Fibre laser from Chromacity generates flat supercontinua

The compact and easy to use laser provides an ideal source to generate a cost-effective near-infrared supercontinuum by focusing ultrashort pulses into non-linear materials, such as photonic crystal fibres. Unlike solid-state lasers, which tend to produce beams with an elliptical cross section, the output from a Chromacity 1040 laser originates from a single-mode fibre, so it is perfectly symmetric and can be coupled into photonic-crystal fibres with efficiencies of greater than 75%.

The Model 1040 is a fixed wavelength femtosecond laser source that delivers ultrashort pulses with high average powers in the near infrared. 

Chromacity, which is based in Edinburgh, UK, specialises in fixed wavelength femtosecond and picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based tuneable laser systems.

Based on a novel patented laser architecture that delivers ultra stable long-term performance, the fixed wavelength femtosecond fibre lasers work at 1040nm and 920nm, and the tuneable picosecond OPO lasers work across the near infra-red and mid infra-red wavelengths from 1.4um to 12um. Lasers from Chromacity are simple to use, with no specialist support required to operate them – you turn them on, configure and use. These compact, air-cooled devices offer unrivalled long term pulse stability without the need for on-going maintenance.