Ultrafast Lasers

This weeks blogpost we are creating a list of ultrafast laser material processing applications. Ultrashort pulse lasers are unbelievably versatile. The usual material processing need about 1uJ - 2000uJ pulse energy, 200-3000fs pulse length, 5-30W average power. 

In this short summary we are showcasing some of our suppliers. If you are building something in your lab similar to our products and need advice where get parts from, this little summary might help. 

This is an equipment guide for those who want to get into building fibre lasers. Of course, if you know what an ultrafast laser is or a fibre laser, you are likely familiar with most of these equipment but it's always good to make (or read) a summary for orientation. 

This short blog post tries to explain how giant-chirp, mode-locked, ring laser oscillators work and what are their advantages towards affordable / low-cost ultrashort pulse lasers for material processing. Femtosecond and picosecond lasers are often used for machining and micromachining materials (any material) but they are much more expensive compared to their Q-switched and MOPA relatives. Giant chirp oscillators provide a great opportunity to reduce complexity and price of these amazing photonics devices. 

Ultrashort pulse lasers are the next generation of pulsed laser material processing tools. What are the advantages and the new applications enabled by this technology? Why are these lasers so expensive? We are trying to answer these questions in this short blogpost.