Nanosecond lasers

We offer a wide range of nanosecond (ns) pulsed lasers for research (R&D) and laboratory applications as well as for industrial integration as an OEM.

 

Nanosecond lasers continue to be a prime industrial and research tool. Nanosecond lasers are no longer talked about, poor guys, as much as ultrashort picoseconds and especially femtoseconds, but the fact is that their expected market growth is higher than that of the others.

By the way, 1 ns = 10^-9 s.

 

Nanosecond lasers are used in a wide variety of industrial, medical and scientific applications. Their relatively long pulses (compared to picosecond and femtosecond lasers) allow a good balance between precision and power. Some of their most relevant applications may be:

There are several techniques for manufacturing nanosecond lasers but at PCL we want to focus on DPSS lasers, including models with active Q-switch and others with passive Q-switch. There are lamp-pumped ns lasers with high pulse energy but they demand maintenance and are not environmentally friendly. Diode pumped lasers on the other hand reach very high repetition rates of KHz (vs. Hz or hundreds of Hz for flash lamp pumped lasers) and are maintenance free.
If you like pulsed fiber lasers, we also have options.

 

In the following table you can see our most common models of nanosecond pulsed lasers, with their maximum pulse energy and average power values for each emission wavelength.

		LBS-AO	LBS-WE	LBS-OA	LBS-OE	LBS-SL	LBS-IS	LBS-MP
Pulse Energy / Avg. Power (mJ/W, max)	3100		>0.1
	1570	20/1	0.8
	1064	100/5	4/18	1/15	0.4/4 /CW	0.4/40 /CW		0.1/1.5
	1030				0.1/3/CW
	946							0.035/0.35
	671						0.08/4
	532	40/2	2/12	0.75/15	0.04/1.2 /CW	0.1/10		0.0025/0.375
	515				0.04/1.2 /CW
	473							0.009/0.09
	447						0.04/2
	355	20/1	0.6/4	0.15/0.6		0.04/4		0.002/0.3
	266	12/0.6	0.5/0.75	0.08/1				0.002/0.3
	236.5							0.002/0.3
Rep. Rate	(KHz)	up to 100Hz	S.S. to 100	S.S. to 100	max 30 (fix)	10-100	50-200	up tp 15
Pulse, ns	(1064nm)	5-15	0.4-2.5	2-12	<5-20	6-80	15-50	<2
Other		DPSS	DPSS	DPSS	DPSS	DPSS	DPSS	Chip
		active Q	active Q	active Q	passive Q	active Q	active Q	passive Q

 /CW: also CW operation

 

These are bright solutions for ns laser applications, but they are not the only ones available.

Our nanosecond lasers are not low cost but are economical, cost-effective models for their high performance.

We work with the laser expert CNI.

 

Don't forget that if you have or need a laser, you may very well need our PCL services:
- laser safety training
- laser safety consultancy

 

Or maybe our laser related products:
- laser protection products: goggles & helmets, windows, barriers, curtains, cabins, clothing
- laser power and energy measurement
- laser beam profile analysis
- spectrometers

 

More information: ventas@procarelight.com / +34 605 024 420