Buyer's Guide … the one with the Encyclopedia!

Users Advertisers

Buying Pockels Cell Drivers

Top-level product category: optical modulators

Related product category: Pockels cells

Pockels cell drivers are used for applications like active Q-switching, mode locking, cavity dumping, regenerative amplification, and pulse picking in laser systems. They must be carefully matched to the specific requirements of the application.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:

Learning Resources

encyclopedia article

With its comprehensive resources, RP Photonics helps you to well prepare purchase decisions:

Aspects to Consider Before Buying

Some aspects to consider before buying Pockels cell drivers: voltage range, voltage stability, bandwidth (for given load capacitance), compatibility with Pockels cells, input voltage requirements, adjustable gain range, thermal management, operational stability, housing durability, environmental resilience, ease of integration.

For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.

Find Suppliers for Pockels Cell Drivers

21 suppliers for Pockels cell drivers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 4 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Suppliers with Advertising Package
presenting their product descriptions

OEM Electronics for the Generation and Detection of Laser Light

Analog Modules, Inc.
126 Baywood Avenue
Longwood, FL 32750
United States
Profile page  Website  

See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 2027)!

Pockels cell drivers

AMI’s line of Pockels cell drivers employs MOSFET technology which provides excellent noise immunity and a smooth output waveform. AMI’s OEM drivers offer reliable, high voltage pulsing in compact surface mount modules. These drivers include an internal high voltage power supply and provide a monitor to observe the high voltage output amplitude prior to the pulse. AMI’s Pockels cell drivers meet the stringent reliability requirements for medical and industrial applications.

Your reliable partner for photonics innovations!

EKSMA Optics, UAB
Dvarcioniu St. 2B
LT-10233 Vilnius
Lithuania
Profile page  Website  

See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 657)!

Pockels cell drivers

EKSMA Optics has Pockels cell drivers designed for a wide range of applications and operating modes: pulse selection, Q-switching, cavity dumping, CW beam chopping and burst modes. The drivers are available for various output voltages, repetition rates and rise/fall times of the high voltage pulses.

Advanced laser technologies

EKSPLA
Savanoriu Av. 237
02300 Vilnius
Lithuania
Profile page  Website  

See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 649)!

Range of drivers for Pockels cells are fast HV switches designed to load and unload capacitance of Pockels cell with several nanosecond edges.

Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany.

ALPHALAS GmbH
Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5
37085 Göttingen
Germany
Profile page  Website  
Pockels cell drivers

Using a variety of techniques for generating high-voltage pulses with nanosecond and subnanosecond rise/fall times, ALPHALAS provides advanced Pockels cell drivers, pulse pickers, nanosecond and subnanosecond high-voltage generators. The applications include but are not limited to: active Q-switching, cavity dumping, amplitude and phase modulation, pulse slicing, time-of-flight measurements and others. The HVS series high-voltage switches can operate at up-to 10 kV and at frequencies up to the 100-kHz range. Customer-specific devices for higher voltages or special applications can also be provided. Single-switch and push-pull configurations are available as standard devices or customized designs. Complete setups of high-voltage switches with Pockels cells and high-voltage power supplies can be delivered either from stock or with short lead times.

Your company's products are not listed here? Get our advertising package to enjoy that and many other benefits!
Other Suppliers
Bergmann Messgeraete Entwicklung KG
Germany
Profile page  Website  
Electro Optical Components, Inc.
United States
G&H
United Kingdom
Highland Technology, Inc.
United States
IL Photonics
Israel
Profile page  Website  
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc.
United States
Profile page  Website  
Kentech Instruments Ltd.
United Kingdom
Profile page  Website  
Mountain Photonics GmbH
Germany
Nano-Giga
France
Profile page  Website  
New Age Instruments & Materials
India
nortus Optronic GmbH
Germany
Profile page  Website  
Pegasus Optik GmbH
Germany
Pro-Lite Technology Ltd
United Kingdom
Profile page  Website  
Qubig GmbH
Germany
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
Singapore
Sydor Instruments LLC
United States
Profile page  Website  
Tokyo Instruments, Inc.
Japan

If any displayed information is incorrect (e.g., a listed supplier does not offer such products) or legally problematic, please notify RP Photonics so that the problem can be solved.

Report additional suppliers for these products!



If you like our Buyer's Guide, share it with your friends and colleagues, e.g. via social media:

Follow our company page to keep track of our news!