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DRS Daylight Solutions Inc.
16465 Via Esprillo
San Diego, CA 92127
United States
Tel.:+1 858 362 8971
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Website:web link daylightsolutions.com
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Company Description

DRS Daylight Solutions, a line of business under Leonardo DRS, provides photonics solutions to researchers, industry allies, and system manufacturers. Daylight specializes in manufacturing high-performance lasers across the spectrum from UV to IR, offering capabilities in broad tuning, narrow linewidth, and high power. with capabilities in broad-tuning, narrow linewidth, and high power. The company’s core technologies include a family of quantum cascade lasers (QCL-IR), external cavity diode lasers (EC-DLs), and custom laser engines. Daylight’s lasers are deployed worldwide in a diverse array of applications, including aerospace and defense, life sciences, and material inspection. As a team of dedicated innovators, Daylight designs new technologies that aim to enable what’s next in scientific and technological advancements for those who are driving innovation forward.

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external-cavity diode lasers
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external-cavity diode lasers from DRS Daylight Solutions

The Stretto is a high precision tunable external-cavity diode laser, available for narrow linewidth emission from ultraviolet to infrared. Being designed for seamless OEM integration and efficient volume production scaling, Stretto is a go-to laser solution for industries requiring high precision and reliability.

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infrared detectors from DRS Daylight Solutions

Our Amplified MCT™ is a natural fit with DRS Daylight’s pulsed mid-IR lasers. It is a fully integrated receiver with embedded IR detector, low-noise amplifier, and temperature controller into one compact package.

Features:

  • room-temperature operation, with a two-stage TEC for cooling to 245 K
  • broad mid-IR spectral response of 4–12 µm
  • high sensitivity, with D* > 2.5 × 109 cm·Hz½/W
  • rise time <3 ns
  • active area of 1 mm × 1 mm
  • wide field of view: 78°
  • AC-coupled photoconductive configuration for pulsed laser detection
laser microscopes
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laser microscopes from DRS Daylight Solutions

In a class of their own, the family of Spero® microscopes represents the world’s first and highest performing wide-field spectroscopic microscopy platform based on broadly tunable mid-infrared quantum cascade laser (QCL-IR) technology. Get high-quality data at unprecedented speeds.

Utilizing Daylight’s unique, patented QCL-IR light engine, Spero-QT 340 is faster than Raman and photothermal IR microscopes by orders of magnitude while avoiding sample auto-fluorescence and sample degradation by highly focused light sources.

microchannel plate detectors
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microchannel plate detectors from DRS Daylight Solutions

Our Amplified MCT™ is a natural fit with DRS Daylight’s pulsed mid-IR lasers. It is a fully integrated receiver with embedded IR detector, low-noise amplifier, and temperature controller into one compact package.

Features:

  • room-temperature operation, with a two-stage TEC for cooling to 245 K
  • broad mid-IR spectral response of 4–12 µm
  • high sensitivity, with D* > 2.5 × 109 cm·Hz½/W
  • rise time <3 ns
  • active area of 1 mm × 1 mm
  • wide field of view: 78°
  • AC-coupled photoconductive configuration for pulsed laser detection
mid-infrared laser sources
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mid-infrared laser sources from DRS Daylight Solutions

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

  • with CW or pulsed output
  • high beam quality
  • fixed-wavelength and tunable versions with very fast tuning

Applications are in areas like mid-IR spectroscopy and infrared countermeasures.

quantum cascade lasers
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quantum cascade lasers from DRS Daylight Solutions

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.
spectrophotometers
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spectrophotometers from DRS Daylight Solutions

The Culpeo® QCL-IR Liquid Analyzer is a compact, intelligent spectrophotometer that uses the power of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) to analyze and identify chemicals. Features:

  • high sensitivity vibrational absorption spectroscopy
  • real-time measurements with up to 10 Hz update rate
  • flow cell with small volume
tunable lasers
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tunable lasers from DRS Daylight Solutions

DRS Daylight Solutions offers a number of wavelength-tunable 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 lasers 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 H-Model mid-IR laser offers high-power, mid-IR OEM laser performance in a compact footprint. CW and pulsed operation are possible.
ultraviolet lasers
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ultraviolet lasers from DRS Daylight Solutions

Our H-Model ultraviolet laser modules are versatile and compact UV sources:

  • fiber-optic output
  • CW power levels up to 4 W at 405 nm or 1 W at 375 nm
  • CW or pulse operation mode
  • ruggedized for harsh environments

Applications are in chemical and biological detection, water purification, disinfection, skin treatment and fluorescence imaging.

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