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Buying Mode Locking Devices

Top-level product categories: icon optical modulators, icon various devices

More specific product categories: saturable absorbers, semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors

Related product categories: optical modulators, mode-locked lasers, ultrafast lasers, picosecond lasers, femtosecond lasers, drive electronics for photonic components

Mode locking devices are crucial for generating ultrafast laser pulses. Active mode locking utilizes optical modulators, mainly electro-optic or acousto-optic types, while passive mode locking employs saturable absorbers, often based on semiconductor materials like SESAMs.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

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 locking devices active mode locking passive mode locking soliton mode locking harmonic mode locking mode-locked lasers ultrafast lasers picosecond lasers femtosecond lasers pulse generation

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

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 locking devices. 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.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for mode locking devices. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Mode Locking Devices

11 suppliers for mode locking devices are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany.

ALPHALAS GmbH
Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5
37085 Göttingen
Germany
Profile page  Website  
mode locking devices

Electro-optic phase or intensity modulators including a driver can be used at frequencies up to 100 MHz for actively mode-locking lasers at various wavelengths. These are manufactured on customer’s demand.

Proprietary electro-optic deflectors (EOD) are also offered as efficient active mode-locking devices.

Product-specific web page
RefleKron Ltd.
Kauhakorvenkatu 53B
33710 Tampere
Finland
Profile page  Website  
mode locking devices

Our customized semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) can be used for passive mode-locking of fiber, solid-state and semiconductor lasers, with wavelengths ranging from 620 nm to 3.5 µm.

Contact us for the optimal customized SESAM for your application.

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Other Suppliers

BATOP GmbH
Germany
Brimrose
United States
Chromacity Ltd.
United Kingdom
IntraAction
United States
Laserglow Technologies
Canada M6C 1C
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Mountain Photonics GmbH
Germany
Nano-Giga
France
Profile page  Website  
OEwaves, Inc.
United States
Profile page  Website  
Optoprim Germany GmbH
Germany
Profile page  Website  

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