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Date Announced: 14 Jan 2014
Milestone passed nearly ten years after first supercontinuum laser was ordered by Southampton research group.
Fianium, the leading manufacturer of ultrafast fiber laser technology, has today reported shipment of its 1000th supercontinuum fiber laser.
Fianium CEO Anatoly Grudinin explains, "Our first supercontinuum fiber laser had a modest power of 1W and was ordered by Professor Zheludev’s group at the University of Southampton in October, 2004.
"Since then we have increased output power by [a factor of more than] 10 and expanded the output spectrum to 370 nm at short wavelengths and over 2400 nm in the infrared.
"In my view the developments in supercontinuum fiber lasers is an excellent example of how low cost disruptive technology can migrate from early adopters to volume industrial customers. We are pleased to have reached this 1000th laser milestone. This also emphasizes the important role of close collaboration between leading universities and laser companies."
Professor Zheludev, a leading authority on nanophotonics and metamaterials, commented:
“In 2004 we recognized the importance of continuum fiber lasers for the study and characterization of nanoscale optoelectronic devices and nanostructured materials.
"Indeed, the high brightness of the Fianium source that appeared on the market at that time, combined with its remarkably broad emission spectrum and short pulse duration, allowed us to develop several new applications in transient ultrafast spectroscopy, near-field imaging and microscopy. We continue using these Fianium sources in our projects at the Centre for Photonic Metamaterials at the University of Southampton."
See the latest advances in Fianium Supercontinuum technology at booth (#729) at the SPIE BIOS & Photonics West exhibit in San Francisco, CA on Feb 1st to 6th 2014.
Source: Fianium
E-mail: colin.seaton@fianium.com
Web Site: www.fianium.com
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