Buying Mode-locked 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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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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![]() Helping our customers reach their research @ commercial goals for over 45 years MPB CommunicationsHead Office 147 Hymus Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H9R 1E9 Canada | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() Innovative and Reliable AdValue Photonics2700 E. Bilby Rd. Tucson, AZ 85706 United States 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)! | ![]() AdValue Photonics offers picosecond and femtosecond mode-locked fiber lasers emitting in the 2-μm spectral region:
All those devices have a good output beam quality. Product-specific web page |
![]() 7639 Cordner Lasalle, Quebec H8N 2X2 Canada | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() Fully automated ultrafast tunable laser systems SI Stuttgart Instruments GmbHErnsthaldenstr. 17 70565 Stuttgart Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.114)! | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany. ALPHALAS GmbHBertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5 37085 Göttingen Germany | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() No. 888 Jinhu Road High-tech Zone, Changchun 130103 China See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.261)! | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() 43 Sparta Avenue Newton, NJ 07860 United States 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)! | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() Lasers for the Molecular Age Cycle GmbHLuruper Hauptstr. 1 22547 Hamburg Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.122)! | ![]() Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:
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![]() Advanced laser technologies EKSPLASavanoriu Av. 237 02300 Vilnius Lithuania 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)! | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
![]() Via Artigiani 27 27010 Cura Carpignano (Pavia) Italy See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B3.316)! | ![]() Bright Solutions has the NPS narrowband picosecond lasers:
The NPS lasers are suitable for applications like OPO pumping, Raman or fluorescence spectroscopy and multimodal imaging. Product-specific web page |
![]() Industriestrasse 42 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland 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)! | ![]() 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. Product-specific web page |
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Other Suppliers
Allied Laser Solutions, LLC United States |
Alnair Labs Japan |
Arktis Laser Inc. Canada |
Calmar Laser United States |
Chromacity Ltd. United Kingdom |
Clark MXR United States |
Coherent Corp. United States |
Dausinger & Giesen GmbH Germany |
Del Mar Photonics, Inc. United States |
Dyneos AG Switzerland |
EdgeWave GmbH Germany |
ELUXI Ltd. United Kingdom |
IMRA America United States |
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc. United States |
Laserglow Technologies Canada M6C 1C |
Light Age, Inc. United States |
M Squared Lasers Ltd. United Kingdom |
Market Tech, Inc. United States |
MONTFORT Laser GmbH Austria |
Mountain Photonics GmbH Germany |
Nano-Giga France |
Neptec Optical Solutions United States |
Optoprim Germany GmbH Germany |
Polarus Laser Russian Federation |
Pritel United States |
PULSED GmbH Germany |
R&D Ultrafast Lasers Kft. Hungary |
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ) Singapore |
Spectra-Physics Lasers United States |
Topag Lasertechnik GmbH Germany |
TRUMPF Inc. United States |
TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG Germany |
UpTek Solutions Corp. United States |
Vescent Photonics, Inc. United States |