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Pulsed Fiber Lasers

Jen Las-fiber-ns Pulsed Fiber Laser

What are pulsed Fiber Lasers?

Pulsed fiber lasers utilize a doped fiber optic cable as the gain medium, rather than the crystals utilized in DPSS lasers, and provide pulsed output, as opposed to CW lasers, which emit a continuous output beam.

Typically, the fiber laser’s gain medium is doped with a rare-earth element, such as erbium (Er), ytterbium (Yb), or neodymium (Nd), just like the crystals used in most DPSS laser systems. However, fiber lasers offer several advantages over traditional DPSS lasers (e.g., Nd:YAG lasers). Some of these advantages derive from the geometry of the fiber optic itself, namely, the innate ability to have an extremely long single-mode optical cavity. This geometry produces either extremely high-power single-mode fiber lasers exhibiting unprecedented brightness or extremely narrow band lasers with near-perfectly single-frequency output.

Another advantage is that the fiber medium is flexible, which makes it easier to deliver the beam exactly where you need it. This ability can be highly advantageous when dealing with complex geometries and tight spaces. Typically, fibers exhibit a complex temperature-dependent polarization evolution, except for example, if utilizing polarization-maintaining fibers or Faraday rotators. However, these solutions are typically not compatible with nonlinear polarization rotation mode locking.

Since the fiber optic acts as a gain medium, several kilometers long in some cases, high-power fiber lasers benefit from the high optical gain and can provide much higher output powers compared to some other laser types. The extremely high surface area to volume ratio provides the inherent ability to efficiently remove heat generated, allowing continuous output of kilowatt levels of output power. The waveguide properties of the optical fiber mitigate thermal distortion, producing high-quality, near-diffraction-limited or better optical beam output (i.e., better beam quality). It should be noted that fiber lasers are different than fiber-coupled lasers. Fiber-coupled lasers simply have the beam output coupled into a fiber, as opposed to free-space output, and do not share all the same benefits as detailed above. However, fiber lasers do rely on one or more fiber-coupled laser diodes to pump the gain medium. Fiber amplifiers, lacking the ‘cavity’ to enable lasing, also rely on fiber-coupled diode pumps.

Our Pulsed Fiber Laser Products

RPMC is your Pulsed Fiber Laser supplier! We work with leading pulsed fiber laser source manufacturers, primarily in Europe. Our pulsed fiber laser products are available in a wide variety of configurations: q-switched or mode locked, providing pulse repetition rates from single-shot up to 80 MHz, pulse widths (pulse durations) from 125ns down to 100fs, with pulse energy ranging from 25nJ up to over 1mJ, average power output ranging from 150mW to 100W, and are available in wavelengths ranging from 1565nm (short-wave infrared or SWIR) down to 520nm (green) through the use of second harmonic generation. OEM laser packages and modules are available.

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Deeper Dive into Pulsed Fiber Lasers

Fiber laser technology tends to provide a more compact system when compared to typical solid-state or gas lasers with a comparable power level, because of the ability of the fiber to be coiled up, allowing a considerable amount of gain media to be confined in a small space without all the traditional optical components. Compared to Ti:Sapphire lasers, for example, the fiber laser cost of ownership is generally lower since they are air-cooled and require little to no maintenance, requiring less supporting laser equipment. These lasers are also highly reliable, operating with high stability in high temperature and vibration prone environments.

Nanosecond Fiber Lasers

Nanosecond pulsed lasers emit optical pulses in the nanosecond duration.  A nanosecond (ns) is a unit of time equal to one thousand-millionth of a second, one billionth of a second, or 10–9 seconds.  Optical pulses with a pulse duration in the nanosecond range are required for many applications, including material processing, distance measurements, and remote sensing.

Picosecond Fiber Lasers

Picosecond pulsed lasers emit pulses with a duration in the picosecond range.  A picosecond is a trillionth of a second, or 10-12 seconds.  To be considered an Ultrafast Laser, the pulse duration of the laser needs to be 10ps or less.  At a given pulse energy, the peak power of the laser increases as the pulse width gets shorter.  Therefore, a picosecond laser will have a much higher peak power than a longer nanosecond or millisecond pulsed laser.

Femtosecond Fiber Lasers

Femtosecond pulsed lasers  emit optical pulses with a duration below 1 picosecond.  A femtosecond (fs) is one quadrillionth of a second or 10–15 seconds.  Lasers that produce less than 10 picoseconds pulses belong to the category of Ultrafast Lasers or Ultrashort Pulse Lasers.  Ultrafast Lasers are ideal for the non-thermal or cold ablation of any material, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, coatings, glass, plastics, diamonds, and PET.

Applications

Our pulsed fiber lasers are used in a wide range of high precision biophotonic and industrial applications including multi-photon microscopy, optogenetics, fluorescence lifetime, 3D scanning, LiDAR, materials processing applications like micromachining, surface treatment, thin film removal, welding, and many more!

How Can We Help?

RPMC Lasers is your Pulsed Fiber Laser Supplier. Our technical staff has over 100 years of combined knowledge, a vast understanding of the laser industry, and hands-on technical experience, enabling them to find the best laser for their clients, whether a standard or custom configuration. 

With over 25 years experience matching the right laser source to your application, and our wide range of industry-leading pulsed fiber laser options, the team at RPMC is prepared and eager to help you find the right solution!

