Non-Hermetic Fibre Q-Switch

12 Jan 2011

Gooch and Housego are pleased to announce the release of a new addition to its successful fibre coupled acousto-optic modulator product line.

Following the success of their fully hermetic, "Fibre-Q" product launch in 2009, designed to perform in the most demanding environmental conditions, G&H have developed a non-hermetic version of the product.

The non-hermetic Fibre-Q utilizes the same reliable core build process of the hermetic Fibre-Q and retains the same optical performance while offering reduction in size, weight, and cost. The non-hermetic Fibre-Q has been designed for use in high volume OEM industrial applications in which environmental conditions are more likely to be controlled. In particular, G&H expect the product to appeal to the very competitive industrial pulsed fibre laser market. The increased demand for the fibre laser sources, which in turn has led to a demand for specialist fibre coupled components such as acousto-optic modulators.

G&H have been a dominant player in the acousto-optics market for many years and have supplied hundreds of thousands of Q-switches to the industrial laser market.

For more information please contact Rob Swain at Gooch & Housego or visit our stand 1107 at Photonics West.