Tunable Lasers

The RP Photonics Buyer's Guide contains 100 suppliers for tunable lasers. Among them:

Spectra Quest Lab

Spectra Quest Lab offers tunable lasers providing mode-hop-free tuning over nearly the entire tunable range wider than 100 nm while suppressing ASE noise (SMSR > 80dB) and delivering high PM fiber output power at any wavelength model. Available from 880 nm to 1680 nm.

The high precision model λ-Master is suitable for laboratory use and has a data acquisition function that is synchronized with wavelength tuning.

The high scan rate model: λ-Rapid achieves scan rates of up to 600 nm/s, making it suitable for frequency domain measurements such as OFDR. It is compact and can be installed in instruments.

λ-Lock is a manual tuning model.

All models have an analog wavelength tuning function using PZT and LD current modulation function (bandwidth: 5 MHz).

Light Conversion

LIGHT CONVERSION has worldwide recognition for its industrial-grade Yb-based PHAROS, CARBIDE, and FLINT femtosecond lasers.

• The PHAROS series focuses on customizability, reliability, and process-tailored output parameters, providing pulse durations down to 100 fs and pulse energies up to 4 mJ.
• The CARBIDE series features a compact industrial design with both air- and water-cooled models, the latter reaching 120 W of output power for the fundamental wavelength and 50 W for UV radiation, while sustaining excellent output stability.
• The FLINT oscillators extend the parameter range with repetition rates of up to 100 MHz.

Together, these products cover a wide range of scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

NKT Photonics

The SuperK CHROMATUNE is the World’s broadest tunable laser. It gives you an unmatched, gap-free tuning range from 400–1000 nm. SuperK CHROMATUNE is a fiber laser that ensures excellent reliability and a lifetime of thousands of hours. It requires no maintenance or service, no alignment or adjustments. It is easy to use and lets you focus on your work. ​

TOPTICA Photonics

TOPTICA offers various tunable diode laser systems. The combined spectral coverage is from 190 nm to 4000 nm, powers up to 4 W (TA), mode-hop-free tuning over up to 110 nm (CTL).

TOPTICA´s CLS ultrastable clock laser systems are diode lasers whose linewidth is reduced to less than 1 Hz via frequency stabilization to high-finesse optical ULE cavities. The CLS is designed to maintain its exceptional frequency stability also under out-of-the lab conditions. Its robust design, excellent passive shielding and active vibration compensation make it resilient towards external acoustic and seismic vibrations

HÜBNER Photonics

HÜBNER Photonics offer tunable lasers from 450 nm up to the MIR based on OPO technology in the Cobolt Odin Series and C-WAVE. Our C-WAVE tunable lasers are widely tunable continuous wave (cw), single frequency laser light sources based on optical parametric oscillator (OPO) technology. They are tunable from 450 nm to 3500 nm with powers up to 1 W.

The Cobolt Odin is a wavelength selectable laser which is tunable over up to 50 nm and operating at 10 kHz.

Sacher Lasertechnik

Sacher Lasertechnik offers scientific tunable diode lasers based on Littman/Metcalf or Littrow configurations. There are also high-power versions containing broad area lasers or tapered amplifiers.

The industrial Micron laser is a mode-hop free tunable external cavity laser for emission of up to 300 mW. Versions with emission wavelengths between 638 nm and 1700 nm are available.

Stuttgart Instruments

The Stuttgart Instruments Alpha is an ultrafast and fully wavelength-tunable frequency conversion system in an ultra-compact and completely passively stable system based on revolutionary parametric oscillator design which guarantees outstanding stability, reproducibility and shot-noise limited performance.

The revolutionary design of Stuttgart Instruments Alpha, characterized by outstanding low noise and passive long-term stability, is based on the fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator (FFOPO) technology and results in outstanding performance and high flexibility at the same time.

The Alpha covers a gap-free rapid tunable spectral range from 700 nm to 20 µm wavelengths, while maintaining high output power up to the Watt-level with femto- or picosecond pulses at several MHz pulse repetition rates. It provides multiple simultaneously tunable outputs with a selectable bandwidth from a few to 100 cm-1. Shot-noise limited performance above 300 kHz, passive spectral stability (< 0.02% rms) and wavelength-independent stable beam pointing (< 30 µrad) enable excellent sensitivity. In addition, each Alpha is equipped with a user-friendly ethernet and Wi-Fi interface and a matching graphical user interface (GUI) as well as easy to access API interfaces for e.g. LabView, Python, C++.

Typically, the Alpha is pumped by an ultra-low-noise Primus pump laser, which provides more than 8 W average output power at 1040 nm wavelength and 450 fs pulse duration at 42 MHz repetition rate. In addition, the Alpha can be operated with other pump lasers around 1 µm wavelength and enough power.

Due to our modular platform, the Alpha can be adapted and optimized for various applications and is particularly suited for spectroscopic applications requiring a robust and reliable tunable radiation with low noise.

Lumibird

The Q-scan from Lumibird is a high resolution tunable nanosecond dye laser ranging from 200 nm to 4.5 µm. Dye cells are "plug & play" and nonlinear crystals are controlled via integrated look-up tables for quick and easy scans.

