520L-1XA

Laser Diode Module, Single Mode, 520nm

Key Features:

  • 520nm
  • Multiple Fiber Coupled Options
  • Ultra-compact All-in-one Design
  • Thermally stabilized optics
  • Monolithic Design
  • Hermetically Sealed
  • Automatic Power Control
  • 5VDC Input Voltage

 

There are many configurations and options available. If you do not see exactly what you need below, please contact us!

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520L-2XA: 520nm SLM Laser (VBG Diode; MATCHBOX 2) 0520L-11A-NI-NT-NF

Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 100mW, Free Space

$2,310.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Single Mode fiber w/ FC/APC connector

$2,915.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Single Mode fiber w/ FC/PC connector

$2,915.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Single Mode fiber w/ SMA connector

$2,915.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 90mW, Multimode fiber w/ FC/APC connector

$2,805.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 90mW, Multimode fiber, No Connector

$2,805.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 90mW, Multimode fiber w/ FC/PC connector

$2,805.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 90mW, Multimode fiber w/ SMA connector

$2,805.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Polarization maintaining fiber w/ FC/APC connector

$3,245.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Polarization maintaining fiber w/ FC/PC connector

$3,245.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 50mW, Polarization maintaining fiber w/ SMA connector

$3,245.00

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Laser Diode Module, 520nm, 80mW, SMA Port

$2,805.00

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The Matchbox series offers excellent performance and reliability in the “World’s Smallest” ultra-compact, all-in-one, integrated laser head. They can operate on a 5V power supply while maintaining low noise operation. The monolithic design of the Matchbox Series laser includes thermally stabilized optics in a hermetically sealed housing, ensuring reliable and maintenance-free operation. This series is available in wavelengths from 405 nm thru 1064nm, with options for collimated beam or fiber-coupled output, and single-mode and multimode versions.

Benefits:

  • Cost-effective with smart power electronics:
    • We prioritize the balance between price and performance by installing smart power electronics, ensuring our products deliver the best value for your investment.
  • Customizable and high-performance in a compact package:
    • Our laser products can be configured to meet your specific needs and deliver exceptional performance in a miniature size, allowing for seamless integration into your system.
  • Excellent beam quality and accuracy:
    • High quality beam properties and high pointing stability are crucial for applications requiring accurate and consistent laser performance
  • Beam delivery options:
    • From free-space to fiber-coupled to SMA port, get the beam output that fits with your application and setup.
  • Ultra-Compact – Ideal for integration:
    • Our laser products are designed for easy integration into your system, saving you time and money on installation. The ultra-compact design is perfect for lightweight, portable, handheld devices .
  • Dedicated break-out-box for easy setup:
    • Our dedicated break-out-box provides PD-type power supply support, fan control, interlock, and inputs for modulation, making it easy to set up and use our products.
  • Maintenance-free operation:
    • Our hermetically sealed housing with stabilized optics ensures maintenance-free operation, providing peace of mind and reducing downtime for your system .
  • Quality assurance and compliance:
    • All of our products come with a 12-month warranty and are RoHS compliant, ensuring that you receive high-quality, reliable products.

Designed for OEM integrators and adored by scientists, these modules offer excellent beam quality and accuracy, user-friendly software with multiple parameter monitoring, low power consumption, high cooling capacity, rugged housing, and more. These lasers pair perfectly with the Matchbox Multi-Wavelength Beam Combiners, which are configurable, turnkey devices allowing two to four laser diode drivers. All of these features make them the ideal laser source for integration into commercial flow cytometers and for other Life Science applications.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us.

The MatchBox combiner offers up to four different wavelengths in a single housing if multiple wavelengths are needed. The following link will lead to the MatchBox Combiner Page for more information on the wavelength combiner options.

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CW Lasers FAQs
How do I align my optical system?

How do I align my optical system?

Laser alignment can be a challenging task, but aligning a laser beam doesn’t have to be as complicated as it might seem with the right optical alignment tools and proper laser alignment techniques. Multiple optical alignment techniques have been developed over the years, utilized by technicians and engineers to simplify the alignment process. With the development of these universal laser beam alignment methods, along with some laser alignment tips and tricks, you don’t need to be a laser expert to perform your alignments with relative ease, ensuring your laser beam path is right where you want it to be and your beam is on target every time. Read our article, titled “Laser Alignment: HeNe Lasers, Methods, and Helpful Tips” to get the knowledge and advice you need for proper optical beam path alignment utilizing HeNe Lasers. Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!

Should I choose multimode or single-mode for Raman spectroscopy?
Should I choose multimode or single-mode for Raman spectroscopy?

