Where to Buy Dispersion Management Devices

Teraxion as slope-matched tunable dispersion compensators to enhance the 100G PAM4 DWDM transceiver reach.

Thorlabs manufactures a suite of options for dispersion management, including pre-compensation modules, dispersion compensating fiber, chirped mirrors, and low GDD optics. For ultrafast applications where dispersion must be well known and managed, Thorlabs’ portfolio includes a robust benchtop white light interferometer for characterizing reflective and transmissive dispersive properties of optics and coatings. The Chromatis™ dispersion measurement system covers 500 – 1650 nm, providing a means for measuring optics used for common femtosecond systems, including Ti:sapphire systems as well as 1 µm and 1550 nm oscillators. The Chromatis compliments our ultrafast family of lasers, amplifiers, and specialized optics including chirped mirrors, low GDD mirrors/beamsplitters, and dispersion compensating fiber.

d-scan is an inline, compact and high-performance device for the simultaneous measurement and compression of even the most demanding ultrafast pulses. It can be used either as a stand-alone system or integrated with existing optical pulse compressors. It handles broadband oscillators, amplifiers, OPAs and hollow-fiber compressors.

Coupling your beam into the d-scan is easily achieved in less than one minute and a full measurement takes less than 10 seconds. The resulting d-scan traces are very intuitive and a proprietary algorithm provides fast and accurate retrieval of the full electric field of the pulses.

Fastlite patented Grism design for dispersion management allows independent control of 2nd, 3rd and 4th orders of dispersion. These are ideal solutions for:

• compact, CEP-compatible stretcher
• dispersion compensation modules for Dazzler systems
• stretcher / compressor setups in OPCPA systems

All our solutions are tailored to fit the exact dispersion requirements of your experiment.