Jan 22 2008
IPG Photonics, the leading global manufacturer of high-power lasers and amplifiers for diverse applications in numerous markets, today announced that it is now selling the most powerful and highest brightness fiber-coupled laser diodes on a merchant basis to OEM customers in a variety of industries.
Taking advantage of IPG's high volume production capacity and industry-leading quality control, IPG's laser diodes provide over 20 watts of ultra-reliable output power in a compact size, allowing original equipment manufacturers to lower their cost per watt and increase equipment lifetimes.
The company's packaged diode lasers can be used in a broad range of applications, including printing, medical, dental, industrial and laser pumping, telecommunications and defense.
"We have developed and manufactured the world's finest diodes for use in our line of industrial fiber lasers," said Bill Shiner, IPG's Vice President-Industrial Markets. "Now we are offering this same technology to OEMs for their applications. Customers can benefit from our diode's unique high-power and performance at a lower cost-per-watt by leveraging IPG's high production volume and unequalled production capabilities. With higher powers available, our PLD Series provides OEMs an alternative to low-power single emitters and inefficient diode bars with short lifecycles."
"The sale of diode lasers is a natural extension of our product line," said Dr. Valentin P. Gapontsev, IPG Photonics' Chief Executive Officer. "IPG has sold diode laser systems for years and has recently sold a small number of diode lasers for a dental application. With our three new multi-wafer MBE reactors put into production last year, expanded test station capacity up to 60,000 channels and higher yields, this is the ideal time to introduce the many advantages of IPG's unique and cost-effective diode lasers into the market."
Key features of IPG's packaged diode lasers include:
- Highest power available in a compact package (up to 20 watts or more).
- Highest brightness from a 100 micron (µm) fiber at 0.11 numerical aperture (NA), that is lowest in the industry.
- Superior electrical efficiency with 60% or greater in-fiber power efficiency from electrical to optical.
- Expanded wavelengths at 9XX nanometers (nm) allowing customers to select the optimal wavelength.
- Smallest and most efficient package, accommodating smaller devices or higher output devices because they take up less space.
- High reliability from telecom-grade single emitters that are put through the industry's most rigorous test program.
- Short delivery times.
IPG will display its laser diodes at booth 1119 at SPIE's Photonics West 2008, January 22-24 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California.