NKT Photonics

As part of our PILAS range of gain-switched pulsed diode lasers, we offer several blue lasers: The PiL040 with a wavelength of 405 nm, the Pil044 with a wavelength of 440 nm, and the PiL048 with a wavelength of 480 nm. All PILAS lasers offer triggable pulses down to 20 ps in a small footprint for both scientific and OEM applications. Available with output wavelengths from 375 nm to 1.6 μm, the PILAS lasers are very versatile and comes with low timing jitter, maintenance-free operation, and low cost of ownership.

Our PILAS range of gain-switched pulsed diode lasers offers triggable pulses down to 20 ps in a small footprint for both scientific and OEM applications. Available with output wavelengths from 375 nm to 1.6 μm, the PILAS lasers are very versatile and comes with low timing jitter.

NKT Photonics offers a wide range of diode-pumped, industrial ultrafast fiber lasers as well as scientific ultrafast fiber lasers. 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.

The Koheras narrow linewidth, single-frequency fiber lasers are ultra-low noise sources with longitudinal single mode and single frequency operation. The lasers are based on a DFB design ensuring robust and reliable operation and are delivered as fully integrated systems for industrial and scientific applications. Koheras offers an unprecedented low phase- and intensity noise level at Yb, Er and Tm wavelengths. It has a very high stability, and mode-hop free inherent single frequency output – even when exposed to changing environmental conditions. You can also get shot noise limited solutions for applications demanding an extra low intensity noise level.

NKT Photonics offers a range of truly single-mode ytterbium-doped double-clad fibers with very large mode area. Our Ytterbium doped double clad fibers offers the largest single-mode cores in the world enabling amplification to unprecedented power levels while keeping mode quality and stability. Packaged in an aeroGAIN gain module, the high performance of our fibers, are easily accessible for building for high-power lasers and amplifiers. Also available with end caps and connectors.

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.

The Koheras narrow linewidth, single-frequency fiber lasers are ultra-low noise sources with longitudinal single mode and single frequency operation. The lasers are based on a DFB design ensuring robust and reliable operation and are delivered as fully integrated systems for industrial and scientific applications. Koheras offers an unprecedented low phase- and intensity noise level at Yb, Er and Tm wavelengths. It has a very high stability, and mode-hop free inherent single frequency output – even when exposed to changing environmental conditions. You can also get shot noise limited solutions for applications demanding an extra low intensity noise level.

Optical fibers are at the heart of everything we do at NKT Photonics. We utilize our unique PCF technology to embed as many of the functions we need directly in the fibers, making systems built with our fibers simpler, cheaper and more reliable. Our Crystal Fiber portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave-spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow-core fibers. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range. Moreover, we offer the CONNECT broadband fiber delivery system.

Our Crystal Fiber portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range. Moreover, we offer the CONNECT broadband fiber delivery system, enabling easy and robust single mode coupling for fiber delivery at any wavelength – with the industry’s highest coupling efficiency.

With the LIOS Sensing product line, NKT Photonics is the market leader in distributed optical sensing of temperature and strain for security, safety and fire detection. Backed by more than 20 years of experience and thousands of systems in the field worldwide, we deliver LIOS monitoring solutions with unrivaled quality and performance. Our LIOS distributed temperature and strain sensing solutions give you a quick and easy overview of the status of your installation. We use passive optical fibers as distributed sensors, they are immune to vibration, electromagnetic noise, dust, cryogenic temperatures, and moisture. You get continuous and accurate monitoring of temperature and strain over long distances or across large surfaces – at the speed of light! It is highly reliable too, offering you a Mean Time Between Failure of above 45 years.

Our Crystal Fibre portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range.

Fluorescence microscopy allows highly specific imaging of cellular compartments in a minimally invasive fashion while obtaining the highest contrast. The diffraction-limited and pulsed nature of our SuperK lasers makes it possible to study fast lifetime phenomena. To enable maximum flexibility, our supercontinuum laser sources give you high brightness light anywhere within the VIS and nIR wavelength range (390–2400 nm). Get broadband output or tune to the line you need – all in one source.

