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Lead Salt Lasers – Last Time Buy
LASER COMPONENTS will discontinue production of cryogenically cooled MIR laser diodes. For our long-time customers in academic circles we will extend this offer to place one last order until next March. The first PbSe lasers were produced in the late ‘60s; they reached their technological heyday in the ‘80s and early ‘90s.
BothWe have accompanied lead salt laser technology for almost 20 years and made important contributions: increased reliability, demonstration of pulsed operation at room temperature, and the construction of DFB lasers based on lead salt technology.
The necessity of cryogenic cooling in single-mode operation has always hindered wide industrial use. Consequently, TDLS did not achieve its commercial breakthrough until used in the NIR range.