Where to Buy Femtosecond Lasers

Cycle supplies tailored laser systems with unique features and affordable prices:

The SOPRANO-15 is Cycle’s state-of-the art femtosecond fiber lasers, designed to fulfill tasks such as OPO/OPA pumping, semiconductor testing, and materials analysis and processing. The SOPRANO-15 operates at a center wavelength of 1550 nm or 775 nm and pulse duration below 350 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments in 24/7 operation.

The SOPRANO-15 mini is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing, and materials analysis. In addition to its dependable 24/7 operation, the SOPRANO-15 mini operates at a center wavelength of 1550 nm and typical pulse duration below 130 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.

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.

The VALO Series of ultrafast fiber lasers are unique in their design offering among the shortest femtosecond pulses and highest peak powers which can be obtained from a compact turn-key solution. Pulse durations of <50 fs are achieved using novel fiber laser based technology. The ultrashort pulse durations combined with computer controlled group velocity dispersion pre-compensation, allow users of the VALO lasers to achieve the highest peak power exactly where its needed, which makes the lasers ideal for use in multiphoton imaging, advanced spectroscopy and many other applications.

• <50 fs pulse duration
• up to 2 W output power
• very low noise
• integrated pre-compensation dispersion module

The Stuttgart Instruments Primus is an ultrafast (fs) mode-locked oscillator, based on the solid-state technology. It provides a high average output power combined with a superior low noise level (shot noise limit above 300 kHz) and an excellent long-term stability.

The solid-state technology with 1040 nm central wavelength enables the excellent long-term stability by providing several watts of output power at 40 MHz pulse repetition rate and 450 fs pulse duration. Its superior low noise level reaches the shot noise limit above 300 kHz. In combination with the stability and output power, it enables ultrasensitive measurements and makes the Primus perfectly suited as pump source for frequency converters like the Stuttgart Instruments Alpha. The entire system is encapsulated in a solid CNC-cut and water-cooled housing, thus reaching excellent robustness against external perturbations.

Class 5 Photonics delivers ultrafast, high-power laser technology at outstanding performance to advance demanding applications from bio-imaging to ultrafast material science and attosecond science. Our robust optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPA) provide high-power, tunable femtosecond pulses and user-friendly operation.

Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers a selection of femtosecond lasers, including mode-locked pulsed DPSS lasers, pulsed fiber lasers, and femtosecond range DPSS amplifiers from 900 fs down to 100 fs, with pulse energies up to 500 µJ, average powers up to 100 W, and standard wavelengths at 1064 and 1030 nm, with harmonic wavelengths available. Our femtosecond systems offer repetition rate options including single shot to 80 MHz. The high peak power and short pulse widths of femtosecond lasers are ideal for a wide range of applications, especially for cold ablation material processing, non-linear spectroscopy, two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, second harmonic generation, and micromachining. Standard and custom options available. Let RPMC help you find the right laser today!

n2-Photonics offers the Lamiks lasers with:

• Pulse duration: <100 fs; <50 fs and <10 fs
• Power: up to 300 W​
• Energy: 10 μJ and up to 3 mJ
• Repetition rate: up to 100 MHz
• Wavelength: 1030 nm

Radiantis manufactures femtosecond broadly tunable laser systems based on Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs). Our MHz repetition-rate femtosecond OPOs pumped by femtosecond Ti:sapphire oscillators provide continuous tuning across 350 – 4000–nm with average powers of up to 1 W.

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
• FFS series compact fiber seeders

Thorlabs manufactures an extensive selection of femtosecond lasers and related products for control and characterization. Applications from nonlinear excitation and amplifier seeding to THz and supercontinuum generation are served by a family of products covering a spectral range from 700 – 4500 nm. Femtosecond fiber lasers are among our key ultrafast laser offerings. Complimenting these laser systems is a suite of ultrafast optics, including nonlinear crystals, chirped mirrors, low-GDD optics, and related products for pulse measurement, pre-compensation, and dispersion measurement.

