Cycle

Effective dispersion compensation is a key requirement for many applications involving ultrafast lasers and broadband optical signals. Cycle can offer a variety of dispersion compensating fibers to satisfy the needs of your application. Our products include:

• single-mode dispersion compensating fibers (SM-DCF) and
• polarization-maintaining dispersion compensating fibers (PM-DCF)

with different connector types and customized lengths. Please contact us for more information.

Based on Cycle's own femtosecond fiber lasers, the company also offers fiber-based amplifiers (EDFA) with a center wavelength of 1550 nm to 1700 nm. This variant of the SOPRANO-CA is a very attractive solution to amplify the output of beam arrival monitors in synchrotron or FEL facilities, for example. Other custom-made fiber amplifiers are available upon request.

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

• Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
• The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.

Based on Cycle's own femtosecond fiber lasers, the company also offers fiber-based amplifiers (EDFA) with a center wavelength of 1550 nm to 1700 nm. This variant of the SOPRANO-CA is a very attractive solution to amplify the output of beam arrival monitors in synchrotron or FEL facilities, for example. Other custom-made fiber amplifiers are available upon request.

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

• Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
• The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.

The PULSE Timing Distribution System (TDS) enables sub-femtosecond distribution of timing signals to remote locations.

PULSE takes advantage of inherently low noise optical pulse train generated by a mode-locked laser (i.e., optical master oscillator (OMO)) and uses it as its timing signal. The pristine OMO timing signal is transferred through fiber-optic links to multiple end stations where transmission delays are detected with attosecond resolution using Cycle’s patented balanced optical cross-correlators (BOC) and actively compensated. If desired, the OMO can be referenced to an optical clock or a microwave standard.

Cycle’s fully automated WAVE Timing Link precisely distributes and transfers high-quality RF clock signals to remote locations, which can be even tens of kilometers away. The WAVE Timing Link is actively stabilized and compensates any changes of optical path length caused by environmental fluctuations.

Effective dispersion compensation is a key requirement for many applications involving ultrafast lasers and broadband optical signals. Cycle can offer a variety of dispersion compensating fibers to satisfy the needs of your application. Our products include:

• single-mode dispersion compensating fibers (SM-DCF) and
• polarization-maintaining dispersion compensating fibers (PM-DCF)

with different connector types and customized lengths. Please contact us for more information.

The primary element to realize a high precision synchronization device is the timing detector because it dictates the smallest timing error that can be detected. Cycle offers the lowest noise timing detectors in the market based on its patented balanced optical cross-correlator (BOC) technology. Due to a balanced optical detection scheme, the BOC provides exceptionally high timing sensitivity, attosecond timing resolution, amplitude invariance and robustness against environmental fluctuations. The output of the BOC is a baseband voltage signal that is proportional to the timing jitter between the two optical pulse trains. This output is used in a phase-locked loop to synchronize the two optical sources.

We offer BOCs to synchronize lasers operating on 800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths. Additionally, we also offer two color BOCs (TCBOC) to synchronize lasers operating different center wavelengths (e.g., locking a Ti:sapphire laser to a Er fiber oscillator).

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

• Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
• The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

• Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
• The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.

Effective dispersion compensation is a key requirement for many applications involving ultrafast lasers and broadband optical signals. Cycle can offer a variety of dispersion compensating fibers to satisfy the needs of your application. Our products include:

• single-mode dispersion compensating fibers (SM-DCF) and
• polarization-maintaining dispersion compensating fibers (PM-DCF)

with different connector types and customized lengths. Please contact us for more information.

Cycle’s fully automated WAVE Timing Link precisely distributes and transfers high-quality RF clock signals to remote locations, which can be even tens of kilometers away. The WAVE Timing Link is actively stabilized and compensates any changes of optical path length caused by environmental fluctuations.

Effective dispersion compensation is a key requirement for many applications involving ultrafast lasers and broadband optical signals. Cycle can offer a variety of dispersion compensating fibers to satisfy the needs of your application. Our products include:

• single-mode dispersion compensating fibers (SM-DCF) and
• polarization-maintaining dispersion compensating fibers (PM-DCF)

with different connector types and customized lengths. Please contact us for more information.

Cycle offers the lowest noise timing detectors in the market based on its patented balanced optical cross-correlator (BOC) and balanced optical microwave phase detector (BOMPD) technologies.

The BOC detects the relative timing jitter between two independent optical pulse trains with identical center wavelengths, whereas the BOMPD detects the timing jitter or phase noise between an optical pulse train and the zero-crossings of a microwave signal.

Cycle’s BOCs and BOMPDs provide exceptionally high timing sensitivity, attosecond timing resolution, and AM-PM conversion suppression against environmental fluctuations.

We offer BOCs operating on 800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths. We also offer two color BOCs (TCBOC) to measure the timing jitter of lasers at different center wavelengths.

Our BOMPDs operate with a wide range of microwave frequencies (10 MHz – 10 GHz) and optical wavelengths (800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm).

Cycle’s fully automated E-SYNC is a versatile device which can measure the timing jitter or phase noise between any optical or microwave signal.

It generates a baseband signal that is proportional to the timing error between the two inputs, which in turn can be used in a phase-locked loop configuration to synchronize a laser to a microwave source or vice versa or two microwave sources.

Cycle offers the lowest noise timing detectors in the market based on its patented balanced optical cross-correlator (BOC) and balanced optical microwave phase detector (BOMPD) technologies.

The BOC detects the relative timing jitter between two independent optical pulse trains with identical center wavelengths, whereas the BOMPD detects the timing jitter or phase noise between an optical pulse train and the zero-crossings of a microwave signal.

Cycle’s BOCs and BOMPDs provide exceptionally high timing sensitivity, attosecond timing resolution, and AM-PM conversion suppression against environmental fluctuations.

We offer BOCs operating on 800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths. We also offer two color BOCs (TCBOC) to measure the timing jitter of lasers at different center wavelengths.

Our BOMPDs operate with a wide range of microwave frequencies (10 MHz – 10 GHz) and optical wavelengths (800 nm, 1030 nm and 1550 nm).

Based on Cycle's own femtosecond fiber lasers, the company also offers fiber-based amplifiers (EDFA) with a center wavelength of 1550 nm to 1700 nm. This variant of the SOPRANO-CA is a very attractive solution to amplify the output of beam arrival monitors in synchrotron or FEL facilities, for example. Other custom-made fiber amplifiers are available upon request.

Cycle supplies fiber-based systems with unique features and affordable prices:

• Cycle’s SONATA is a SESAM-free, all-PM, low-noise fiber laser with high environmental stability. It provides a dual fiber/free-space outputs at 1030 nm with clean and low-noise pulses. A chirped picosecond pulse is coming from fiber port for amplification and a second compressed free-space output allows detection and stabilization – ideal for ultrafast applications, amplifier seeding, and nonlinear microscopy. With optics and electronics integrated into a single compact unit, SONATA ensures a seamless, plug-and-play experience.
• The SOPRANO-CA is designed to carry out tasks such as multiphoton microscopy, spectroscopy, semiconductor testing and materials analysis. In addition to its low relative intensity noise, reliability and clean pulse shape, the SOPRANO-CA operates at a center wavelength of 1560 nm and typical pulse duration below 150 fs, establishing benefits in both industrial and scientific environments.