TOPTICA PHOTONICS AG - High-end laser systems for your scientific or industrial application

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers unite wide tunability and high output power. The frequency-selective element – a Bragg grating – is integrated into the active section of the semiconductor and ensures continuous single-frequency operation. Due to the absence of alignment-sensitive components, DFB lasers exhibit an exceptional stability and reliability. The lasers work under the most adverse environmental conditions – even in the Arctic or in airborne experiments.

The MDL pro combines up to four narrow-linewidth tunable diode lasers in one compact sub-rack. This solves many problems of modern atomic optics: It simplifies complex operations because all integrated lasers are controlled using only one unified interface. Furthermore, it clears optical tables and stows away the lasers in a 19" standard subrack. This enables researchers to focus on their experiment instead of the laser system. The MDL pro is also transportable which fulfills the need of next-generation AMO systems and supports further compactification and mobilization of state-of-the-art lab-based experiments.

The TA pro is the flagship product of TOPTICAs high power tunable diode laser solutions. Its tapered amplifier technology allows for high power with excellent beam quality, while at the same time maintaining the favorable spectral properties of the pro master laser. The TA pro is a completely revised version of a very well-established laser system, the TA 100. It has been optimized for extreme stability and ease of use, and has proved these properties in numerous tests in TOPTICAs and customers´ laboratories.

The BoosTA pro, TOPTICA’s new stand-alone optical amplifier, increases the output power of a DL pro or any other linearly polarized master laser by up to 20 dB (x100). Following TOPTICA’s well-established pro-technology, the TA chip is mounted in a compact unit with optimized heat management and beam-shaping optics. A compact, external power supply (DC HP) drives the amplifier head and allows effortless operation - even of current-hungry TA chips at wavelengths with lower gain. Researchers thus benefit from output power levels up to 3.5 W.

The BoosTA is a compact and economical optical amplifier. Just couple light into it, and it amplifies it up to a factor 100. The spectral properties of the master laser are preserved. The BoosTA includes computer controlled integrated electronics, and all optics for accepting a collimated and linearly polarized input beam. Custom optics and good thermal management guarantee best performance.

The SHG pro is the device of choice if existing lasers are to be frequency doubled. Designed in TOPTICA’s pro technology, it unites highly stable performance and convenient operation. Mirror and crystal holders can be adjusted without opening the resonator cover. A wide range of non-linear crystals covers SHG wavelengths from 190 to 800 nm. TOPTICA offers competent support for adapting the unit to customer requirements.

The grating stabilized diode laser SHG pro is a medium power solution, for applications such as spectroscopy of atoms, ions and molecules, laser cooling and interferometry. Designed in TOPTICA’s proprietary pro technology, it combines best performance and ease-of-use – at moderate initial and operating costs. The system now includes fully-automated push-button coupling optimization into the SHG cavity and the output fiber. The package comprises a solid laser head and a DLC pro control rack. It can be upgraded to a TA-SHG pro, if an appropriate amplifier source is available.

The TA-SHG pro system, part of the UV / RGB solutions, comprises a tunable diode laser, a high power semiconductor (TA) and an integrated frequency doubling stage (SHG pro). Alternatively, it is available with a fiber (FA) or Raman fiber (RFA) amplifier. The SHG stage is a folded ring cavity in bow-tie configuration with excellent thermal and mechanical stability. The system now includes fully-automated push-button coupling optimization into the TA chip, the SHG cavity and the output fiber, as well as output power stabilization. It provides tunable laser radiation for spectroscopy, laser cooling, optical data storage, holography and interferometry.

The TA-FHG pro is a tunable, diode-based laser source in the deep UV spectral range. The system consists of an external cavity diode laser, a high power semiconductor amplifier (TA), and two cascaded second harmonic generation stages (SHG pro). Alternatively, it can be equipped with a fiber amplifier (FA) or Raman fiber amplifier (RFA). It provides tunable laser radiation for spectroscopy, laser cooling, holography and interferometry.

The revolutionary TOPO by TOPTICA stands alone as the only fully automated, continuous-wave, singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator laser source on the market. High resolution spectroscopy across 1.45 – 4.0 µm (2500 – 6900 cm-1) has never been easier. TOPTICA’s unique optical design enables broadly tunable laser light. No module or mirror exchange is necessary. Additionally, the all-digital control electronics enable hands-free coarse tuning, and frequency locking. A wide mode-hop-free tuning range up to 300 GHz (10 cm-1) enables visibility of full spectroscopic signatures. Simultaneously, the TOPO maintains a narrow linewidth (2 MHz, 1·10-5 cm-1) giving a solution that reveals narrow atomic and molecular features.