Del Mar Photonics

Customer Inquiry:

I'm looking to purchase a SHG crystal for an Nd YLF laser with the following specs

Pulse rep rate: 10Hz
Pulse width: ~20-30ns
Wavelength: 1053mm
Power: 400 - 700 mJ
Beam diameter: 7mm

Our current crystal is mounted on a heat sink which is temperature controlled so if possible, could you indicate if you are able to help us mount the new crystal on our existing heat sink?

Del Mar Photonics reply:

Ok please go ahead and begin production so as to avoid any further delay.
Pls try your best to help us by completing the crystal in 3 weeks. We will be grateful for your assistance.
We will be placing our order by credit card. I believe Alexandra from your company has our billing details.
I also await your reply on the the recommendation for glue if possible.
 

I quoted you that LBO crystal on July 13 - practically two weeks ago! We have not such LBO in stock and production of the crystal will take some time - this is normal situation and you should understand it. We will try to do our best in case of getting order.
I also quoted BBO crystal from stock so if you are in a hurry you can order this one.
 


As mentioned earlier, we are on a v tight schedule and we really need the crystal within 2 weeks, latest 3 weeks and if that is not possible, we may have to look elsewhere. I will try to see what i can do. But 3 weeks is really a little too long. Do you think you can find a way to expedite production without compromising quality?
 


thanks for the follow up. Very good, we are ready to start production right away just to save a time! According to production technology it's absolutely impossible to produce such big crystal within 3 weeks but we will try to do it within 4 weeks. High quality of the crystal is very important for us! I think for you too!
When do you expect to send us PO? Will it be a credit card order or standard PO?

> (i) As earlier mentioned, we currently maintain our crystal at 70deg C by mounting it on a heat sink. Since we will have to mount the new crystal on the heat sink ourselves, are you able to provide us with any glue that you think might be suitable for our application? Of course, if the new crystal is not v sensitive to temperature changes or needs to be maintained at some other temp, pls make a recommendation accordingly

I'll check it with our experts and let you know shortly.

> (ii) Could you pls indicate the input face of the crystal and the polarization direction so that it'll save us the trouble from checking?

Yes, will do!

> iii) Can you also include a 1" mount for our convenience in the event that we do not need to temperature control the crystal?
Sure, no problem. We will send you our standard 1 inch diameter mount.



I'm pleased to let you know that we are willing to purchase the following LBO crystal that you have quoted:

LBO, type I
theta=90, phi=12.2 deg
10x10x10mm
AR-1053/526.5nm
Price (FOB San Diego, CA): $2770
However we are ONLY agreeable if you can expedite production to 3 weeks or less.

We will make a decision on whether to polish and recoat our present crystal in due course.


Also, we hope you can help us with the following:

(i) As earlier mentioned, we currently maintain our crystal at 70deg C by mounting it on a heat sink. Since we will have to mount the new crystal on the heat sink ourselves, are you able to provide us with any glue that you think might be suitable for our application? Of course, if the new crystal is not v sensitive to temperature changes or needs to be maintained at some other temp, pls make a recommendation accordingly


(ii) Could you pls indicate the input face of the crystal and the polarization direction so that it'll save us the trouble from checking?


(iii) Can you also include a 1" mount for our convenience in the event that we do not need to temperature control the crystal?

I look forward to your favorable response,
Tat


On Thu 21/07/11 11:04 AM , alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com sent:

Hi Tat,

did you receive my e-mail typed below with another quote or not?

Regarding to repolishing and recoating, we can help you. You need to send it to us (we will retest it and then give you a confirmation if it is possible to repolish or not!!!)
Cost of repolishing and recoating process is $750 without all shipping charges (you need to cover it by yourself). It will take ~ 3 weeks.

Please inform.

Thanks,
Alex



----- Original Message -----
From: alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com
To: chng@princeton.edu
Sent: Wed 20/07/11 12:53 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Quote #110712/1230 for SHG crystal for Nd YLF laser

Hi Tat,

yes, we supply BBO crystals as well. I just checked our stock and found that we have a BBO crystal in stock.
Type: BBO crystal
Orientations: theta=22.98,phi=0
Dimensions: 10x10x6.5mm
Coating: AR-1053/526.5nm
Price (FOB San Diego, CA): $2400/pc at 1 pc
Delivery: from stock

I think this crystal may suit for you.

Waiting for your further information.