Our supercontinuum lasers with built-in pulse picker in combination with our tunable SuperK VARIA filter is an extremely useful excitation source for time-resolved spectroscopy experiments. With its broad range it replaces solutions based on combining several lasers. It also eliminates time-consuming hardware modifications and alignments that would normally be required while switching excitation sources. The pulse picker can reduce the repetition rate to secure enough time for the photo-excited materials to reach their ground state before the next photoexcitation-fluorescence cycle is initiated.

Do you need frequency doubling? We offer second harmonic modules for some of our more popular lasers. For our Koheras BOOSTIK narrow linewidth laser, we offer the Koheras HARMONIK module that converts 1550 nm to 780 nm or 1050 nm to 525 nm. For our Origami XP high power ultrafast laser, we offer a second harmonic module that converts 1030 nm to 515 nm.

Do you need frequency tripling? For our Origami XP high power ultrafast laser, we offer a third harmonic module that converts 1030 nm to 343 nm. The module comes in a two port or three port variants depending on the need for selection between 1030 nm, 525 nm and 343 nm.

Thanks to the combination of fiber laser technology and nonlinear frequency conversion, NKT Photonics offers a wide choice of green pulsed lasers from femtosecond to nanosecond pulse duration. Average power ranges from several μW to a few W, and pulse energies from several pJ to hundreds microjoules. NKT Photonics green lasers find applications in many different fields, from microscopy to material characterization and material processing. On top of this, we offer our PILAS gain-switched pulsed diode laser range where the PiL051 has a wavelength of 510 nm.

The Koheras BoostiK high power single frequency fiber lasers is an ultra-low noise and narrow linewidth laser. An output power of up to 15 W makes it ideal for laboratory work and experimental research. Choose the operating wavelength freely in the 1 or 1.5-μm range. The excellent beam quality enables efficient frequency conversion. The combination of ultra-low noise, narrow line width and high power output makes the Koheras BOOSTIK laser a highly versatile system for a long range of applications such as optical length and frequency standards, quantum optics/computing & phenomena (optical trapping, Bose–Einstein condensate, atom interferometer, squeezing), nonlinear optics pump source, laser-based metrology (precision laser interferometry, spectroscopy), optical heterodyning and coherent communication and coherent beam combining.

Our Crystal Fiber portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range. Moreover, we offer the CONNECT broadband fiber delivery system, enabling easy and robust single mode coupling for fiber delivery at any wavelength – with the industry’s highest coupling efficiency.

Ideal for hyper spectral imaging, the unique properties of our SuperK EXTREME/FIANIUM broadband white light laser allow you to have a picosecond pulse source at any wavelength in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Combined with our SuperK VARIA tunable filter, you are effectively turning the SuperK supercontinuum laser into a powerful single-line laser with a 440 nm tuning range and variable bandwidth. The center wavelength of the pass band can be tuned anywhere between 400 and 840 nm and the bandwidths are variable between 10 and 100 nm, making the SuperK VARIA the most flexible filter solution on the market.

What kind of laser do you need? An ultrafast laser for micromachining? A white light laser for quality control? A low-noise laser for remote sensing? We have a wide range of robust and reliable lasers for industrial applications.

We have lasers for sorting & device characterization, materials & nanostructures, micromachining & display, remote sensing, and atomic, molecular & quantum optics.

Our lasers are robust and reliable, they run for thousands of hours as needed in an industrial environment.

The selection of Crystal Fiber Large Mode Area fibers covers a range of fibers for diffraction limited high power delivery. The very large mode area enables high power levels without nonlinear effects or material damage. With standard technology you must trade large mode areas for single-mode operation, but the Crystal Fibre Large Mode Area fibers provide single mode operation in a large wavelength range – endlessly single mode operation.

Our Crystal Fibre portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range.

