Where to Buy Femtosecond Lasers

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.

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

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.

AMPHOS offers femtosecond lasers with several hundred watts of average power and high pulse energies up to several tens of millijoules. There are also frequency-converted versions emitting at 515 nm or 343 nm.

Thorlabs manufactures an extensive selection of ultrafast 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 and Ti:sapphire oscillators are among our key ultrafast laser offerings. Complimenting our ultrafast laser systems is a suite of chirped mirrors, low GDD optics, and related products for pulse measurement, pre-compensation, and dispersion measurement.

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.

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.

The VALO Series of ultrafast fiber lasers are unique in their design offering amongst 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 MLL-100 laser generates sub-100 fs lasers pulses at 100 and 200 MHz repetition rate. Control inputs for cavity length and oscillator pump power allow control over f_opt and f_CEO, respectively.

We are the US distributor for Menhir Photonics gigahertz mode-locked lasers.

Lithium Six is a family of diode-pumped solid-state lasers emitting femtosecond pulses. They are very compact and deliver high quality pulses and high peak powers at a breakthrough price.

Lithium Six is available in two versions: with central wavelength in the near-IR region and in the green one.

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.

RPMC Lasers offers a good 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 wavelengths of 1064, 1040, 1035, 1030, 920, 532, and 515 nm. These actively Q-switched femtosecond systems offer repetition rate options including single shot to 2 MHz, up to a fixed repetition rate of 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.

LIGHT CONVERSION has worldwide recognition for its industrial-grade Yb-based PHAROS and CARBIDE femtosecond lasers and FLINT femtosecond oscillators. The PHAROS series focuses on customizability, reliability, and process-tailored laser output parameters. The CARBIDE series provides a compact industrial-grade design with air- and water-cooled models, the latter reaching output power of up to 80 W. The FLINT oscillators extend the parameters range with a 76 MHz repetition rate. Thus, all together 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.

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.

MPBC offers an all-fiber mode-locked femtosecond laser with a center wavelength of 1030 nm, an average output power of 10 mW, repetition rate of 25 MHz and pulse duration of 600 fs. Also, we have high-power mode-locked femtosecond fiber lasers which operate at 920 nm or 1190 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, at a repetition rate of 80 MHz, and an average power of 1 W.

KMLabs is the only commercial provider for comprehensive, end-to-end research systems that leverage ultrafast pulses of extreme UV and soft X-ray light for a variety of experiments. The QM Quantum Microscope™ builds on the company’s world leading technology in high harmonic generation to enable a range of techniques including coherent diffraction imaging, photoemission, pump–probe spectroscopy, and EUV metrology. In addition, KMLabs continues to pioneer the development and engineering of standalone short wavelength sources including the Hyperion VUV laboratory-based vacuum ultraviolet femtosecond laser source, and the Pantheon™ platform, a pulsed EUV source-beamline to generate and deliver EUV photons to user-supplied experimental stations.

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.

Photonics Industries FS Series Femtosecond Lasers offer up to 100 W IR (1030 nm) average power output at pulse widths of  400 fs. Multiple wavelengths up to 50 W green (515 nm) output, and up to 30 W UV (343 nm) output are available, along with option for multi-wavelength selection out of a single exit port, without need for a separate, external harmonic module.

See also our video demonstration on multi-wavelength selectable output.

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

The Stuttgart Instruments Primus is an ultrafast solid-state laser at 1040 nm central wavelength. It provides several Watts of output power at 40 MHz pulse repetition rate and 450 fs pulse duration.

Its outstanding low noise level (which even reaches the shot noise limit above 300 kHz) and its excellent long-term stability enable ultrasensitive applications.

The entire system is encapsulated in a solid CNC-cut and water-cooled housing, thus reaching excellent robustness against external perturbations.

The Primus is perfectly suited to pump the Stuttgart Instruments Alpha, which is a modular wavelength-tunable laser system covering the 700 nm to 20 µm spectral range in its maximum configuration. Shot-noise limited performance at milliwatt- to watt-level power is reached, making this system ideal for IR spectroscopy, material analysis, process monitoring or quantum technologies.

Cyclone is a broad bandwidth femtosecond fibre laser. It provides the shortest pulses on the market generated by a fibre laser, with durations less than 20 fs. Cyclone provides outstanding peak power (>200 kW) over a wide spectrum of 900–1200 nm. These parameters allow for increased brightness and reduced photodamage, making the Cyclone laser perfect for multiphoton microscopy, SHG microscopy and a variety of other nonlinear processing and spectroscopy applications.

Zephyr is an ultrafast fiber laser comb with GHz range repetition rates, providing more than 1.5 W of average power. Its optical spectrum is centred at 1535 nm and delivers pulses shorter than 100 fs. Zephyr is the ideal fiber laser for optical communications.

Pulsar offers extreme pulse control and tunability: pulse durations of 200 fs to 600 fs, pulse energies <10 pJ to >10 nJ, repetition rates from single shot to 10 MHz.