On the surface, this seems like a simple question since Raman is a nonlinear optical effect and therefore the tighter the beam can be focused the higher the conversion efficiency.  Seemingly a single-mode laser would be preferable, but in practice there are other factors that can complicate the situation. The first question you should ask yourself when considering which type of laser to choose is whether you are doing microscopy or bulk sampling.  If the answer to that question is microscopy, then you immediately should go with a single mode laser.  Since the goal of any microscopy system is to produce the highest resolution image possible, the number one consideration should be how tightly can the laser beam be focused down. However, there are several other considerations when choosing between multimode and single-mode. Learn which is best for you in this article: “Multimode vs Single-Mode Lasers for Raman Spectroscopy.” Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!

What is a CW Laser?
What is a CW Laser?

A CW or continuous-wave laser is any laser with a continuous flow of pump energy. It emits a constant stream of radiation, as opposed to a q-switched or mode-locked pulsed laser with a pulsed output beam. A laser is typically defined as having a pulse width greater than 250 ms. The first CW laser was a helium-neon (HeNe) gas laser, developed in 1960, which you can read more about in this blog “HeNe Lasers: Bright Past, Brighter Future.” If you want to read more about the types of CW Lasers we offer, check out the Overview of CW Lasers section on our Lasers 101 Page!

What is the best laser for optical surface flatness testing?
What is the best laser for optical surface flatness testing?

It is essential that the laser exhibit a high level of spectral stability, ensuring that any changes in the interference pattern are caused by features in the sample and not originating from the laser beam. In addition to spectral stability, high beam pointing stability ensures consistent measurements by mitigating any beam position drift concerning the position of the sample. Lasers with longer coherence lengths, and subsequently narrower linewidths, play an important role in determining the resolution of the measurement, as well as consideration of the wavelength used. Exhibiting both single longitudinal mode and single spatial mode has excellent benefits. To get more details on preferred laser sources for interferometry in this article: “Stable, Narrow Linewidth, CW DPSS Lasers for Precision Interferometry.” Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!

What type of laser do I need for confocal microscopy?
What type of laser do I need for confocal microscopy?

The short answer is: You have some flexibility, but the laser source should be PM fiber-coupled and have a low noise, TEM00 beam mode. The excitation bandwidth of the fluorophores used must overlap with the laser wavelength, as various fluorophores need different wavelengths. So, you may require multiple lasers, which means you’ve got a beam combining alignment challenge to tackle. One way to avoid this is through the convenience of Multi-Wavelength Beam Combiners.

If you want to learn more on the subject of confocal fluorescence microscopy, ideal laser sources, and the benefits of beam combiners, check out this white paper: “Multi-Wavelength Laser Sources for Multi-Color Fluorescence Microscopy.” Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!

What type of laser is best for Doppler LIDAR?

What type of laser is best for Doppler LIDAR?

Various LIDAR signal methods for measuring velocity have one critical requirement in common, the need for precise control over laser frequency. While a wide variety of single-frequency lasers have been used in Doppler LIDAR research, the industry as a whole has adopted single-frequency fiber lasers as the ideal light source. Fiber lasers have several advantages over traditional DPSS lasers, all of which derive from the geometry of the fiber optic itself, namely the innate ability to have an extremely long single-mode optical cavity. This geometry allows for the production of either extremely high-power, single-mode lasers producing unprecedented brightness, or extremely narrow band lasers, with near perfect single-frequency output. If you want to learn more about Doppler LIDAR, the critical considerations involved, and ideal laser sources, check out this whitepaper: “Single-Frequency Fiber Lasers for Doppler LIDAR.” Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!

What’s the difference between single transverse mode & single longitudinal mode?

What’s the difference between single transverse mode & single longitudinal mode?

Within the laser community, one of the most overused and often miscommunicated terms is the phrase “single mode.”  This is because a laser beam when traveling through air takes up a three-dimensional volume in space similar to that of a cylinder; and just as with a cylinder, a laser beam can be divided into independent coordinates each with their own mode structure.  For a cylinder we would call these the length and the cross-section, but as shown in the figure below for a laser beam, we define these as the transverse electromagnetic (TEM) plane and the longitudinal axis.   Both sets of modes are fundamental to the laser beam’s properties, since the TEM modes determine the spatial distribution of the laser beams intensity, and the longitudinal modes determine the spectral properties of the laser.  As a result, when a laser is described as being “single-mode” first you need to make sure that you truly understand which mode is being referred to.  Meaning that you must know if the laser is single transverse mode, single longitudinal mode, or both. Get all the information you need in this article: “What is Single Longitudinal Mode?” Get more information from our Lasers 101, Blogs, Whitepapers, FAQs, and Press Release pages in our Knowledge Center!