Laser cooling and trapping is the ability to cool atoms down to unprecedented kinetic temperatures, and to confine and support isolated atoms in “atom traps”. This unique new level of control of atomic motion allows researchers to study the behavior of atoms and quantum mechanical properties. Our Koheras lasers are ideal for resonant laser cooling where a very precise wavelength is required to match a specific atomic/ion transition.

NKT Photonics offers a wide range of lasers spanning from pulsed diode lasers over ultra-low noise single-frequency fiber lasers and scientific and industrial ultrafast lasers to supercontinuum white light lasers. Whatever your laser need, we have a system for you!

For a decade, NKT Photonics has been supplying ultrafast lasers for medical applications such as ophthalmology, dermatology and various surgical operations. The lasers stand out for their excellent pulse quality and amplitude stability, which allow full control of the treatment depth. High beam and pulse quality assures the correct localization of laser energy on tissues. Advanced packaging guarantees small packaging and sustained performance and reliability in 24/7 operation at low cost of ownership. Our ultrafast medical lasers are RoHs compliant and ISO 13485 certified. Also, our supercontinuum lasers are widely used in medical applications.

NKT Photonics passively mode-locked lasers, for industrial and scientific use, exhibit a compact packaging and the lowest phase noise on the market. A special hybrid laser setup, consisting of state-of-the-art polarization maintaining (PM) fiber technology and advanced dispersion control, allows for high pulse energy generation while supporting perfectly transform-limited soliton pulses without Kelly-sidebands, temporal pedestals or satellite pulses. NKT Photonics lasers have been designed for high precision applications requiring long-term amplitude stability, low phase noise and timing jitter and 24/7 maintenance-free operation.

NKT Photonics passively mode-locked lasers, for industrial and scientific use, exhibit a compact packaging and the lowest phase noise on the market. A special hybrid laser setup, consisting of state-of-the-art polarization maintaining (PM) fiber technology and advanced dispersion control, allows for high pulse energy generation while supporting perfectly transform-limited soliton pulses without Kelly sidebands, temporal pedestals or satellite pulses. NKT Photonics lasers have been designed for high precision applications requiring long-term amplitude stability, low phase noise and timing jitter and 24/7 maintenance-free operation.

If you need a versatile, sub-nanosecond pulsed laser system designed for all industrial applications, the KATANA laser is an excellent choice. If you need high power, choose the KATANA HP. In the standard configuration, the KATANA HP provides pulses of 35 or 700 ps duration, depending on the model. The standard pulse repetition rate is either 100 kHz to 1 MHz or 20 to 80 MHz. The laser pulse can be triggered from an external source (in either master or slave mode). Continuous tuning of the repetition rate is standard. No alignment is required making this laser maintenance-free and ensures you a low cost of ownership.

The Koheras narrow linewidth, single-frequency fiber lasers are ultra-low noise sources with longitudinal single mode and single frequency operation. The lasers are based on a DFB design ensuring robust and reliable operation and are delivered as fully integrated systems for industrial and scientific applications. Koheras offers an unprecedented low phase- and intensity noise level at Yb, Er and Tm wavelengths. It has a very high stability, and mode-hop free inherent single frequency output – even when exposed to changing environmental conditions. You can also get shot noise limited solutions for applications demanding an extra low intensity noise level.

If frequency conversion is needed, we offer second harmonic modules and third harmonic modules for some of our most popular lasers. For our Koheras BOOSTIK narrow linewidth laser, we offer the Koheras HARMONIK module that converts 1550 nm or 1050 nm to 780 nm. For our Origami XP high power ultrafast laser, we offer SHG and THG modules that convert 1030 nm to 515 nm and 343 nm, respectively.

Our Crystal Fiber portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range. Moreover, we offer the CONNECT broadband fiber delivery system, enabling easy and robust single mode coupling for fiber delivery at any wavelength – with the industry’s highest coupling efficiency.

Our Crystal Fibre portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range.

