Q-Switched Lasers

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  • Technology : Q-Switched Laser
Description: The Revolution laser family represents the state-of-the-art in high reliability, high energy, kilohertz pulsed green lasers
Wavelength:
527 nm
Power:
45 to 80 W
Pulse Energy:
8 to 45 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Ti:Sapphire Pumping, Materials Processing, Semicon...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Automotive, Industrial & Manu...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
10 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
CW/Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Green
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
Mode:
Multi-Mode
Polarization:
Horizontal
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Description: Compact Folded Resonator Pulsed Nd:YAG laser
Wavelength:
266 nm, 355 nm, 532 nm, 1064 nm, 1.57 µm
Pulse Energy:
20 to 200 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Ablation, LIBS, LIF, PIV, Ti:Sa pumping
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
10 to 30 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Ultraviolet, Violet, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, ...
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: 532 nm 30 kHz High Performance Laser
Wavelength:
532 nm
Power:
150 mW
Pulse Energy:
5 uJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Material processing (Cost effective marking soluti...
Configuration:
Laser Head
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Defense, M...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
29 KHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Green
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Wavelength:
1064 nm, 532 nm, 355 nm, 266 nm
Pulse Energy:
35 to 400 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Material sorting (recycling), Weld inspection, Cle...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate), OEM Laser...
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
30 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared, Green, Ultraviolet
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
Polarization:
Vertical, Horizontal
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Description: Compact Q-Switched DPSS Laser
Wavelength:
1064 nm
Power:
20 W
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Material processing, Marking, Scribing, Thin film ...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, DPSS Laser
Repetition Rate:
10 to 100 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
CW Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
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Wavelength:
671 nm
Power:
2 W
Pulse Energy:
130 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Rapid prototyping, Wavelength sensitive processes,...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
1 to 100 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Red
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Description: high repetition rate Q-switched lasers
Wavelength:
1064 nm
Power:
10 to 35 W
Pulse Energy:
0.35 to 1 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
rapid prototyping, micro-machining, thin film stru...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, DPSS Laser
Repetition Rate:
1 to 250 MHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
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Description: Narrow Linewidth 10 kHz Tunable Lasers
Wavelength:
210 nm, 2600 nm
Power:
60 to 700 mW
Pulse Energy:
6 to 70 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, Photoacou...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Environmental, Defense, Milit...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser , Mode-Locked Laser
Repetition Rate:
10 kHz
Tunable:
Yes
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Ultraviolet, Infrared
Polarization:
Horizontal
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Wavelength:
1064 nm
Power:
200 to 500 mW
Pulse Energy:
10 to 20 uJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Medical, Automotive, Industri...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, DPSS Laser
Repetition Rate:
5 to 20 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
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Description: Nd: YAG Q-Switched DPSS Pulsed Laser for LED, LiDAR and PCB Manufacturing Applications
Wavelength:
355 nm
Power:
> 4 W
Pulse Energy:
200 uJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Cutting, Drilling, Flat Panel Display Cutting, LED...
Configuration:
Laser Head
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
DPSS Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
200 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Ultraviolet, Green
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
Polarization:
Vertical
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Description: Infrared series 1064nm active Q-switched laser
Wavelength:
1064 nm
Power:
>25 W
Pulse Energy:
550 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Transparent key & button marking, ITO film etching
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
20 to 500 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
Polarization:
Horizontal
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Description: 1535 nm, Near-Infrared Laser Module for Range Finder, Metrology applications
Wavelength:
1535 nm
Pulse Energy:
700 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Laser Range Finder, Metrological Radar
Configuration:
Laser Head
Application Industry:
Defense, Military & Aerospace, Environmental
Technology:
Passively Q-Switched
Repetition Rate:
5 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Near-Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: Subnanosecond Passively Q-Switched DPSS MICROCHIP Lasers: PULSELAS®-P Series
Wavelength:
400 to 1064 nm
Power:
0.04 W (40 mW)
Pulse Energy:
400 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Picosecond Lasers
Application:
Material Processing
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing
Technology:
DPSS Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
0.15 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Violet, Infrared
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Wavelength:
532 to 1064 nm
Pulse Energy:
11 to 200 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Laser Induced Br...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Environmental
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
1 to 10 Hz
Tunable:
Yes
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Green, Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: Nd: YAG Passively Pumped Q-Switched DPSS Laser for LIDAR, LIBS, and Biophotonics
Wavelength:
1064 nm
Power:
0.135 to 120 mW
Pulse Energy:
120 to 135 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Picosecond Lasers, Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Marking, Material Processing, Spectroscopy, Microm...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate), OEM Laser...
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, DPSS Laser
Repetition Rate:
1 Hz to 1 kHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Red
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: Diode Pumped Air-cooled Q-switched Laser
Wavelength:
1053 or 1064 nm
Power:
Up to 0.5 W
Pulse Energy:
0.1 to 45 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Laser...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research
Technology:
DPSS Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
10 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
Polarization:
Horizontal
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Description: 488 nm Solid-State Q-Switched Blue Laser for Communication and Scientific Research
Wavelength:
488 nm
Power:
1 to 300 mW
Pulse Energy:
1 to 75 uJ
Application:
Bio-Medical, Research & Developments, Laser Treatm...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Medical
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser, Solid State Laser
Repetition Rate:
3 to 10 kHz
Tunable:
Yes
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Blue
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: 20 mW Picosecond Laser with an Output Wavelength of 1030 nm
Wavelength:
1028 to 1032 nm
Power:
20 mW
Pulse Energy:
100 to 250 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Picosecond Lasers
Application:
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Analyz...
Configuration:
OEM Laser Module
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Defense, Military & Aerospace
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
100 Hz(pulse-on-demand mode), 1 to 10 kHz(Burst Mo...
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Red
Polarization:
Horizontal
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Description: With an Ytterbium-doped solid state laser crystal at its heart, this laser generates sub-100-fs pulses with excellent stability and robustness
Wavelength:
1045 nm
Power:
3 W
Ultrafast Laser:
Femtosecond Lasers
Application:
Amplifiers, Pumping of OPOs, Super-Continuum Gener...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Integrated)
Application Industry:
Communications, Scientific Research, Defense, Mili...
Technology:
Solid State Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
75 MHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
Yes
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: 1030 nm Q-switched Picosecond Microchip Laser System
Wavelength:
1030 nm
Power:
350 to 450 mW
Pulse Energy:
40 to 50 µJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Picosecond Lasers
Application:
Harmonic Generation, Range Finder, Spectroscopy, M...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Defense, Military & Aerospace
Technology:
Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
8 - 10 kHz
Tunable:
Yes
Fiber Coupled:
Yes
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
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Description: 1535 nm DPSS Passively Q-switched Erbium Glass Laser
Wavelength:
1535 nm
Pulse Energy:
2+ mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Microchip, Microplate, Fiber, Waveguide, Disk Lase...
Configuration:
Laser Head
Application Industry:
Scientific Research, Communications
Technology:
DPSS Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
1 to 2 Hz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
No
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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Description: Hybrid Erbium Nanosecond Pulsed Lasers
Wavelength:
1.645 µm
Power:
15 W
Pulse Energy:
15 mJ
Ultrafast Laser:
Nanosecond Lasers
Application:
Plastics Processing, OPO Pump Source, Medical Appl...
Configuration:
Laser Head with Control Unit (Separate)
Application Industry:
Automotive, Industrial & Manufacturing, Scientific...
Technology:
Solid State Laser, Q-Switched Laser
Repetition Rate:
0.3 to 1 MHz
Tunable:
No
Fiber Coupled:
Yes
Operation Mode:
Pulsed Laser
Laser Color:
Infrared
Gain Medium Type:
Solid State (Crystal / Glass) Laser
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What are Q-switched Lasers?

