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Laser pump diodes come in low-cost packages

Pumps target cost-sensitive industrial markets including small continuous-wave lasers, small/low-cost pulsed lasers, and some midrange continuous-wave and small military systems.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (17 April 2008)

Laser diodes suit power-hungry applications

The laser modules produce an elliptical output beam of 3.5 x 2mm with a TTL modulation input which will accept signals from DC up to 1kHz and can be used to enable, inhibit or modulate the laser.  Brochure available  

News from Photonic Products (11 April 2008)

Comb spectrum laser to drive WDM revolution

The InnoComb is the world's first diode laser to emit tens to hundreds of pure, low-noise colours (comb spectrum) from a single laser cavity.

News from Innolume (28 March 2008)

Lasers provide superior pump alternative

High-power fibre-coupled diode lasers are ideal for use in next generation "eye safe" thulium-doped fibre pumping applications where enhanced power and beam quality are required.

News from Intense (24 March 2008)

Lasers raise the bar on efficiency

Osram Opto Semiconductors has improved the performance parameters of its laser chips, optimising the overall product for premium performance.

News from Osram Opto Semiconductors (20 March 2008)

Blue-violet laser has power to burn for Blu-ray

New device will enable high-speed 6x recording on next-generation dual-layer Blu-ray discs and HD-DVDs.

News from Emitronic (18 March 2008)

Distributor to spearhead European expansion

The Nexlase team offers the experience and expertise to support customers as they develop innovative processes with Mobius breakthrough technology.

News from Mobius Photonics (10 March 2008)

Pump module eases DSL replacement

The multimode laser diode allows service providers to extend triple-play service delivery to fibre customers located further away from the central office or the cable head-end.

News from Bookham (28 February 2008)

Uncooled lasers cut the cost of transmission

The 1933 series requires no additional cooling as it can maintain performance even with case temperatures ranging from -40 to +80C.

News from Emcore Corp (28 February 2008)

Widely tunable laser produces more power

High-power tunable laser for DWDM networks has an output power of 40mW and other features ideal for DQPSK coding and 40Gbit/s systems.

News from NeoPhotonics (25 February 2008)

Modulator tunes lasers up to 40Gbit/s

Reduced size InP MZ platform will allow Bookham to offer 40Gbit/s products in smaller footprints compared with existing 40Gbit/s offerings employing larger optics.

News from Bookham (22 February 2008)

Lasers promise constant optical performance

Diode pumped solid state green laser modules, with a lasing wavelength of 532nm, offer a high-quality collimated beam with a uniform Gaussian profile.  Brochure available  

News from Photonic Products ( 8 February 2008)

Laser pump diodes power up to 10W

Target industrial markets include pumping fibre lasers, diode-pumped solid state lasers, uncooled fibre amplifier and direct material processing.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (28 January 2008)

Lasers offer longer working lives

The Hermes stacks degrade by less than 5% over two 10E8 shots as compared to competitive products that degrade by 20% or more.

News from Intense (28 January 2008)

Laser pump sources offer long lifetimes

Alfalight's technology for wavelength stabilisation minimises wavelength shift over temperature, enabling air-cooled operation.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (25 January 2008)

Laser pump diodes provide tight bandwidth

A new series of laser pump diodes from Alfalight , the AM6-808B and AM6-808BW, provides 5 W of 808nm light output with a 200 um 0.15 NA fibre.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (25 January 2008)

Laser chip suits optics applications

The Power Core provides the flexibility designers need so they can pack more lasers in a smaller area or create smaller optics products.

News from Intense (24 January 2008)

Low-cost lasers boost chip outputs

PerkinElmer's multiactive area laser chips deliver high output power in a small emitting area, allowing easy fibre coupling.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (24 January 2008)

Laser modules offer high brightness with low power

The Power Pack is configured as a stand-alone module that easily interfaces with commercial laser current drivers and smoothly integrates into OEM systems.

News from Intense (23 January 2008)

Laser diode powers pump block

 User application article   Fibre-coupled laser system incorporates the latest generation of the Bookham high-power single-emitter laser diodes capable of in excess of 10W operational light output power.

News from Bookham (22 January 2008)

Laser diode bars offer power boost

The 40W 30% Fill Factor and 60W 50% Fill Factor 808nm laser diode bars are designed to deliver higher power, improved efficiencies and extended lifetimes to customers' laser systems.

News from Bookham (16 January 2008)

Laser diodes offer 85mW of output power

Sanyo blue-violet laser diodes offer the performance required for industrial and medical applications such as biomedical instrumentation, medical imaging and fluorescence sensing.  Brochure available  

News from Photonic Products (16 January 2008)

High-power laser diodes are distributed in China

Entire line of high-power QWI-enabled laser diodes now available to manufacturers in China that require sophisticated instrumentation and optical components.

News from Intense (15 January 2008)

Violet and green lead full-spectrum laser family

Free space semiconductor laser modules combine diodes, optical systems, temperature control, power monitoring and drive electronics in compact packages.

News from RGBLase (14 January 2008)

Harvard patent to improve laser designs

Patent licence covers UV laser sources based on the harmonic wavelength conversion of the output of a seeded amplifier.

News from Mobius Photonics ( 4 January 2008)

Laser diodes reduce power consumption

High-power infra-red GaAlAs laser diodes are ideal as light sources for industrial and medical sensor applications and as light sources for various other types of optical equipment.  Brochure available  

News from Photonic Products (10 December 2007)

Laser diodes are ahead of their time

Catalogue is an extremely useful laser diode reference source, with helpful diagrams and definitions of laser diode features and electric optical characteristics.  Brochure available  

News from Photonic Products ( 5 December 2007)

Laser diode guide provides custom guidance

Intense's new guide provides insights, technology tips and reference materials for specifying custom lasers.

News from Intense (20 November 2007)

Gain chip keeps lasers in tune

New generation gain chip covers wavelength range otherwise not exploitable with conventional semiconductor light sources.

News from Innolume (21 September 2007)

Laser diodes offer reliability

ML5xxx laser diodes are typically used in stacks for diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers in order to achieve output power rates of several thousand watts with high beam quality.  Brochure available  

News from Pacer International (19 September 2007)

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