The Aries-2 series is a family of high power mid-IR lasers, with fixed wavelength, and an average output power of up to 1 W. The Aries-2 laser has an extremely robust and stable resonator structure providing users with superb linewidth control and wavelength stability, especially as environmental conditions vary. With a wide selection of quantum cascade laser chips available, Aries-2 can be factory-configured to suit different application needs.
Aries-2 high power mid-IR laser systems include a SideKick™ laser controller, which gives you flexible, precise control of laser output power, temperature, and pulse parameters.
Features & Benefits
- Optical power up to 2 W
- Wavelength availability: 3-13 µm
- CW* or pulsed output
- Linewidths of < 1 cm-1 (pulsed, FWHM) or < 100 MHz (CW, tuned to SLM) Output power* to > 1 W (peak) or > 0.5 W (average)
- Superior TEM00 beam quality and low beam pointing allows fibre coupling
- Superb wavelength stability: ≤ 0.5 cm-1/hr within operating temperature range
- High power stability: < 2% rms (1 hr)
- Current (amplitude) modulation up to 1 MHz
- SideKick™ controller, GUI, and SDK included with all systems
- Proprietary HFQD™ circuitry protects your chips
* Requires suitable chip(s)
Applications
- Imaging
- Illumination
- LIDAR and DIAL systems
- Standoff detection
- Environmental monitoring
- TIC, VOC, GHG, and leak detection
- IRCM research
- Materials characterisation
- Optical fibre testing
- OPA/OPO seeding
- Detector calibration