NKT Photonics has developed a wide range of different picosecond fiber lasers for scientific and industrial applications. The Katana platform offers from 20 ps to nanosecond pulse durations, continuously tuneable repetition rate that can be triggered internally or externally allowing for laser operation in both master and slave mode. Katana is streamlined to offer high-power picosecond pulses in green, yellow, orange, red and infrared.

NKT Photonics offers several types of broadband (UV–nIR) single-mode polarization-maintaining fibers with large mode area. They are also available with collimators and alignment mechanics as complete fiber delivery solutions.

NKT Photonics offers a wide variety of pulsed fiber lasers, for industrial and scientific applications that covers a wide spectral range from UV to visible and infrared. The lasers are air-cooled and maintenance-free and packaged in a sealed, robust enclosure allowing for operation in the harshest environmental conditions. Our more than ten years’ experience and deep knowledge in laser science allow us to offer lasers having industrial-grade reliability and robustness. We offer ultrafast lasers for industrial and scientific applications as well as a wide range of picosecond pulsed diode lasers. Our gain-switched pulsed diode lasers offer triggable pulses down to 20 ps in a small footprint for both scientific and OEM applications.

Our ytterbium double clad fibers offer the largest single-mode cores in the world enabling amplification to unprecedented power levels while keeping mode quality and stability. Packaged in an aeroGAIN gain module, the high performance of our fibers are easily accessible for building picosecond or femtosecond ultrafast fiber lasers.

Our ytterbium-doped double clad fibers offer the largest single-mode cores in the world enabling amplification to unprecedented power levels while keeping mode quality and stability. Packaged in an aeroGAIN gain module, the high performance of our fibers are easily accessible for building picosecond or femtosecond ultrafast fiber lasers.

As part of our PILAS range of gain-switched pulsed diode lasers, we offer two different red lasers: The PiL063 with a wavelength of 635 nm and the Pil067 with a wavelength of 665 nm. All PILAS lasers offer triggable pulses down to 20 ps in a small footprint for both scientific and OEM applications. Available with output wavelengths from 375 nm to 1.6 μm, the PILAS lasers are very versatile and comes with low timing jitter, maintenance-free operation, and low cost of ownership.

Forget the hassle of combining different lasers to create the RGB source you are looking for. Our SuperK white light lasers provide all the visible colors you need in a single diffraction limited beam out of a fiber. You can combine it with one of our accessories and turn it into an RGB source or even a tunable RGB source.

What kind of laser do you need for your research? A tunable supercontinuum laser for your materials and nano-photonics research or perhaps for bioimaging and microscopy? A single frequency laser for atomic, molecular & optical physics?

We have a wide range of advanced and reliable lasers for many different applications.

The Koheras narrow linewidth, single-frequency fiber lasers are ultra-low noise sources with longitudinal single mode and single frequency operation. The lasers are based on a DFB design ensuring robust and reliable operation and are delivered as fully integrated systems for industrial and scientific applications. Koheras offers an unprecedented low phase- and intensity noise level at Yb, Er and Tm wavelengths. It has a very high stability, and mode-hop free inherent single frequency output – even when exposed to changing environmental conditions. You can also get shot noise limited solutions for applications demanding an extra low intensity noise level.

NKT Photonics offers several types of broadband (UV–nIR) single-mode polarization-maintaining fibers with large mode area. They are also available with collimators and alignment mechanics as complete fiber delivery solutions.

NKT Photonics offers a wide range of diode-pumped solid-state industrial ultrafast fiber lasers as well as scientific ultrafast fiber lasers. 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.

Optical fibers are at the heart of everything we do at NKT Photonics. We utilize our unique PCF technology to embed as many of the functions we need directly in the fibers, making systems build with our fibers simpler, cheaper and more reliable. Our Crystal Fiber portfolio of specialty fibers spans from nonlinear fibers optimized for octave spanning supercontinuum generation, over the World’s largest single mode ytterbium gain fibers for high power lasers and amplifiers, to advanced hollow core fibers guiding the light in air. Our single-mode LMA fibers are also available as patch cords with standard termination in our aeroGUIDE product range.

