Buying Semiconductor Lasers
Semiconductor lasers encompass various types, with laser diodes being the most common. Additionally, there are optically pumped surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) and quantum cascade lasers, each offering unique advantages for specific applications. These lasers are integral to modern photonics, providing high efficiency and versatility for communications, sensing, and industrial processes.
Making Good Purchase Decisions
RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:
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Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying semiconductor lasers: output power, wavelength, continuous or pulsed emission, power efficiency, beam forming options, beam quality, laser noise, thermal management, modulation capability, integration flexibility, feedback sensitivity, environmental stability, reliability.
For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.
Find Suppliers for Semiconductor Lasers
101 suppliers for semiconductor lasers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 11 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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We Speak Laser Diodes! Frankfurt Laser CompanyAn den 30 Morgen 13 61381 Friedrichsdorf Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 2227)! |
Frankfurt Laser Company offers the widest wavelength range for laser diodes on the world market from 370 nm to 12 µm, single mode & multimode, broad area, DFB and DBR, fiber Bragg grating stabilized, quantum cascade lasers and VCSELs. We offer wavelength selection and custom packaging; please contact us to discuss your requirements. |
THINKING BEYOND TOPTICA eagleyardeagleyard Photonics GmbH Rudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1527)! |
TOPTICA EAGLEYARD is a global leading provider of high power laser diodes with wavelengths from 630 nm – 1120 nm based on GaAs (Gallium Arsenide). Our products combine maximum power, highest durability and excellent beam quality – a perfect match for high-end applications. |
Aerodiode Rue François Mitterrand Institut d'Optique d'Aquitaine 33400 Talence France |
SHIPS TODAY: AeroDIODE offers fiber-coupled laser diodes between 520 nm and 1650 nm as stock items or associated with a CW laser diode driver or pulsed laser diode driver. They are compatible with our high speed nanosecond pulsed drivers or high power CW drivers with air cooling for the multimode high power laser diode versions. The single mode laser diodes (either Fabry–Pérot laser diode or DFB laser diode) can reach high power in nanosecond pulse regime up to 500 mW. Most turn-key diode & driver solutions are optimized for single-shot to CW performances with pulse width lengths down to 1 ns. The laser diode precision pulses are generated internally by an on-board pulse generator, or on demand from an external TTL signal. Many multimode versions are available with CW emission up to 300 W in a 200-µm core multimode fiber or up to 250 W in a 135-µm core fiber or 160 W in a 105 µm core fiber. See also our tutorial on fiber-coupled laser diodes. |
Focused on Possibility. Sheaumann Laser, Inc.5 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 3530)! |
Sheaumann Laser is a vertically integrated manufacturer for semiconductor lasers. Our capabilities include wafer fabrication, MOCVD growth, chip and bar processing, laser packaging and reliability testing. |
Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH Hedwig-Jahnow-Str. 12 35037 Marburg Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 4712)! |
Sacher Lasertechnik is a specialist for semiconductor laser sources. We have a wide range of diode lasers for scientific and industrial applications, covering a wide range of emission wavelengths and output powers. Apart from DFB and DBR lasers, Fabry–Pérot and tapered amplifier diodes, we offer quantum cascade lasers. Besides, we have modules e.g. with internal frequency conversion, such as the Jaguar UV laser and terahertz sources. |
A Tradition of High Power Photonics Leadership QPC Lasers Inc.15632 Roxford Street Sylmar, CA 91342 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 5104)! |
QPC Lasers full vertical integration from epitaxy through packaging allows us to offer standard and custom diode solutions in packages ranging from C-mounts to complete OEM light engines that provide performance without compromise. Features include unique Brightlock monolithic "on-chip" wavelength control for unmatched linewidth and spectral control. |
Laser Diodes. Redefined. Eblana Photonics3 West Pier Business Campus Dun Laoghaire Dublin A96 A621 Ireland |
Eblana Photonics' core product offerings are based on our patented Discrete-Mode (DFB like) manufacturing technology, which delivers industry leading performance with fully scalable, consistent production and integration capability. Eblana’s products are used extensively for trace gas sensing and environmental monitoring in the near- and mid-IR. In addition, the inherent low linewidth performance of the DM platform in comparison to typical DFB lasers is uniquely suited to distributed fibre sensing and LIDAR applications, as well as scientific and metrology projects. |
We manufacture diode lasers Lumics GmbHSchwarze-Pumpe-Weg 16 12681 Berlin Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1259)! |
