Nd:YAG lasers

We represent both Quantel and Big Sky Lasers in the UK, both of whom manufacture a range of rugged, reliable, easy to use flashlamp pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers for scientific, industrial and military applications.

The Quantel Brilliant series is our most popular Nd:YAG laser and is equally suited to lab or field use. It has a vast array of options and is perfectly suited for dye/OPO pumping, spectroscopy, LIF, LIDAR & LIBS applications

• Up to 850mJ at 1064nm
• Easy flashlamp change
• Compact footprint
• East to use & maintain
• Excellent beam quality & stability
• Full one year warranty including optics

OPO lasers

Opotek are the leaders in the design and manufacture of tuneable broad and mid-band Optical Parametric Oscillators for scientific applications and they continue to innovate to make their OPO systems more compact and easy to use.

The Opotek Opolette is the smallest OPO system commercially available combining an extremely compact footprint, whilst maintaining a good energy and tunability specification.

• Footprint of only 245 x 180mm
• UV-VIS-IR tuning
• Up to 5mJ peak energy
• Hermetically sealed OPO
• East to use & maintain
• Full computer control

Laser Power & Energy Meters

Gentec Electro-Optics has an impressive 30-year track record of innovation in the laser beam measurement field. Their product range includes thermopile, pyroelectric, calorimeter and CCD laser power & energy detectors and laser beam profiling systems.

The SOLO2 is Gentec's flagship laser power and energy meter, and its hand-held design, easy-to-use Microsoft Windows CE software and USB connectivity make it the first choice for scientific and industrial laser users.

• USB/RS-232 connectivity
• Large 76 x 57 mm backlit LCD display
• Full statistical functions (min, max, PTP stability, standard deviation etc)
• Software updatable via internet

Diffractive Optical Elements

We are pleased to annouce we can now supply micro-optical components from Silios Technologies, France. Silios specialise in the design and manufacture of micro-optical components such as diffractive optical elements (DOE), amplitude/phase plates and calibration standards.

Silios' diffractive optical elements are used in many scientific, medical and industrial laser applications that require an input beam to be homogenised, shaped, patterned or split. The DOE can be used to create donut, gaussian or top hat laser beam profiles for welding, cutting, marking, Ti:Sapphire pumping and many other applications.

• Plate or mirror DOE
• Fused silica, BK7, glass, silicon, etc
• Diameter up to 100mm
• Wavelength 193 nm - 5µm (5µm - 14µm under development)
• Efficiency 75 - 96%