Where to Buy Quantum Cascade Lasers

Alpes Lasers designs and manufactures a wide range of QCLs with wavelengths from 4 to 14 μm and powers up to hundreds of milliwatts. This includes FP, DFB, THz, frequency comb and external cavity lasers in the mid-IR. Additionally, Alpes offers uniquely fast and widely tuneable lasers with our ET and XT product line.

Frankfurt Laser Company offers quantum cascade laser diodes with emission wavelengths from 4 μm to 13 μm with either DFB or Fabry–Pérot type.

Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers a range of high-performance quantum cascade lasers. The PowerMir line emits in the main transmission bands of the atmosphere (4.0 µm, 4.6 µm, 4.8 µm, 9.x µm). Furthermore, the new line of UniMir Distributed Feedback (DFB) QCLs emit in the LWIR spectral region (11.3, 13.4 & 14 µm). The PowerMir line are Fabry-Perot laser sources operating in the quasi CW regime. In other words, pulsed operation down to few tens of nanoseconds and high frequency above MHz at room temperature. The UniMir line are DFB sources with CW operation. These products exhibit high average power and wall-plug efficiency. Therefore, perfect for counter-measure and other defense applications, as well as gas detection in the nuclear and petrochemical industries.

Sacher Lasertechnik offers quantum cascade lasers with emission between 4 μm and 12 μm, suitable for applications like molecular spectroscopy.

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DRS Daylight Solutions offers a wide range of quantum cascade lasers:

• The MIRcat-QT™ is a very rapidly wavelength-tunable version with up to 30,000 cm⁻¹/s, covering wavelengths beyond 13 μm.
• The Hedgehog™ models are wavelength-tunable laser for mid-IR spectroscopy with up to 0.5 W average power and 1 W peak power. Ultra-quiet, superior wavelength repeatability.
• The CW-MHF™ is the ultimate tool for high-resolution, mid-IR spectroscopy with high spectral resolution and phase-continuous tuning to avoid jumping over spectral lines.
• The Aries-2 series is a family of fixed-wavelength, narrowband mid-IR lasers with an average output power of up to 1 W.
• The H-Model mid-IR laser offers high-power, mid-IR OEM laser performance in a compact footprint. CW and pulsed operation are possible.
• We also have high-power multi-color laser systems (VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR) with best-in-class performance for aircraft protection.