Where to Buy Q-switched Lasers

RPMC Lasers offers a wide range of Q-switched laser sources, with wavelengths from the UV through the IR. These offerings include DPSS lasers, flashlamp lasers, fiber lasers, and micro lasers/microchip lasers with both active and passive Q-switches, providing a wide range of pulse repetition rates from single-shot up to the megahertz range.

Teem Photonics offers passively Q-switched lasers – Microchip lasers and more powerful devices from the Powerchip laser series. Some are free running, while others are triggerable up to 100 kHz. All can generate sub-nanosecond pulses. Available emission wavelengths are 1535 nm, 1064 nm, 532 nm, 355 nm, 266 nm and 213 nm.

AdValue Photonics offers different kinds of Q-switched nanosecond lasers, all emitting in the 2-μm spectral region (1950 nm):

- The Q-switched laser module AP-QS1-MOD generates pulses with 20 ns to 200 ns duration, up to 30 kHz repetition rate, up to 10 W average output power and high beam quality. The module also has an output modulation capability.

- The Q-switched laser AP-QS is a compact seed laser delivering 5-μJ pulses with up to 30 kHz repetition rate.

- The Q-switched laser AP-QS1 with a rack housing offers up to 5 W average power and 250 μJ pulse energy.

Lumibird nanosecond Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers are well known for their ruggeness and versatility. From 5 mJ to 1.5 J at 1064 nm, from single pulse to 400 Hz, they can be diode-pumped (compactness, ease of use) or flashlamp-pumped (high energy), and are available at 532 nm, 355 nm, 266 nm and 1.5 µm. Double pulse models are also proposed for applications in fluid mechanics (PIV).

Short pulse duration, a wide range of customization options and high stability are distinctive feature of EKSPLA nanosecond Q-switched lasers. Employing latest achievements in laser technologies, our team of dedicated engineers designed wide range of products tailored for specific applications: from compact, simple and robust EKSPLA nanosecond Q-switched DPSS NL230 series lasers for OEM manufacturers to high energy customized flash-lamp multijoule systems for research laboratories.

Second (532 nm), third (355 nm), fourth (266 nm) and fifth (213 nm) (where available) harmonic options combined with various accessories and customization possibilities make these lasers well suited for many OEM and laboratory applications like OPO, OPCPA, Ti:sapphire and dye laser pumping, spectroscopy, remote sensing and plasma research.