Thanks,
Alex



On Wed 20/07/11 11:56 AM , chng@princeton.edu sent:

Hi Alex,

We've been shopping around for our crystals and a lot of the other companies have quoted us BBO crystals.

Does Delmar carry BBO crystals too? Are you able to give me an estimate for a BBO crystal as well? I presume that the reason you recommended an LBO crystal was because it has a better conversion efficiency compared with BBO?

Also, if we decide not to buy a crystal but instead just attempt to polish and recoat our old crystal, would you guys be agreeable to doing it?

Pls pardon me for being blunt.

Thanks,
Tat



On Tue 19/07/11 8:05 AM , alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com sent:

Hi Tat,

I would like to know did you receive my e-mail typed below or not?

Do you expect to order requested and quoted crystal?

Please inform.

Thanks,
Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com
To: chng@princeton.edu
Sent: Fri 15/07/11 12:10 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Quote #110712/1230 for SHG crystal for Nd YLF laser

Hi Tat,

to answer your questions

> (i) Our current crystal is a type I BBO crystal. Since you have recommended an LBO crystal, how do LBO and BBO crystals compare in general? What temperature should it be maintained at?
LBO, with wide acceptance angle and small walk-off, type I and type II non-critical phase matching (NCPM) in a wide wavelength range;

BBO, Because of a small acceptance angle and large walk-off, good laser beam quality (small divergence, good mode condition,etc.) is the key for BBO to obtain high conversion efficiency.


> (ii) What is the expected conversion efficiency of the crystal that you have quoted? A rough estimate. For your reference, our old crystal was able to achieve more than 50% conversion efficiency at max power (700mJ) with temperature control.

SHG conversion efficiencies of more than 70% for pulse and 30% for cw Nd:YAG lasers, and THG conversion efficiency over 60% for pulse Nd:YAG laser have been observed by using Del Mar Photonics LBO crystal.

We will try to produce the crystal ASAP so we are ready to start production right away just to save a time!

Please inform.

Thanks,
Alex




On Fri 15/07/11 6:34 AM , chng@princeton.edu sent:

Thanks. I'll let you know our decision by next week but it would be really helpful if you could speed up production to 2 weeks as we need the crystals urgently.

Could you advise on the following too?
(i) Our current crystal is a type I BBO crystal. Since you have recommended an LBO crystal, how do LBO and BBO crystals compare in general? What temperature should it be maintained at?
(ii) What is the expected conversion efficiency of the crystal that you have quoted? A rough estimate. For your reference, our old crystal was able to achieve more than 50% conversion efficiency at max power (700mJ) with temperature control.

Regards,
Tat


On Thu 14/07/11 3:21 PM , alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com sent:

Hi Tat,
From your picture, there is no holder for the crystal, only on surface stick to the heat sink. I am afraid the BBO crystal would separate from the heat sink during the shipment so we suggest you mount it yourself.

> (iv) We need the new crystal urgently. Is there anyway to speed up the lead time to around 2 weeks or so?

We will try to accelerate production - 3 weeks (some of our polishers are on vacations during summer period).

> (iii) Are you able to do polishing of crystals? Our old crystal has a bad spot on it (probably just the coating), so if you could also remove and polish the old crystal and return it to us together with the new one, that would be perfect.

We can help you, you can ship it to us, we will retest it and then give you a confirmation if it is possible to repolish or not.
Do you need recoating?

We will charge $750 for repolishing and recoating. It will take ~ 3 weeks.

Best regards,
Alex



On Wed 13/07/11 2:34 PM , chng@princeton.edu sent:

Hi Alex,

I've attached another picture of the crystal mounted on the heat sink which should make things much clearer. This is the part that we will send to you if you are agreeable to assisting us with the mounting.
The existing crystal is nominally 10mm by 10mm by 5mm (thickness). It sits on a heat sink which is 24mm by 22mm.

Some questions I have
(i) Our current crystal is a type I BBO crystal. How do LBO and BBO crystals compare in general?
(ii) What is the expected conversion efficiency of the crystal that you have quoted? A rough estimate. For your reference, our old crystal was able to achieve more than 50% conversion efficiency at max power (700mJ) with temperature control.
(iii) Are you able to do polishing of crystals? Our old crystal has a bad spot on it (probably just the coating), so if you could also remove and polish the old crystal and return it to us together with the new one, that would be perfect.
(iv) We need the new crystal urgently. Is there anyway to speed up the lead time to around 2 weeks or so?

