Where to Buy Picosecond Lasers

The picosecond laser source picoEmerald emits ultra-short pulses with a duration of 2 picoseconds (other durations possible). The wavelength tuning of the ps laser is fully automated across a tuning range of 700 to 990 nm (signal) and 1080 nm to 1950 nm (idler). The fundamental beam at 1032 nm is also available. A wavelength scan / sweep function for fast spectra acquisition over certain specific wavelengths is included.

The key-facts of the picoEmerald are:

• wavelength 1 IR beam 1032 nm
• wavelength 2 tunable 700 … 990 nm
• wavelength 3 tunable 1080 … 1950 nm
• 80 MHz pulse repetition rate
• temporal and spatial overlap of the output wavelengths
• integrated time delay between the wavelengths
• common output port for all beams
• fully automated wavelength tuning
• EOM optionally integrated

TOPTICA offers next generation ultrafast picosecond and femtosecond fiber lasers for science and industry. The key for successful integration of ultrafast technology are robust, cost-effective systems with simple push-button operation. TOPTICA offers several products fulfilling these requirements: ultrafast fiber lasers based on erbium (Er) and ytterbium (Yb).

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.

Based on an all-fiber design, MPBC’s picosecond mode-locked fiber lasers are highly reliable (10,000 hrs) and maintenance-free. Customized specifications are available for emission wavelengths from 1020 to 1100 nm, and generate linearly polarized nearly transformed-limited pulses at a duration between 2 to 50 ps. Average output power varies from 2 to 3000 mW, depending on the configuration. These lasers are designed to address a range of market applications including semiconductor inspection, micro-machining, metrology, bio-medical imaging, and can be used as a seed source for optical amplifiers, and second harmonic generation.

Iceblink is a supercontinuum fiber laser covering the 450–2300 nm spectral range with 3 W of average power and superior stability (<0.5% std. dev.). It is a very versatile white light source with a world of applications in the scientific and industrial sectors, including absorption/transmission measurements for material characterization, VIS, NIR, IR spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy, and fluorescence excitation. The spatial coherence and broad spectrum of Iceblink make it a great alternative to classic lamps, single-line lasers, LEDs, and ASE sources.

The Stuttgart Instruments (SI) Piano Laser System is a narrowband very precise infrared light source for a wide range of analytical applications in spectroscopy and microscopy to study the chemical and structural composition and behavior of materials on the nanoscale. In this context, the SI Piano is characterized by its outstanding precision, spectral flexibility and unbeatable reproducibility; packaged in a compact and comparably low-cost design. This enables new research approaches for the materials of the future, and also achieves transmission from science to industry

Spectra Quest Lab offers ns/ps tunable lasers and light sources in the 900-nm band and 1-μm band.

The tunable laser uses a CW narrow linewidth tunable laser as a seed source, and after nanosecond pulse generation with a pulsed SOA, the ns pulse is further amplified with a fiber amplifier to obtain a Fourier-limited linewidth pulse.

The tunable light source is a system in which broadband ASE light from a pulsed SOA is selected with a spectral width of 0.2 nm by a tunable filter and amplified by a fiber amplifier, making it cost-effective and simple configuration.

Both can output pulse widths of 1–10 ns and support repetition rates from single shot to 100 MHz on pulse on demand. External synchronization is easily achieved with electrical trigger input/output. Optionally, a picosecond pulse output can be obtained by passing a pulse shaper consisting of an LiNbO₃ modulator and an electric pulse generator before the fiber amplifier input.

Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers one of the widest wavelength selections of picosecond lasers available, ranging from the UV through the SWIR regimes. Our offerings include pulsed DPSS lasers, fiber lasers, and microchip lasers with pulse energy up to a few mJ and pulse repetition rates up to 80 MHz. With many standard configurations, various options and add-ons, and full customization capabilities, we're sure to have the right fit. Let RPMC help you find the right laser today!

Compact microchip lasers with 50–300 ps pulse duration, tunable repetition rates from 10 kHz to 200 kHz with µJ pulse energies in turn-key platform with integrated electronics and OEM version at both 532 nm and 1064 nm.

Radiantis Zenith is a broadly tunable picosecond laser system, tunable across 1450 – 4000 nm. This system incorporates a pump laser and an Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) which provides fully automated tuning and high power on a integrated and robust platform.

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.

Our PILAS range of gain-switched pulsed diode lasers are designed for industrial as well as scientific applications. Get a flexible system to fit any application. Choose from more than 10 different wavelengths in the range from 375-1550 nm, repetition rates from single-shot to 40 MHz pulse trains, internal or external triggers. With PILAS you get alignment and maintenance-free 24/7 operation.

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.

The ALPHALAS product line of PICOPOWER series ultrafast lasers implements advanced methods for generating picosecond pulses, including active, passive or combined mode-locking. ALPHALAS is the only manufacturer that uses the patented and most advanced “Nonlinear Mirror” or “Stankov Mirror” mode-locking method based on second harmonic generation with practically unlimited power scaling.

The product line includes cavity-dumped mode-locked lasers, regeneratively amplified picosecond pulses with unsurpassed low jitter < 3.5 ps for pulses “on demand” and MW peak power. Optional harmonic wavelengths are also available.

The PICOPOWER-LD series of the proprietary picosecond diode lasers covers the range 375 nm to 2300 nm with picosecond pulses as short as 12 ps and high peak power more than 2 W for specific wavelengths. Numerous applications cover optical parametric generator pumping, nonlinear optics, spectroscopy time-resolved spectroscopy, remote sensing and material processing.

AdValue Photonics offers the EVERESTpico 1 μm picosecond fiber laser (AP-1030P), Different models can deliver 50-ps pulses with 15 W, 30 W, 60 W or 100 W average power in a collimated free-space beam with excellent beam quality. Pulse repetition rates can go up to 1 MHz.

There is also the EVERESTpico green picosecond laser for applications like laser cutting, drilling and scribing on various materials. Different models can deliver 50-ps pulses with up to 30 W average power and excellent beam quality.

Teem Photonics offers a wide range of lasers with pulse durations as short as 100 ps. For example, the 266 nm PNU-M01210-1x0 laser, belongs to the Powerchip laser series, which also covers wavelengths of 1064 nm, 532 nm, 355 nm and 213 nm with pulse durations below 500 ps. Peak powers of tens of kilowatts (or even 160 kW at 1064 nm) are generated. Compared with mode-locked picosecond lasers, the pulse repetition rates are limited to about 100 kHz), while the pulse energies are far higher – tens of microjoules.