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Buying Mode-locked Lasers

mode-locked lasers

Top-level product category: icon lasers and laser amplifiers

More general product categories: lasers

More specific product categories: Kerr lens mode-locked lasers, mode-locked diode lasers, mode-locked fiber lasers, picosecond lasers, ultrafast lasers

Related product category: nanosecond lasers

Mode-locked lasers generate trains of picosecond or femtosecond pulses with durations ranging from about 5 fs to 50 ps. They are typically solid-state bulk or fiber lasers, but dye lasers and mode-locked laser diodes are also used. Techniques like cavity dumping and amplification can be employed to achieve higher pulse energies.

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NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

encyclopedia article mode-locked lasers mode-locked fiber lasers mode-locked diode lasers ultrafast lasers mode locking picosecond lasers femtosecond lasers ultrashort pulses Self-starting of Passively Mode-locked Lasers Mode-Locked Lasers: Lower Average Powers in Shorter Pulses

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2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying mode-locked lasers. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

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Suppliers for Mode-locked Lasers

45 suppliers for mode-locked lasers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 11 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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MPB Communications
Head Office
147 Hymus Boulevard
Montreal, Quebec H9R 1E9
Canada
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mode-locked lasers

MPBC offers compact ultrafast fiber lasers that operate in femtosecond or picosecond pulsed modes. With a wide range of repetition rates, wavelengths, and output powers, they are ideal for various applications, including medical research, semiconductor inspection, micromachining, optical microscopy, neuroscience, and spectroscopy. These lasers deliver exceptional performance, producing linearly polarized, near-transform-limited pulses with superior beam quality. They are compact, reliable, and low-maintenance, available as either seeders for high-power systems or complete laser systems.

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Innovative and Reliable

AdValue Photonics
2700 E. Bilby Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85706
United States
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.112) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 118)!

mode-locked lasers

AdValue Photonics offers picosecond and femtosecond mode-locked fiber lasers emitting in the 2-μm spectral region:

  • The AP-ML1 offers up to 10 kW peak power in <3-ps pulses with 20–40 MHz pulse repetition rate.
  • 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. Repetition rates can be between 20 MHz and 50 MHz.

All those devices have a good output beam quality.

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O/E Land Inc.
7639 Cordner
Lasalle, Quebec H8N 2X2
Canada
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mode-locked lasers

O/E Land offers mode-locked fiber lasers with and without additional amplifiers. The applications include but are not limited to spectrometry, industrial and medical/biomedical. Specifically, the high-power UV pulsed laser sources are useful in medical applications and disinfection.

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Fully automated ultrafast tunable laser systems

SI Stuttgart Instruments GmbH
Ernsthaldenstr. 17
70565 Stuttgart
Germany
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.114)!

mode-locked lasers

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.

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Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany.

ALPHALAS GmbH
Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5
37085 Göttingen
Germany
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mode-locked lasers

ALPHALAS employs various techniques to mode-lock lasers for the generation of picosecond pulses at 1064 nm and the harmonics at 532 nm, 355 nm and 266 nm. The passive techniques include the patented nonlinear mirror (Stankov’s mirror), as well as semiconductor absorber mirror or Kerr lens mode locking. In addition, active mode locking is used in combination with the passive mode locking for highest reliability and stability. The mode-locked lasers are included in the PICOPOWER-series lasers, together with gain-switched and regeneratively amplified lasers.

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CNI Laser
No. 888 Jinhu Road
High-tech Zone, Changchun 130103
China
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.261)!

mode-locked lasers

CNI offer mode-locked picosecond lasers with superior beam quality and high reliability. The pulse duration can be less than 20 ps. Available wavelengths are 266 nm, 355 nm, 532 nm, 1064 nm, 1319 nm and others.

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Thorlabs
43 Sparta Avenue
Newton, NJ 07860
United States
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.403, A1.530) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 113)!

mode-locked lasers

Among its portfolio, Thorlabs manufactures several mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser systems, including stand-alone systems at 1030 nm, 1550 nm, and 2 µm, as well as an all-fiber mid-IR supercontinuum laser driven by a mode-locked pump laser. These systems compliment our femtosecond family of lasers, amplifiers, and specialized optics, including nonlinear crystals, chirped mirrors, low GDD mirrors/beamsplitters, and dispersion compensating fiber.

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Lasers for the Molecular Age

Cycle GmbH
Luruper Hauptstr. 1
22547 Hamburg
Germany
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.122)!

mode-locked lasers

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

  • Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
  • The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.
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Advanced laser technologies

EKSPLA
Savanoriu Av. 237
02300 Vilnius
Lithuania
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.107) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 205)!

mode-locked lasers

Due to their excellent stability and high output parameters, EKSPLA scientific picosecond lasers established their name as “Gold Standard” among scientific picosecond lasers. The innovative design of the new generation of picosecond mode-locked lasers features diode-pumping‑only technology, thus reducing maintenance costs and improving output parameters. Second, third, fourth and fifth (on some versions) harmonic options combined with various accessories, advanced electronics (for streak camera synchronization, phase-locked loop, synchronization of fs laser) and customization possibilities make these lasers well suited for many scientific applications, including optical parametric generator pumping, time-resolved spectroscopy, nonlinear spectroscopy, remote sensing, metrology and others.

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Bright Solutions SRL
Via Artigiani 27
27010 Cura Carpignano (Pavia)
Italy
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B3.316)!

mode-locked lasers

Bright Solutions has the NPS narrowband picosecond lasers:

  • 1064, 532 or 355 nm
  • 7-ps pulses at 40 MHz
  • spectral width < 0.3 nm
  • 10 mW average output power; custom Nps-1064-k2 with amplifier for 2 W output power

The NPS lasers are suitable for applications like OPO pumping, Raman or fluorescence spectroscopy and multimodal imaging.

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Menhir Photonics AG
Industriestrasse 42
8152 Glattbrugg
Switzerland
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.521) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (Kiosk 331)!

mode-locked lasers

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.

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Other Suppliers

Allied Laser Solutions, LLC
United States
Alnair Labs
Japan
Arktis Laser Inc.
Canada
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Calmar Laser
United States
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Chromacity Ltd.
United Kingdom
Clark MXR
United States
Coherent Corp.
United States
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Dausinger & Giesen GmbH
Germany
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Del Mar Photonics, Inc.
United States
Dyneos AG
Switzerland
EdgeWave GmbH
Germany
ELUXI Ltd.
United Kingdom
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IMRA America
United States
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Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc.
United States
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Laserglow Technologies
Canada M6C 1C
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Light Age, Inc.
United States
M Squared Lasers Ltd.
United Kingdom
Market Tech, Inc.
United States
MONTFORT Laser GmbH
Austria
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Mountain Photonics GmbH
Germany
Nano-Giga
France
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Neptec Optical Solutions
United States
Optoprim Germany GmbH
Germany
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Polarus Laser
Russian Federation
Pritel
United States
PULSED GmbH
Germany
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R&D Ultrafast Lasers Kft.
Hungary
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
Singapore
Spectra-Physics Lasers
United States
Topag Lasertechnik GmbH
Germany
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TRUMPF Inc.
United States
TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG
Germany
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UpTek Solutions Corp.
United States
Vescent Photonics, Inc.
United States
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