Thanks,
Tat




On Wed 13/07/11 2:50 PM , alex.smirnov@dmphotonics.com sent:

Hi Tat,

> The crystal we purchased previously is working fine.

Great!

Let me know exact dimensions of the heat sink please.

I already included AR coating (AR-1053/526.5nm) in the quote typed below!

I am in a meeting now so please send me all technical and other questions/comments by e-mail please just to avoid any possible mistakes.


Hi,

thanks for your new inquiry. Hope the BBO crystal which we produced for you back in January works well.
Regarding to your current request, maybe you should try LBO as follows:
LBO, type I
theta=90, phi=12.2 deg
10x10x10mm
AR-1053/526.5nm
Price (FOB San Diego, CA): $2770
Delivery: 5 weeks
If you want us to mount the crystal on your existing heat sink, please give us the photo and dimension of the heat sink. We will look if we could do it.

-----

Thanks for being prompt as usual.
The crystal we purchased previously is working fine. I have attached three pictures of the housing which the current crystal sits in for your reference. Is it also possible to include an anti-reflective coating?

 

Del Mar Photonics offer variety of crystals and complete setups for SHG Second Harmonic Generation for variety of lasers. Send us you inquiry for SHG components or complete solution today!

SHG unit for femtosecond fiber lasers - 780 nm and 1560 nm
Non-Critical Phase Matching SHG in LiNbO3
PPLN crystals: PPMgO:LN crystals for SHG of 1064 nm - PPMgO:LN crystals for SHG of 1560 nm - PPMgO:LN crystals for SHG of 1342 nm - PPMgO:LN crystals for OPO
Buccaneer femtosecond fiber lasers with SHG Second Harmonic Generator
Lithium iodate crystals cut for type I phasematching for SHG -
LiIO3-SHG cut

Multiphoton Microscope Alignment using Second Harmonics Generation Crystal
 

Browse our online store for one of the standard crystals:

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Del Mar Photonics - Newsletter December 2010 - Newsletter April 2011


Product news and updates - Training Workshops - Featured Customer - Other News

Del Mar Photonics is your one stop source for ultrafast (femtosecond) as well as continuum wave (CW) narrow linewidth Ti:Sapphire lasers Trestles LH Ti:Sapphire laser
Trestles LH is a new series of high quality femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers for applications in scientific research, biological imaging, life sciences and precision material processing. Trestles LH includes integrated sealed, turn-key, cost-effective, diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS). Trestles LH lasers offer the most attractive pricing on the market combined with excellent performance and reliability. DPSS LH is a state-of-the-art laser designed for today’s applications. It combines superb performance and tremendous value for today’s market and has numerous advantages over all other DPSS lasers suitable for Ti:Sapphire pumping. Trestles LH can be customized to fit customer requirements and budget.

Reserve a spot in our Femtosecond lasers training workshop in San Diego, California. Come to learn how to build a femtosecond laser from a kit
 

DPSS DMPLH lasers
DPSS DMP LH series lasers will pump your Ti:Sapphire laser. There are LH series lasers installed all over the world pumping all makes & models of oscillator. Anywhere from CEP-stabilized femtosecond Ti:Sapphire oscillators to ultra-narrow-linewidth CW Ti:Sapphire oscillators. With up to 10 Watts CW average power at 532nm in a TEMoo spatial mode, LH series lasers has quickly proven itself as the perfect DPSS pump laser for all types of Ti:Sapphire or dye laser.
Ideal for pumping of:

Trestles LH Ti:Sapphire laser
T&D-scan laser spectrometer based on narrow line CW Ti:Sapphire laser
 

Pismo pulse picker
The Pismo pulse picker systems is as a pulse gating system that lets single pulses or group of subsequent pulses from a femtosecond or picosecond pulse train pass through the system, and stops other radiation. The system is perfectly suitable for most commercial femtosecond oscillators and amplifiers. The system can pick either single pulses, shoot bursts (patterns of single pulses) or pick group of subsequent pulses (wider square-shaped HV pulse modification). HV pulse duration (i.e. gate open time) is 10 ns in the default Pismo 8/1 model, but can be customized from 3 to 1250 ns upon request or made variable. The frequency of the picked pulses starts with single shot to 1 kHz for the basic model, and goes up to 100 kHz for the most advanced one.
The Pockels cell is supplied with a control unit that is capable of synching to the optical pulse train via a built-in photodetector unit, while electric trigger signal is also accepted. Two additional delay channels are available for synching of other equipment to the pulse picker operation. Moreover, USB connectivity and LabView-compatible drivers save a great deal of your time on storing and recalling presets, and setting up some automated experimental setups. One control unit is capable of driving of up to 3 Pockels cells, and this comes handy in complex setups or contrast-improving schemes. The system can also be modified to supply two HV pulses to one Pockels cell unit, making it a 2-channel pulse picker system. This may be essential for injection/ejection purposes when building a regenerative or multipass amplifier system.
 
