Where to Buy Pockels Cell Drivers

The KMLabs Eclipse is a high repetition rate, half wave Pockels cell and driver unit, designed for laser pulse picking at up to 20 kHz. The Eclipse has a minimum window of 10 ns, and >90% throughput between 750 nm and 850 nm. KMLabs’ compact design allows the driver to be packaged in with the optical unit, thus minimizing the high voltage line-length, and thereby maximizing the switching speed. The high voltage source for the Eclipse is an external, 19”w x 13”d x 3.5”h unit.

G&H Pockels cell drivers have been developed to complement our range of Pockels Cells. High quality components are integrated into our designs to maximize lifetime, safety, and reliability. Our Pockels cell drivers include the Q-series Q-switch drivers and R-series regenerative amplifier drivers. Q-switch drivers provide a fast rise time followed by a longer decay time. Regenerative amplifier drivers have a square pulse with a fast rise and fall time, adjustable pulse width and may be operated to 100 kHz or more. The Q series product line includes the Lab Q-Drive, OEM Q-Drive, and QDP models while the R series product line includes the R200, the R200 System, the HVR, and the HVR System.

The Inrad Optics V series Pockels cell driver is designed for fast, high-voltage switching for small capacitive loads, such as Pockels cells. It is compatible with our line of KD*P, LiNbO₃, and BBO Pockels cells. The V driver plugs directly into a wall outlet and can be triggered either internally or via synchro.

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.