mix includes bare crystals (bulk and waveguide) and plug-and-play fibered mixers. Key features: - >200 kinds of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) crystals with oven/holder for shipping today - wavelength range: 710–5000 nm (355–2500 nm output after doubling) - fibered mixer is single-pass, high-efficiency and optimized for specified input pumps - available for fiber or free space as input/output coupling interfaces (such as 1×0, 1×1 or 0×0; 0 = free space, 1 = one fiber) - >2W CW 780 nm 1×1 fibered waveguide mixer is an excellent device for quantum application - >4 W visible 1x0 fibered bulk mixer is a robust, compact and easy-to-use device for biophotonics, metrology and quantum applications
frequency quadrupling devices	E	HC Photonics (HCP) offers both commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT based frequency quadrupling devices for pump wavelength ranging from 1420 nm to 5000 nm. The product mix includes bare crystals and plug-and-play fibered mixers with either one cascaded design or two-stage conversion configurations. A typical reference spec is the 488 nm fibered mixer converted from 1952 nm fiber laser. Please contact us for solutions to meet your specific demands.
frequency tripling devices	E	HC Photonics (HCP) offers both commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT based frequency tripling devices for input wavelength ranging from 1064 nm to 5000 nm. The product mix includes bare crystals and plug-and-play fibered mixers. A typical reference spec is >30 mW at 355 nm from a fibered mixer requiring only 2.5 W cw pump at 1064 nm. Please contact us for solutions to meet your specific demands.
laser viewing cards	E	HC Photonics (HCP) provides various unique IR sensing cards (laser viewing cards) laminated with PVC for a long lifetime. Tailored cards with your own company logos and designs are also welcome. High power versions are available upon request.
nonlinear crystal materials	E	HC Photonics (HCP) provides various high efficiency nonlinear crystals to enable full-spectrum applications, including periodically poled lithium niobate (pp-LiNbO₃, PPLN) and periodically poled lithium tantalate (LiTaO₃)/PPLT. Features and service: - more than 250 commercial off-the-shelf PPMgO:LN bulk crystals for wavelength conversions: QPM pattern: single, multiple, and fan-out; configuration: SHG, SFG, DFG, OPG, OPO, OPA; wavelength range: UV (355 nm) to mid-infrared (5000 nm) - custom-made solutions: QPM period: 2–1000 μm; QPM pattern: single, multiple, fan-out, chirped, cascade, 2D; dimension: length 0.3–80 mm, width 0.1–40 mm, thickness 0.2–5 mm); configuration: SHG, SFG, DFG, OPG, OPO, OPA, THG, SHG+SFG; wavelength range: UV (355 nm) to mid-infrared (5000 nm) and THz; material: PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT - PPLN waveguides: excellent performance, i.e. >50% overall efficiency. Fibered module generating >2 W at 780 nm (1560 nm SHG) is off-the-shelf. Crystals for other wavelengths are also available or can be designed upon request.
optical parametric oscillators	E	HC Photonics (HCP) offers a wide range of solutions for optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) including commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN based devices. PPLN bare crystals are excellent devices (i.e. >90% conversion efficiency) for all-kind pumped OPOs i.e. cw, ns, fs and ps. PPLN cavity mixers such as IC-OPOs have options of either fixed or broadly tunable wavelengths between 1420 nm and 4100 nm. They are the most compact and easy-to-use OPO devices in the market.
periodically poled nonlinear crystals	E	HC Photonics (HCP) provides various high efficiency nonlinear crystals to enable full-spectrum applications, including periodically poled lithium niobate (LiNbO₃)/PPLN and periodically poled lithium tantalate (LiTaO₃)/PPLT. Features and service: - More than 250 commercial off-the-shelf PPMgO:LN bulk crystals for wavelength conversions: QPM pattern: single, multiple, and fan-out; configuration: SHG, SFG, DFG, OPG, OPO, OPA; wavelength range: UV (355 nm) to mid-infrared (5000 nm) - Custom-made solutions: QPM period: 2–1000 microns; QPM pattern: sngle, multiple, fan-out, chirped, cascade, 2D; dimension: length 0.3–80 mm, width 0.1–40 mm, thickness 0.2–5 mm); configuration: SHG, SFG, DFG, OPG, OPO, OPA, THG, SHG+SFG; wavelength range: UV (355 nm) to mid-infrared (5000 nm) and THz; material: PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT - PPLN waveguides: excellent performance, i.e. >50% overall efficiency. Fibered module >2 W at 780 nm ( 1560 nm SHG) is off-the-shelf. Other wavelengths are also available or could be designed upon request.
sum and difference frequency generators	E	HC Photonics (HCP) offers both commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN or PPMgO:LT based sum and difference frequency generators (SFG & DFG) for out wavelengths ranging from 355 nm to 5000 nm. The product family includes bare crystals (bulk and waveguide) and plug-and-play fibered mixers. A reference spec is >2 W at 632 nm from a fibered mixer converting the output of 1064-nm and 1560-nm fiber lasers. Key features: - >200 kinds of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) crystals with oven/holder for shipping today - output wavelength range: 355–5000 nm - fibered mixer is single-pass, high-efficiency and optimized for specified input pumps - available for fiber or free space as input/output coupling interfaces (such as 2×0, 2×1, 1+0×0, 0+0×0; 0 = free space, 1 = one fiber)
waveguides	E	HC Photonics (HCP) provides high conversion efficiency PPLN waveguides (periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides) to enable full-spectrum applications (i.e. single photon or Solc filter modulator) available for up-conversion (SHG/SFG) and down-conversion (DFG/OPA/OPG) frequency mixing configurations. Two types of the waveguide are available to fulfill different applications. One is a proton-exchanged waveguide (up to 50 mm long) and the other one is ridge waveguide for high power handling (i.e. >2W at 780 nm output). Tailored waveguides are available based on specific demands.