Quantifi Photonics

Quantifi Photonics' Laser 1000 Series is a fully-compliant micro-ITLA laser with up to four channels in a compact benchtop or PXI form factor. It offers 0.01 pm resolution tunability across C or L bands, exceptional power accuracy up to 16.5 dBm, and optional dither suppression. It is a versatile and cost-effective general-purpose instrument.

GWU-Lasertechnik

GWU-Lasertechnik has more than 30 years of experience in lasers and nonlinear optics. We are the pioneer of commercial BBO OPO technology. Our widely tunable laser sources cover the spectral range from the deep-UV at <190 nm to the IR at >2700 nm continuously. We offer pulsed solutions for nano-, pico- and femtosecond pulses with best performance and highest reliability. Our rugged all-solid-state Laser technology does not require any consumable supplies and is thus providing most convenient usability, longest lifetime and excellent total costs of ownership. With a vast flexibility and a huge versatility, GWU’s laser products can serve the needs even for the most demanding scientific and industrial applications.

RPMC Lasers

Serving North America, RPMC Lasers offers a selection of tunable lasers offering continual wavelength tuning from 210 nm to 2300 nm, with other configs spanning ≈210 nm – 10 µm, letting you choose a range that fits your needs and budget.

They feature precise, hands-free tuning with automated self-optimization and calibration, plus a browser GUI for remote control, diagnostics, and troubleshooting from any computer or smartphone.

All-in-one, air-cooled, turnkey designs are compact and easy to set up, with no bulky chiller, saving space and effort, and pump diodes guaranteed for over 2 giga-shots of lifetime.

Let RPMC help you find the right laser today!

APE

The tunable picosecond laser source picoEmerald FT emits ultrashort pulses with a duration of 2 ps (other durations possible). The system features a fast wavelength tuning capability (1.5 s for a random tuning step). Key features:

• wavelength 1 IR beam 1032 nm
• wavelength 2 tunable 660 – 1010 nm
• wavelength 3 tunable 1055 – 2340 nm
• temporal and spatial overlap of wavelength 1 and 2
• 2 ps pulses with 10 cm-1 spectral width
• 40 MHz or 80 MHz pulse repetition rate
• integrated time-delay between the wavelengths
• fully automated wavelength tuning
• EOM optionally integrated

The wavelength ranges can be easily expanded down to the ultraviolet/visible (via APEs SHG/THG/FHG devices) and up to the mid-infrared (via APEs DFG devices).

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.

Radiantis

All Radiantis lasers are broadly tunable lasers, specially designed for the scientific community. Femtosecond and picosecond pulses as well as continuous-wave (CW) temporal regimes are offered with automatic tuning across the UV, visible and IR.

Leukos

By combining the LEUKOS supercontinuum source Rock with the widely tunable filter BEBOP, you obtain a light source which can be tuned from the near UV to the infrared.

Thorlabs

Thorlabs produces a variety of benchtop and rack-mounted tunable laser sources with wide tuning ranges in the C-, L-, or O-band. Our microelectromechanical system (MEMS) tunable vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) are available with a center wavelength of 1060 nm or 1300 nm and feature a 100 nm sweep range. These lasers are ideal for high-speed and long-range optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems requiring superior sensitivity.

Vexlum

VEXLUM's products utilize VECSEL technology for tunable narrow-linewidth operation. Typical tuning ranges are ±1 nm, extending up to 100 nm at IR wavelengths. For more information, please contact us.

O-E Land

Our tunable pulsed fiber laser is a turn-key solution with tunable wavelengths in the 1-, 1.3-, 1.5-, 1.7- and 2-μm spectral region with moderate output power. Pulse durations can be between a few picoseconds to milliseconds. The center wavelength is controlled with a a user-friendly computer interface through the USB port.

Our tunable CW laser sources can perform continuous scanning over up to 100 nm tuning range at various center wavelengths from 780 to 3000 nm. Both manual and electrical tuning versions are available.

Alpes Lasers

Alpes Lasers designs and manufactures single-mode mid-IR lasers with wavelength tuning of up to 40 cm⁻¹. We offer fast tuning over a wide range of wavelengths with our QC-ET product line, and extremely wide tuning with our QC-XT lasers.

ID Photonics

Introducing our CoBrite tunable narrow linewidth laser ecosystem for 1515 nm to 1625 nm. Designed with simplicity and versatility in mind, CoBrite offers multiple chassis options and laser variants, making it an essential tool for researchers in the lab and on the production floor. With tunability options in the C-band, L-band, or C+L band, from a single source or in configurations of more than 100 ports, there's a CoBrite configuration to suit virtually every application. We keep expanding the CoBrite ecosystem to address new applications and market requirements when they arise.

EKSPLA

For researchers demanding wide tuning range, high conversion efficiency and narrow linewidth, EKSPLA tunable wavelength lasers are an excellent choice. All models feature hands-free wavelength tuning, valuable optical components protection system as well as wide range of accessories and extension units.

EKSPLA's long-term experience and close cooperation with scientific institutions made it possible to create a wide range of models, offering probably the widest tuning range: from 193 nm to 16000 nm. Versions offering near transform limited linewidth as well as operating at kilohertz repetition rates are available.