About Our Primaries

Areté designs, develops, tests, delivers and supports diode pumped solid-state lasers that are more efficient, compact, and reliable than legacy systems. Areté's lasers utilize the latest technology to deliver unprecedented performance and reliability. Areté lasers are designed and proven to operate in difficult mil-spec operational environments where vibration and temperature variation are challenging. The sophisticated on-board diagnostics make Areté lasers well suited for applications in both the laboratory and field.

Areté offers fundamental Nd:YAG wavelength (1.06µm) as well as two commonly desired alternative, 532nm through second harmonic generation, and 1.57µm by utilizing an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). We have both standard designs, which are in production and a staff ready to satisfy your custom laser needs!

Applications Include:

High Energy Ultrafast DPSS Lasers

Attodyne Incorporated manufactures affordable, rugged, compact, high energy picosecond lasers. These short pulsed lasers combine the advantages of fiber laser technology and the high energies of solid state diode pumped free space amplifiers. Attodyne's near-IR laser platform allows products tailored to the various powers, pulse energy and repetition rate needed for various industrial, scientific, and medical applications. Attodyne sets a new standard for reliability, stability, laser lifetime and turnkey operations at a significant price advantage. Custom units are available with a variety of wavelengths (from 1 um to 6 um, as well as the harmonics 532, 355 and 266 nm), pulse widths, pulse energy (up to 10 mj with ps pulses) and power to meet the demands of a variety of applications.

Beamtech offers a wide range of standard lasers.  Another of their strengths is custom lasers.

ISO 9001:2000 Certified

The latest innovative technologies include:

October 2006 1319nm 10W TEMoo CW DPSS laser

August 2006 Dawa compact laser

October 2005 300J Nd:Glass Q-Switched laser system

October 2005 Novel super Gaussian mode presents the superior beam quality

Concepts Research Corporation (CRC) is a Wisconsin based corporation with locations in Belgium, Wisconsin and Charlotte, North Carolina.

CRC designs, develops and manufactures microchip lasers.  The wavelengths include 473nm, 532nm, 946nm and 1064nm.

355nm and 266nm microchip lasers will be introduced soon!

CRC spent their first five years in design and test work under contract to a small number of firms. Production began in earnest in late 2008.  As of the end of 2010, CRC had shipped about 1000 production lasers!  These are going to a wide variety of applications.  The leading market is lidar, but they are being used for a very wide variety of applications, including micromachining and marking… in those cases very specialized applications!  

CRC offers both sophisticated designs for the most challenging military environments or for the highest output energy/average power, to TO-3 cans for their low cost and easy adoption. OEM’s and all other customers usually start with an ILM (Integrated Laser Module) which has within it the controller, laser, heat sink … basically everything you need except the power supply.  However OEM’s usually opt to have the minimum delivered after the initial units.  They usually want some of the CRC specific electronics plus the laser head.

The two locations of CRC are specialized.  The Wisconsin location does all of the electrical design, some laser builds as well as all electronics production.  The optical design and assembly is done largely in North Carolina. The two founders/owners live in these two locations.  Steve Hansen, president, is in Wisconsin and Brian Peterson, VP, is in North Carolina.  Each has strong ties to his community and thus the somewhat unusual logistical arrangement.  It has served them well.  The electronics operation is in a low cost rural setting, while the NC operation has key suppliers nearby as well as easy access to the technical experience they require.

Please tell us about your requirements!  Most of the lasers we offer have been designed for specific customer requirements.

LDX Optronics was incorporated in 1990 by Dr Jeffrey A. Morris, its founder and president. LDX is focused on broad stripe multimode laser diodes largely in the esoteric wavelengths with an emphasis on the red and IR wavelengths. LDX offers the widest wavelength range in the industry, with wavelengths available from 622nm - 1.8um.

Many of the esoteric wavelengths are less robust than the more common 808nm laser diodes. Some of these laser diodes are much more heat sensitive. Heat management of these devices is critical for long-life. Skills from our many years of experience are employed in the packaging of these devices.

Packages - LDX packages 10's of thousands of devices per year. Our preferred packages are the c-mount and other open heatsinks, but LDX can produce virtually all of the common single emitter laser diode packages including 9 mm can, TO-3's, the high heat load package (HHL), various fiber coupled packages, and custom packages.

Lifetime - It is our desire to provide customers with performance data so that they can make informed decisions. LDX (through it's sales & marketing partner, RPMC) is pleased to supply lifetest data on any/all of the devices produced. The lifetime of the devices can range from >10,000 hours for the more common 808, 940, 980nm devices to shorter lifetimes for some of the more esoteric wavelength diode lasers.

Facilities - The LDX laboratories and offices are located in Maryville, Tennessee. The 6,250 sq. ft. facility consists of laser diode packaging labs, lifetest and burn-in lab, electronics lab, a small machine shop and offices.  LDX is a manufacturer and most of the facility is dedicated to manufacturing.

Wafer Growth: External. Since we are small, there is no plan to bring wafer growth into the company. We work closely with well known facilities for the more common wavelengths and with special partners for the more esoteric wavelengths. Our growth processes and recipes are one of our more valued possessions.

