SOURCE: Fianium, Inc.

 

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EUGENE, OR--(Marketwire - September 8, 2008) - Ultrafast fiber laser manufacturers, Fianium, have announced their latest ultrafast fiber laser offering -- a low-cost, quasi-continuous-wave supercontinuum fiber laser source -- the SC500-FC.

The SC500-FC offers MHz repetition rates, in excess of 0.25W average power and has a single-mode fiber-delivered output which can be spliced or connected to any system or device under test.

The SC500-FC has been developed to meet the growing need for quasi-continuous, turnkey broadband sources for component characterisation within the photonics sector. "Existing 'white light' sources rely on fairly narrow band SLEDs and ASE sources or Q-switched supercontinuum lasers which have issues with very low repetition rates in the KHz range," commented John Clowes, Director of Business Development at Fianium in the UK. "The high repetition rate (20MHz) and brightness (greater than 100uW/nm) of the SC500-FC supercontinuum laser from Fianium eliminates those power and repetition-rate issues inherent to SLED and alternative Q-switched supercontinuum sources."

Delivering a continuous optical spectrum spanning from below 500nm to beyond 2um, the SC500-FC incorporates a high power optical isolator which makes the technology immune to optical feedback and enables direct splicing of the single mode delivery fiber to devices, components and systems.

The SC500-FC is the latest addition to Fianium's unrivalled range of supercontinuum and ultrafast fiber laser technology and is complementary to the company's world-leading SC400 and SC450 ranges of modelocked supercontinuum laser systems. All Fianium lasers are air-cooled, maintenance free and computer controlled. Additional features include fast modulation, with sub-millisecond rise and fall times, enabling fast interlocking and integration into automated processes.

For further information visit http://www.fianium.com/products/optical.htm or e-mail sales@fianium.com

About Fianium

Fianium is the leading manufacturer of high-performance ultrafast fiber lasers for diverse applications in numerous markets, such as bio-medical, materials processing, scientific and research. The company was founded in 2003 with objective to challenge the dominance of ultrafast DPSS and pioneered the development of new generation of fiber lasers that combine the advantages of semiconductor technology with the maturity of specialty optical fibers. Fianium's ultrafast fiber lasers deliver superior performance, reliability and usability at a lower total cost of ownership compared with conventional solid state lasers.