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Buying Vertical External-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers

vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Top-level product category: icon lasers and laser amplifiers

More general product categories: surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

VECSELs are surface-emitting semiconductor lasers that can be either electrically or optically pumped. Optically pumped VECSELs (OPS-VECSELs) are known for their high output powers and excellent beam quality. They offer versatile wavelength coverage, addressing spectral regions where traditional solid-state lasers may lack suitable lines.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

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2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

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3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

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Decision

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Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Vertical External-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers

4 suppliers for vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSEL) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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High-power & single-frequency VECSELs at 350–2150 nm for quantum technology

Vexlum Ltd
Kauhakorvenkatu 53 B
33710 Tampere
Finland
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vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VECSELs), also known as semiconductor disk lasers or optically pumped semiconductor lasers, provide a versatile platform with features beneficial for applications requiring broad wavelength coverage and high output power. Key features include:

  • Broad wavelength coverage
  • Multi-watt power output
  • Low noise
  • Excellent spatial quality
  • Tunable narrow-linewidth operation

VECSELs are suitable for applications that demand exotic wavelengths and high power with narrow spectral linewidths.

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Coherent Corp.
United States
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IL Photonics
Israel
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Polytec GmbH
Germany
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