NKT Photonics offers broadband white light lasers which are ideal for spectroscopy. Our range of SuperK EXTREME/FIANIUM supercontinuum white light lasers are broad as a lamp and bright as a laser. They deliver high brightness diffraction-limited light in the entire 390-2400 nm region. By adding one of our filters, the SuperK can be converted into an ultra-tunable laser with up to 16 simultaneous wavelengths. Our lasers are maintenance free and ensures excellent reliability and a lifetime of thousands of hours.

Our SuperK series is the industry leading range of turn-key supercontinuum lasers used by many of the most innovative companies within bio-imaging, semiconductor inspection and scientific instrumentation. The sources are extremely robust and reliable, build for intensive use and can replace multiple single line lasers, large dye and gas lasers as well as broadband sources like ASE sources and SLEDs. We offer supercontinuum solutions at every level – from nonlinear fiber and modules to complete turnkey SuperK supercontinuum lasers with plug & play accessories.

Our supercontinuum lasers with built-in pulse picker in combination with our tunable SuperK VARIA filter is an extremely useful excitation source for time-resolved spectroscopy experiments. With its broad range it replaces solutions based on combining several lasers. It also eliminates time-consuming hardware modifications and alignments that would normally be required while switching excitation sources. The pulse picker can reduce the repetition rate to secure enough time for the photo-excited materials to reach their ground state before the next photoexcitation-fluorescence cycle is initiated.

The SuperK EXTREME supercontinuum white light lasers are broadband like a lamp and bright as a laser. They deliver high brightness diffraction limited light in the entire 400–2400 nm region and by adding one of our computer-controlled filters, the SuperK VARIA, the SuperK can be converted into an ultra-tunable laser with up to 16 simultaneous lines, providing a continuous tunable output from 400 to 840 nm. Our SuperK lasers lasers are maintenance free and the fully fiber monolithic architecture ensures excellent reliability and a lifetime of thousands of hours.

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.

As part of our PILAS range of gain-switched pulsed diode lasers, we offer an ultraviolet laser: The PiL037 with a wavelength of 375 nm. All PILAS lasers offer triggable pulses down to 20 ps in a small footprint for both scientific and OEM applications. Available with output wavelengths from 375 nm to 1.6 μm, the PILAS lasers are very versatile and comes with low timing jitter, maintenance-free operation, and low cost of ownership.

Our SuperK series is the industry leading range of turn-key supercontinuum lasers. The sources are extremely robust and reliable. The continuous, low-coherence output from 400 to 2400 nm make them highly suitable for white light interferometer applications.

Our SuperK series is the industry leading range of turn-key supercontinuum lasers used by many of the most innovative companies within bio-imaging, semiconductor inspection and scientific instrumentation. The sources are extremely robust and reliable, built for intensive use, and can replace multiple single-line lasers, large dye and gas lasers as well as broadband sources like ASE sources and SLEDs. We offer supercontinuum solutions at every level – from nonlinear fiber and modules to complete turnkey SuperK supercontinuum lasers with plug & play accessories. Our turnkey SuperK supercontinuum lasers have a lifetime of several thousand hours and high power output from 400 to 2400 nm.

The Katana 06 HP is a high-power, yellow and orange, picosecond fiber laser. It delivers short pulses from 300 ps up to 10 ns in the spectral range 556–660 nm and up to 1 W average power. Its continuously tuneable repetition rate can be triggered from an internal or external source (master or slave operation), making synchronization to external equipment a breeze. Katana 06 HP is an alignment-free, industrial-grade laser module that opens the way to new developments in laser treatment and life science like fluorescence and STED microscopy, flow cytometry and photocoagulation.

NKT Photonics offers a range of truly single-mode ytterbium-doped double-clad fibers with very large mode area. Our ytterbium-doped double clad fibers offers the largest single-mode cores in the world enabling amplification to unprecedented power levels while keeping mode quality and stability. Packaged in an aeroGAIN gain module, the high performance of our fibers, are easily accessible for building for high-power lasers and amplifiers. Also available with end caps and connectors.