Aug 20 2007
AMS Technologies introduces Quintessence Photonics’ (QPC) new laser designed to deliver high power in a single mode beam for seeding fiber and solid state lasers and for use in direct applications.
The seed laser can produce single-frequency beams of up to 1.5 W CW at 1064 nm and up to 1 W CW at 1550 nm, about 10 times the power output from existing diode-based seed lasers.
The seed laser is based on QPC's BrightLase singlemode laser technology which recently demonstrated industry-leading single-frequency powers exceeding 3 W at conversion efficiencies greater than 50%.
The QPC design exploits a two-part chip that combines a low power section and an amplifying section. It employs a semiconductor chip mounted onto a heat sink with hard solder and optional singlemode fiber coupling is also available. As a result the design is much more compact than other high power seed lasers.
Substantially higher peak powers can be achieved under pulsed excitation conditions. The design simplifies laser systems for growth markets such as industrial, defence and communication systems.