Q-Switched lasers are pulse lasers that use Q-switching techniques to generate short duration (usually in nanoseconds) pulses. When compared to the mode-locking technique (another technique for generating laser pulses), the Q-switching technique produces higher pulse energy with a lower pulse duration, and lower pulse repetition rates. Q-switched lasers usually use neodymium-doped materials (Nd: YAG, Nd: YLF, or Nd: YVO4) as the active gain medium. They can also use an erbium-doped gain media Er: YAG that enables lasers to operates at a wavelength 1.65 or 2.94 μm wavelength or thulium-doped crystals that operate at a wavelength of 2 μm. The Q-switched laser can be pumped by either using continuous or pulse form and are ideal for applications that demand high laser intensities in nanosecond pulses, such as metal cutting, and pulsed holography.


Pulsed laser

How does a Q-Switched Laser Operate?

The Q-factor of an optical resonator is defined as the ratio of energy stored in the inside standing wave to the wasted energy from the wave during a round trip between the laser mirrors. High Q-factor means that high levels of energy can be stored in a cavity, whereas a low Q-factor means that energy is emitted rapidly from the cavity. 

Schematic set up of a Q-switched laser

Schematic set up of an active Q-switched fiber laser

The Q-switching technique is realized by putting some type of variable attenuator inside the optical resonator of the laser. The attenuator can absorb or lower the power level without disturbing signals. Here, this variable attenuator acts as a Q-switch.  

When the Q-switched laser is ON, initially, the attenuator functioning as the light absorber (i.e with a low Q) and absorbs the light coming out from the gain medium (i.e., the light does not hit the opposite mirror). Hence, there is no light returned back to gain medium, and lasing cannot begin. This reduces the Q-factor of the optical cavity.

Now, s population inversion increases due to the pumping process of the laser, energy inside the cavity increases, and after some time, it attains a saturation point. Some energy inside the optical cavity is lost due to spontaneous emission and other processes. At this point, the Q-switch device is quickly changed from the low Q to High Q, allowing the laser light to reflect between two optical mirrors and ensuring the lasing action to begin (stimulated emission). Because the active medium already has high energy (high population inversion), it causes the high-intensity laser light to build up quickly and reduce storage energy quickly. This whole process results in a short duration. high peak power laser pulse as the output.

Two main types of Q-switching are used. They are active Q-switching and passive Q-switching. In the case of active Q-switching, the Q switching device (variable attenuator) is a mechanical device, such as a shutter, chopper wheel, or spinning mirror/prism placed inside the cavity. In passive switching, the Q-switch is a saturable absorber.

Specifications of Q-switched Lasers

Technology: Q-switched laser

Wavelength: Represents the wavelength of laser light emitted from a Q-switched laser. These lasers are available in deep UV range (300 nm to 200 nm) to the IR range. The wavelength is represented in a nanometer (nm).

Tunable: Represents the wavelength tune-ability of the Q-switched laser. Both the tuneable and non-tuneable Q-switched lasers are available.

Fiber-coupled: The Q-switched lasers are available both in fiber couple or non-fiber coupled choices.

Operation mode: Pulsed laser

Laser color: Represents the laser colour. The Q-swiched lasers are available from deep UV to the IR spectrum.

Mode: Represents the mode of operation of laser light. Both the single-mode and multi-mode  lasers are available.

Gain medium type: Represents the host material of the Q-switched laser. It can be a Crystal/glass/fiber.

Laser gain medium: Represents the type of material used as the laser gain medium. Usually, Nd: YAG/ Nd: YLF/ Nd: YVO4/ Er: YAG/fiber/thulium-doped crystal is used as the laser gain medium. Mostly, the gain medium Nd: YAG is used.

Power: Represents the power output of the Q-switched laser. It can have a range of milliwatts to kilowatts range.

Pulse width: Represents the pulse duration of the Q-switched laser working in a pulsed mode of operation. Mostly, the duration of pulse range is available in a nanosecond (10-9 s) range.

Pulse energy: Represents the pulse energy of the Q-switched lasers. Usually, it is in the range from µJ to J (joule) range.

Ultrafast laser: The Q-switched laser with pulse width is in a nanosecond (10-9 s) range is called an ultrafast laser.  

Repetition rate: Represents the number of emitted pulses per second from a Q-switched laser. It is represented in Hz. For example, the repetition rate of 200 Hz means that 200 pulses per second emitted from the pulse laser. 

Beam divergence: Represents the divergence of the laser. Usually, it is represented in milliradian (mrad).

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