FEMTOFLASH is an innovative laser that emits bursts of high frequency femtosecond pulses for industrial micromachining. Unlike traditional single-pulse lasers, FEMTOFLASH emits bursts of high-frequency femtosecond pulses, clustering energy over multiple pulses at GHz level. This groundbreaking approach introduces a more efficient machining regime, ensuring unmatched speed and precision in micromachining processes. FEMTOFLASH's unique features include high burst energy, adjustable burst shapes and flexible number of pulses in the burst, providing users with unparalleled control over their applications. At the heart of FEMTOFLASH lies a patent-pending design that eliminates CPA and fiber pre-amplifier stages. This not only streamlines the technology but also results in a more compact and lightweight ultrashort pulse laser.

LIGHT CONVERSION has worldwide recognition for its industrial-grade Yb-based PHAROS, CARBIDE, and FLINT femtosecond lasers.

• The PHAROS series focuses on customizability, reliability, and process-tailored output parameters, providing pulse durations down to 100 fs and pulse energies up to 4 mJ.
• The CARBIDE series features a compact industrial design with both air- and water-cooled models, the latter reaching 120 W of output power for the fundamental wavelength and 50 W for UV radiation, while sustaining excellent output stability.
• The FLINT oscillators extend the parameter range with repetition rates of up to 100 MHz.

Together, these products cover a wide range of scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

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.

MPBC offers an all-fiber mode-locked femtosecond laser with a center wavelength of 1030 nm.

Additionally, we have a high-power mode-locked femtosecond fiber lasers which operate between 920 nm and 1560 nm – traditionally covered by ultrafast Ti:sapphire lasers and optical parametric oscillators. They generate linearly polarized nearly transformed-limited pulses with a pulse duration of 200 fs to 800 fs at a repetition rate of 80 MHz, and an average power greater than 1 W.

Compact and maintenance-free, the lasers are fiber-based, have a very good beam profile, and do not require optical alignment.

The ORIGAMI XP is the first all-in-one, single-box, microjoule femtosecond laser on the market. We have designed the ORIGAMI XP lasers for precision applications that require long-term amplitude stability, low phase noise and low timing jitter. You get a clean, ultrashort pulse duration, superior beam quality, and unprecedented beam pointing. It sets new standards for all-in-one femtosecond lasers in medical device manufacturing and ultra-high precision micromachining applications. The ORIGAMI XP is compact and rugged and gives you maintenance-free operation 24/7.

AFS’s customized kW average power and multi-mJ pulse energy ultrafast laser systems are based on AFS leading-edge fiber technology. They unite multiple main-amplifier channels using coherent combination, a technology which AFS has matured to an industrial grade. All essential parameters are software-controlled and can be tuned over a wide range, making them an extremely valuable tool for numerous application.

O/E Land Inc. offers compact and lightweight femtosecond laser sources with pulse durations as short as 50 fs in different spectral regions of 1 to 2 µm. Pulse repetition rates range from 100 Hz to 100 MHz. This turn-key solution is available with moderate to high output powers.

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.

With more than 20 years of experience, TOPTICA provides high-repetitive femtosecond lasers based on fiber laser technology. TOPTICA offers systems for OEM integrators as well as customized solutions for scientific customers, ranging from compact laser systems to tailored for specific applications, to customized high-power multi-watt laser systems.

AdValue Photonics offers the AP-ML2 generates 800-fs pulses with up to 10 μJ pulse energy and up to 500 kHz repetition rate.

The AP-ML is a seed laser available with pulse durations between 350 fs and 950 fs. Pulse repetition rates can be between 20 MHz and 50 MHz.

Arche World's most cost-effective femtosecond laser. A suite of ultrafast fiber lasers with 65 MHz ± 2 MHz range repetition rates, centered at 1550 nm ± 5 nm, delivering < 250 fs. Arche is a workhorse tool for many research and industrial applications requiring reliability and affordability.