Lumics is a vertically integrated manufacturer producing high-quality laser diodes, with in-house chip production and integration into various single emitter packages and designs. Lumics offerings include pigtailed single-mode and multi-mode packages, covering a broad wavelength and power range, designed for different fiber core sizes. Lumics' high-power multi-mode diode laser modules span wavelengths from 670 nm to 1940 nm, supporting multi-wavelength configurations, ideal for applications in medical, life science, analytics, material processing, pumping, seeding, and printing. All diodes feature patented facet technology, ensuring exceptional lifetimes and reliability. |
Pioneering Photonics Alpes Lasers SAAvenue des Pâquiers 1 2072 St-Blaise Switzerland |
Alpes Lasers designs and manufactures semiconductor lasers, particularly quantum cascade lasers, with wavelengths from 4 to 14 μm and powers up to several watts. These lasers are highly compact and efficient, making them ideal for applications in the mid-IR with strict size constraints. |
all wavelengths. TOPTICA Photonics AGLochhamer Schlag 19 82166 Gräfelfing Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1527, 3501, 3603)! |
TOPTICA is renowned for providing the widest wavelength coverage of diode lasers on the market (190 – 3500 nm), providing high-power diode lasers with great ease of use even at exotic wavelengths. TOPTICA diode lasers enable a big variety of demanding applications in quantum optics, spectroscopy, biophotonics, microscopy, test & measurement, as well as materials inspection. |
The lasers you need. From the people you trust. Our experience, your advantage. RPMC Lasers, Inc.8495 Veterans Memorial Pkwy O’Fallon MO 63366 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 3686, 3687)! |
RPMC Lasers offers the largest selection available of wavelengths and packages for semiconductor laser diodes. Our various diode laser products include single and multimode laser diodes, wavelength stabilized DFB and VBG laser diodes, free-space & fiber-coupled options, laser diode bars and stacks, quantum cascade laser diodes. We also offer multi-wavelength laser diodes and tunable laser diodes. We offer free-space and fiber-coupled options on most devices, with many package options including but not limited to chip on carrier, TO can, HHL, butterfly, MCC, and turn-key systems. Standard and custom options available – space-qualification experience. Let RPMC help you find the right laser today! |
Other Suppliers | |
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Acal BFi Germany | |
AdTech Optics Inc. United States | |
Agiltron Inc. United States | |
AKELA Laser Corporation United States | |
Alight Technologies ApS Denmark | |
Allied Scientific Pro Canada | |
Amonics Ltd. Hong Kong | |
Apollo Instruments, Inc. United States | |
Asue Co., Ltd. Vietnam | |
AZURE Photonics Co., Ltd. China | |
BeamQ Lasers United States | |
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. China | |
Block Engineering United States | |
Boston Electronics Corporation United States | |
chilas B. V. Netherlands | |
Coherent Corp. United States | |
DRS Daylight Solutions Inc. United States | |
Dyneos AG Switzerland | |
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. United Kingdom | |
Egismos Technology Corporation Taiwan | |
Electro Optical Components, Inc. United States | |
ELUXI Ltd. United Kingdom | |
EXALOS AG Switzerland | |
Forward Photonics LLC United States | |
Frank Optic Products GmbH Germany | |
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications Germany | |
GEHT International Ltd Hong Kong | |
GMP SA, Büro Zürich Switzerland | |
HLJ Technology Co., Ltd. Taiwan | |
ID&T Italia Srl Italy | |
IL Photonics Israel | |
Industrial Fiber Optics, Inc. United States | |
Innolume GmbH Germany | |
InPhenix, Inc. United States | |
Integrated Optics, Ltd. Lithuania | |
Intense United Kingdom | |
JENOPTIK Laser GmbH Germany | |
JG International China | |
Kimmon Koha Co., Ltd. Japan | |
Lahat Technologies Ltd Israel | |
Laserex Technologies Australia | |
Laserglow Technologies Canada M6C 1C | |
Lasermate Group, Inc. United States | |
LMD Power of Light Corp. dba LaserMaxDefense United States | |
Lasertel North America United States | |
Lastronics GmbH Germany | |
LD4B, UAB Lithuania | |
Leonardo Electronics US Inc. United States | |
LEOS Instruments s.r.l. Italy | |
Lightelligence, Inc. United States | |
LISA laser products OHG Germany | |
LumiMetric Co., Ltd. China | |
Lumispot Technology Corp. China | |
Market Tech, Inc. United States | |
MG Laser Germany | |
Micro Laser Systems, Inc. United States | |
Modulight, Inc. Finland | |
NaKu Technology Co., Ltd China | |
Nano-Giga France | |
nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH Germany | |
nLight Photonics Corporation Canada | |
Northrop Grumman - Cutting Edge Optronics United States | |
Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH Germany | |
Oelabs Inc. China | |
Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH Germany | |
Optonyx AB Sweden | |
Optoprim Germany GmbH Germany | |
OSI Laser Diode, Inc. United States | |
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH Germany | |
OZ Optics Canada | |
Photodigm Inc. United States | |
Photonwares Co. United States | |
Physical Sciences Inc. United States | |
PicoQuant GmbH Germany | |
Polytec GmbH Germany | |
Power Technology Inc. United States | |
ProPhotonics Ltd. United States | |
QPhotonics, LLC United States | |
Roithner LaserTechnik Austria | |
SemiNex High Power Laser Diodes United States | |
Soliton Laser- und Messtechnik GmbH Germany | |
STANDA Ltd. Lithuania | |
VERTILAS GmbH Germany | |
Vexlum Ltd Finland | |
VM-TIM GmbH Germany | |
von Gegerfelt Photonics Germany | |
Wavelength Opto-Electronic (S) Pte Ltd Singapore | |
World Star Tech Canada | |
Hangzhou Yong Hee Photonics Co., Ltd. China | |
Zewda Technology Co., Ltd Hong Kong |