If you have any questions, or if you would like some assistance please Contact Us here. Furthermore, you can email us at info@rpmclasers.com to talk to a knowledgeable Product Manager.

Alternatively, use the filters on this page to assist in narrowing down the selection of pulsed fiber lasers for sale. Finally, head to our Knowledge Center with our Lasers 101 page and Blogs, Whitepapers, and FAQ pages for further, in-depth reading.

Finally, check out our Limited Supply – In Stock – Buy Now page: This page contains an ever-changing assortment of various types of new lasers at marked-down/discount prices.

 

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Picture Part Number Type Wavelength (nm) Output power (W) Pulse energy (uJ) Pulse width Rep rate Q-switch type
cpfl 1.5a 1.5at 1.5t cpfl2 hfl 1.5um Pulsed Fiber Lasers Pulsed Fiber Lasers 1530-1564 0.150, 1.0, 4.0 5.0, 25.0, 80.0 400ps, 50ns 5kHz, 1MHz, 2MHz Active
Pulsed Fiber Laser 1um Pulsed Fiber Lasers Pulsed Fiber Lasers 1030-1100 5.0 150.0 400ps, 50ns 10kHz, 100kHz, 1MHz Active
ALCOR 5W: 1064nm Ultra-Compact Femtosecond Laser ALCOR 10XX Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 1040, 1064 2.0, 5.0 0.025, 0.062 100fs, 110fs 80MHz (Optional: 40MHz) Active
ALCOR 5W: 1064nm Ultra-Compact Femtosecond Laser ALCOR 520 Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 520 0.800, 2.0 0.025 180fs 80MHz (Optional: 40MHz) Active
ALCOR 5W: 1064nm Ultra-Compact Femtosecond Laser ALCOR 780 Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 780 0.800 0.010 150fs 80MHz Active
ALCOR 5W: 1064nm Ultra-Compact Femtosecond Laser ALCOR 920 Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 920 1.5, 2.5, 4.0 0.0187, 0.0312, 0.050 100fs, 110fs, 130fs 80MHz Active
ALCOR 5W: 1064nm Ultra-Compact Femtosecond Laser ALCOR Dual Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 920/1064 1.0, 2.0 0.0125, 0.025 100fs, 110fs, 130fs 80MHz Active
Altair: Femtosecond Laser Altair Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 1040 10.0, 20.0 0.125, 0.250, 1.0 150fs, 250fs 30MHz, 80MHz, Single shot to 40MHz Active
Antares Antares Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Ultrafast Lasers 1030, 1064 10.0, 20.0, 30.0 0.125, 0.250, 0.375, 0.500 10ps 80MHz Active
Fiber Lasers Jenlas Fiber ns 25-105 Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers 1085 20.0, 30.0, 55.0, 100.0 700.0, 1000.0, 1100.0 125ns 30kHz to 80kHz, 50kHz to 100kHz, 100kHz to 200kHz Active
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FL-P Series

1um 1.5um Pulsed Fiber LasersRPMC offers a variety of standard and custom pulsed fiber laser options. Available in both OEM and Turnkey formats, our 1um, 1.5um and 2um fiber lasers are manufactured to Telcordia standards and can be modified to meet your applications requirements. With available average powers up to 10W at 1um and 1.5um, peak powers up to 25kW, pulse widths in the range of 200ps to 100ns, and available options such as pulse monitoring, internal and external triggering, TTL or LVDS input signals, extended operating temperature range, and a robust design, our pulse series of fiber lasers are suitable for a wide range of applications. Customized configurations are available upon request.

Alcor Series

Alcor

ALCOR is the most advanced femtosecond fiber laser emitting at 920 nm or 1064 nm, designed explicitly for multiphoton microscopy instrumentation and industrial OEM integration, working with 24/7 operation in an ultra-compact, robust and air-cooled format. Featuring the Alcor 920 4W, with the highest average power commercially available, as well as the XSight and FLeX Fiber external modules, allowing for fine & fast gating and power control, GDD precompensation, and fiber-coupling (FleX Fiber). 520 nm, 780 nm, and 1040 nm versions also available.

Altair Series

Altair: Femtosecond Laser

The ALTAIR is an ideal solution for biophotonics applications such as multiphoton microscopy where deep excitation of red-shifted indicators such as RCaMP, dtTomato, and MCherry is required.  Providing <160fs pulses, average power up to 20W and peak power up to 1.5MW at 1µm, the ALTAIR is the preferred solution for both OEM and researchers in the microscopy and lifesciences fields.  The fiber-based design ensures robust and reliable 24/7 operation while providing supreme pulse quality from a user friendly, ultra compact air-cooled package.

Antares Series

Antares

ANTARES is a picosecond, quasi-continuous wave laser with a high repetition rate up to 80 MHz and a narrow linewidth, in a very compact and robust format. This laser series offers average powers of 1 to 40W at 1030 nm or 1064 nm (upon request) and can be doubled or tripled in the harmonics to answer even the most challenging industrial and scientific applications. ANTARES is ideally suited for applications such as CARS and spectroscopy applications.

Jenlas Fiber ns

The Jenlas Fiber ns series of nanosecond pulsed fiber lasers at 1085nm are available with up to 105W, 190 to 250 nanoseconds pulse widths, and peak pulse powers of up to 8 kilowatts. for precise material processing and cutting applications.