Laser systems operating in near infrared (from 0.75 μm to 1 μm) and short-wave infrared (between 0.9 μm and 2.5 μm) are widely used in many applications. As a result, laser experts are well acquainted with the common optical components such as lenses, windows, beam splitters, mirrors, polarizers and filters. Materials such as fused silica, BK7,…
Working with lasers in the mid-infrared has never been straight forward. Even in the most advance laser labs, mid-infrared laser experiments are about losing most of your time in aligning and adjusting the laser parameters rather than focusing on the intended application. Until now, the lack of simple mid-IR sources has dramatically slowed down scientific…
Most of the time, when purchasing a product, we look for basic features like quality, value, and innovation. In the laser world, things are more complicated since these tools have various parameters to look (pulse duration, wavelength, peak power, energy or repetition rate). When lasers are used in challenging material processing applications, the requirements on…
Mid-infrared supercontinuum sources – what are their applications and how to generate them ?
Find out why mid-infrared lasers are about to become one the most important laser technology of the 21st century.
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) figure as one of the most promising photonic technologies of the 21st century. Lets find out how mid-infrared fiber lasers can play a significant role in the development of these technologies.