JENOPTIK Diode Lab GmbH has been part of the JENOPTIK Group since 2002, established as a spin-off from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik (FBH), and is a company within the Lasers & Material Processing division.
It is located in Berlin-Adlershof in the immediate vicinity of technology partner FBH.

The company has been certified according to ISO 9001:2000.

JENOPTIK Laser GmbH (www.jenoptik.com)

JENOPTIK Laser GmbH develops, manufactures and markets high-power diode lasers and solid state lasers. The extensive laser product portfolio comprises both components and systems for various applications in industry, medical technology, defense & security, science & research as well as show & entertainment.

As of May 3 2010, JENOPTIK Laserdiode  GmbH and the Lasers Technology business unit of JENOPTIK Laser Optik Systems GMbH merged their worldwide activities in the areas of diode lasers and solid-state lasers. The new JENOPTIK Lasers GmbH will concentrate our strenghts and put the focus of our work on the lasers sources. We offer the entire value chain of OEM laser sources directly from one partner.

JENOPTIK AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and included in the TecDax index.

Jenoptik has approx. 3,000 employees and in 2009 generated sales of 470 million euros.

LUMERA LASER is a leading manufacturer of advanced solid state lasers for microprocessing.

The company has pioneered the development of high power picosecond lasers for industrial cold micromachining and is a globally recognized leader in this quickly growing market segment.  More recently they have developed industrial ns lasers.

One of LUMERA's strengths is their huge investment in their applications lab.  They can take your sample and perform tests to show you the results that you can achieve, or, if you prefer, you can go to their applications lab to do the test yourself!

The company is quickly growing with the application markets for its industrial picosecond lasers. Examples for industrial picosecond laser markets include:

We develop advanced laser modules targeting applications in bio-photonics, metrology, spectroscopy and other instrumentation applications, for both research and industrial customers.

Key product innovations Oxxius products leverage an innovative, patented solid-state laser architecture offering major advances in compactness, reliability and cost of ownership. In addition, this technology enables exceptional spectral and spatial beam characteristics, as well as market-leading power levels. Together with bringing outstanding products to the market, Oxxius is committed to offering a world-class level of quality, customer care and service.

The founders of Oxxius have together more than forty years of experience in the laser industry. The R&D group includes highly skilled experts, with a proven ability at bringing product innovations to the market and creating a solid intellectual property portfolio. The Oxxius management team has a proven track record of excellence and of growing technology companies. Its experience, its dedication and its team spirit will allow the company to develop successful business relationships and become a key player in the industry.

Oxxius is headquartered in western France and RPMC is the sales and support office in United States.

Arroyo Instruments designs, manufactures and markets highly accurate laser diode drivers, temperature controllers, and fixtures for test and measurement of laser diodes and LEDs. We offer excellent value for your money, and our products are backed by years of engineering experience in the industry.

Our products represent the culmination of 21 years of development excellence in products for precision test and measurement. By incorporating industry standard features with important improvements in instrument design, the Arroyo Instruments series of products are the most advanced in the market today.

We are passionate about our product, and know that once you try one of our instruments, you'll never go back. Our instruments are so easy to use that you will have them up and running on your bench in no time at all. If you have any questions about how our instrument works or if it will meet your requirements, you will find complete user's manuals on our web site that fully detail the capabilities and specifications. You can also call or Email us any time and we would be happy to help you.

As VueMetrix, the company focused on developing new ways to manage laser diode command and control and it soon introduced the industry's first digital laser diode controller. The company's unique design approach offers customers a higher level of system integration, incorporating the basic laser diode power supply, many safety features as well as control and monitoring functions into one package. The result is a family of OEM-ready laser diode controllers that is easily embedded into a variety of laser diode based systems.

In October 2005, the company needed a larger space that would accommodate its steady growth and moved into a 10,000 square foot facility in Sunnyvale, CA. In the last four years, VueMetrix has introduced a steady stream of innovative products for optimized laser diode control.

Today, we are creating advanced electronics solutions for laser diode systems that will allow our customers to accelerate new product development and get to market quickly.

Founded in 1999, OmniPulse has a staff of senior scientists with more than 25 years combined expertise in areas of pulsed power including: laser diode drivers, power semiconductor design and fabrication, power electronics, custom packaging of high voltage and high current switches, semiconductor lasers, solid-state lasers, and electro-optics. We apply these diverse talents to creating innovative solutions for our customers' most challenging problems. In early 2008 we launched our first line of standard products-pulsed laser diode drivers with unique capabilities to be used in applications such as range finding, target designation, and illumination. Our highest power unit is well suited for testing the catastrophic optical damage (COD) limit of laser diodes.

Opnext was established with a commitment to quality.  With more than 30 years of industry experience, Opnext offers a comprehensive lineup of red laser diodes and infrared laser diodes from 635nm through 852nm and output power ranges from 3mW to 150mW. These high quality and reliable products feature high power, low operating current, circular and multi-beam options, and high performance infrared.

Applications supported include: Medical, Displays, Defense & Security, Machine Control, Barcode Scanning, Consumer Products, Automotive, and Semiconductor Manufacturing.