New laser spectrometer OB' for research studies demanding fine resolution and high spectral density of radiation within UV-VIS-NIR spectral domains New laser spectrometer T&D-scan for research  that demands high resolution and high spectral density in UV-VIS-NIR spectral domains - now available with new pump option!
The T&D-scan includes a CW ultra-wide-tunable narrow-line laser, high-precision wavelength meter, an electronic control unit driven through USB interface as well as a software package. Novel advanced design of the fundamental laser component implements efficient intra-cavity frequency doubling as well as provides a state-of-the-art combined ultra-wide-tunable Ti:Sapphire & Dye laser capable of covering together a super-broad spectral range between 275 and 1100 nm. Wavelength selection components as well as the position of the non-linear crystal are precisely tuned by a closed-loop control system, which incorporates highly accurate wavelength meter.

Reserve a spot in our CW lasers training workshop in San Diego, California. Come to learn how to build a CW Ti:Sapphire laser from a kit
 

Near IR viewers
High performance infrared monocular viewers are designed to observe radiation emitted by infrared sources. They can be used to observe indirect radiation of IR LED's and diode lasers, Nd:YAG, Ti:Sapphire, Cr:Forsterite, dye lasers and other laser sources. IR viewers are ideal for applications involving the alignment of infrared laser beams and of optical components in near-infrared systems. Near IR viewers sensitive to laser radiation up to 2000 nm.
The light weight, compact monocular may be used as a hand-held or facemask mounted for hands free operation.

Ultraviolet viewers are designed to observe radiation emitted by UV sources.

AOTF Infrared Spectrometer
Del Mar Photonics offer a handheld infrared spectrometer based on the acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF). This instrument is about the size and weight of a video camera, and can be battery operated. This unique, patented device is all solid-state with no moving parts. It has been sold for a wide variety of applications such as liquid fuel analysis, pharmaceutical analysis, gas monitoring and plastic analysis. Miniature AOTF infrared spectrometer uses a crystal of tellurium dioxide to scan the wavelength. Light from a light source enters the crystal, and is diffracted into specific wavelengths. These wavelengths are determined by the frequency of the electrical input to the crystal. Since there are no moving parts, the wavelength scanning can be extremely fast. In addition, specific wavelengths can be chosen by software according to the required algorithm, and therefore can be modified without changing the hardware. After the infrared radiation reflects off of the sample, it is converted into an electrical signal by the detector and analyzed by the computer. Del Mar Photonics is looking for international distributors for RAVEN - AOTF IR spectrometer for plastic identification and for variety of scientific and industrial collaborations to explore futher commercial potential of AOTF technology.
New: AOTF spectrometer to measure lactose, fat and proteins in milk
 

Open Microchannel Plate Detector MCP-MA25/2

Open Microchannel Plate Detector MCP-MA25/2 - now in stock!
Microchannel Plate Detectors MCP-MA series are an open MCP detectors with one or more microchannel plates and a single metal anode. They are intended for time-resolved detection and make use of high-speed response properties of the MCPs. MCP-MA detectors are designed for photons and particles detection in vacuum chambers or in the space. MCP-MA detectors are used in a variety of applications including UV, VUV and EUV spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, TOF mass–spectrometry of clusters and biomolecules, surface studies and space research.
MCP-MA detectors supplied as a totally assembled unit that can be easily mounted on any support substrate or directly on a vacuum flange. They also can be supplied premounted on a standard ConFlat flanges. buy online - ask for research discount!

