Wavelength:
Start with standard and configurable options first. If the required wavelength is not available, RPMC can help evaluate manufacturer-supported custom emitter or wafer options where feasible.
Output Power:
Compare single-emitter, multi-emitter, bar, stack, and other architectures based on required optical power, beam characteristics, operating conditions, package, and thermal constraints.
Packaging:
Evaluate TO-can, butterfly, C-mount, HHL, fiber-coupled, and other formats, with cooling, photodiodes, lensing, and related integration options where supported.
Beam Output:
Define collimation, focus, spot size, divergence, lensing, fiber delivery, or other optical-interface requirements so the source can be matched to the downstream system.
Environmental:
If the laser must operate under demanding thermal, mechanical, or environmental conditions, RPMC can help identify suitable architectures and manufacturer-supported customization or qualification paths.
Chip Design:
For deeper requirements such as emitter width, cavity length, or other semiconductor design parameters, RPMC can work with appropriate manufacturing partners to evaluate a custom development path.
Not every custom laser diode requirement necessitates a completely custom laser. RPMC first looks for the lowest-complexity path that can meet the critical requirements, then moves toward deeper customization only when necessary.
The goal is not the most customized solution.
It is the right level of customization for the application.
Define the Requirements
Tell us what the laser needs to do, which specifications are fixed, where there is flexibility, expected quantities, development stage, and timeline.
Down-Select Viable Paths
RPMC compares appropriate products, platforms, and manufacturing capabilities to identify the most practical options and the tradeoffs between them.
Develop & Validate the Solution
When customization is required, RPMC works with the appropriate manufacturing partner to refine the configuration and coordinate samples, prototypes, testing, or design adjustments where applicable.
Prepare for Production
Once the solution is validated, RPMC can support the transition toward repeatable ordering, OEM quantities, production planning, and longer-term supply.
You do not need a finalized laser specification to start the conversation. Share the requirements you already know, including which parameters are fixed and where the design has flexibility. RPMC can use that information to compare standard, configurable, modified, and custom paths.
If some requirements are still being determined, tell us what the laser needs to accomplish in the system. RPMC can help identify which specifications are likely to drive the source selection and where tradeoffs may be possible.
Have a laser diode requirement that standard options are not meeting?
Send us what you know. RPMC can help determine whether the best path is an existing configuration, a modified platform, or a more fully custom solution.
A medical company was introducing a new device, but their current laser diode supplier was not able to meet the quality requirements, price constants, or the volumes needed.
RPMC Lasers, with the support of one of our manufacturers, was able to design a drop-in replacement that met all their quality requirements, reduced the unit price in higher volumes, and with the manufacturing facilities in place to meet the volumes needed by the customer.
A customer needed a special wavelength laser diode with a specific lensing requirement in a hermetically sealed HHL package.
RPMC Lasers, with the support of LDX Optronics, was able to provide the wavelength needed, developed the lensing specification that met the customer’s needs, and provide the laser diode, lensing, TEC, and PD in a hermetically sealed HHL package.
A customer needed extremely high-power and efficient laser diode bars in a series of very specific wavelengths.
RPMC Lasers, with the support of Jenoptik, was able to customize the laser diode bar design for the specific wavelengths needed and to improve efficiency and the cavity length and emitter design to improve output power and provide the ideal solution for the customer.
A dental equipment manufacturer needed assistance in developing a 4W 808nm laser diode in a 9mm package, since there were no standard products on the market that fit the specifications.
RPMC Lasers and LDX Optronics were able to provide the perfect solution through an iterative design and testing process (detailed in this article), ultimately developing a brand new, hermetically sealed 9mm SMA package with increased output power and operating temperature range.
I saw a guy on YouTube make this cool laser diode ray gun and thought…
Ummm, as much as the nerd inside of me would like to help… we’re going to have to pass on this one.
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