 

Hummingbird EMCCD camera Hummingbird EMCCD camera
The digital Hummingbird EMCCD camera combines high sensitivity, speed and high resolution.
It uses Texas Instruments' 1MegaPixel Frame Transfer Impactron device which provides QE up to 65%.
Hummingbird comes with a standard CameraLink output.
It is the smallest and most rugged 1MP EMCCD camera in the world.
It is ideally suited for any low imaging application such as hyperspectral imaging, X-ray imaging, Astronomy and low light surveillance.
It is small, lightweight, low power and is therefore the ideal camera for OEM and integrators.
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Femtosecond Transient Absorption Measurements system Hatteras Hatteras-D femtosecond  transient absorption data acquisition system
Future nanostructures and biological nanosystems will take advantage not only of the small dimensions of the objects but of the specific way of interaction between nano-objects. The interactions of building blocks within these nanosystems will be studied and optimized on the femtosecond time scale - says Sergey Egorov, President and CEO of Del Mar Photonics, Inc. Thus we put a lot of our efforts and resources into the development of new Ultrafast Dynamics Tools such as our Femtosecond Transient Absorption Measurements system Hatteras. Whether you want to create a new photovoltaic system that will efficiently convert photon energy in charge separation, or build a molecular complex that will dump photon energy into local heat to kill cancer cells, or create a new fluorescent probe for FRET microscopy, understanding of internal dynamics on femtosecond time scale is utterly important and requires advanced measurement techniques.

Reserve a spot in our Ultrafast Dynamics Tools training workshop in San Diego, California.
 

Beacon Femtosecond Optically Gated Fluorescence Kinetic Measurement System - request a quote  - pdf
Beacon together with Trestles Ti:sapphire oscillator, second and third harmonic generators. Femtosecond optical gating (FOG) method gives best temporal resolution in light-induced fluorescence lifetime measurements. The resolution is determined by a temporal width of femtosecond optical gate pulse and doesn't depend on the detector response function. Sum frequency generation (also called upconversion) in nonlinear optical crystal is used as a gating method in the Beacon femtosecond fluorescence kinetic measurement system. We offer Beacon-DX for operation together with Ti: sapphire femtosecond oscillators and Beacon-DA for operation together with femtosecond amplified pulses.

Reserve a spot in our Ultrafast Dynamics Tools training workshop in San Diego, California.
 

Del Mar Photonics adaptive optics and wavefront sensors: ShaH-0620 wavefront sensor with telescope Wavefront Sensors: ShaH Family
A family of ShaH wavefront sensors represents recent progress of Del Mar Photonics in Shack-Hartmann-based technology. The performance of Shack-Hartmann sensors greatly depends on the quality of the lenslet arrays used. Del Mar Photonics. developed a proprietary process of lenslet manufacturing, ensuring excellent quality of refractive lenslet arrays. The arrays can be AR coated on both sides without interfering with the micro-lens surface accuracy. Another advantage of the ShaH wavefront sensors is a highly optimized processing code. This makes possible real-time processing of the sensor data at the rate exceeding 1000 frames per second with a common PC. Due to utilizing low-level programming of the video GPU, it is possible to output the wavefront data with a resolution up to 512x512 pixels at a 500+ Hz frame rate. This mode is favorable for controlling modern LCOS wavefront correctors.
The family of ShaH wavefront sensors includes several prototype models, starting from low-cost ShaH-0620 suitable for teaching laboratory to a high-end high-speed model, ShaH-03500. The latter utilizes a back-illuminated EM-gain CCD sensor with cooling down to -100°C. This makes it possible to apply such a wavefront sensor in astronomy, remote sensing, etc.
 
Terahertz systems, set ups and components
New band pass and long pass THz optical filters based on porous silicon and metal mesh technologies.
Band pass filters with center wavelengths from 30 THz into GHz range and transmissions up to 80% or better. Standard designs
with clear aperture diameters from 12.5 to 37.5 mm.
Long pass filters with standard rejection edge wavelengths from 60 THz into GHz range. Maximum transmission up to 80% or
better, standard designs at 19.0 and 25.4 mm diameters.
Excellent thermal (from cryogenic to 600 K) and mechanical properties
THz products:
THz Spectrometer kit with Antenna
THz transmission setup
THz time domain spectrometer Pacifica fs1060pca
THz time domain spectrometer Pacifica fs780pca
THz detectors: Golay cell and LiTaO3 piroelectric detectors
PCA - Photoconductive Antenna as THz photomixer
Pacifica THz Time Domain Spectrometer - Trestles Pacifica
Holographic Fourier Transform Spectrometer for THz Region
Wedge TiSapphire Multipass Amplifier System - THz pulses generation
Terahertz Spectroscopic Radar Mobile System for Detection of Concealed Explosives
Band pass filters with center wavelengths from 30 THz into GHz range
Long pass filters with standard rejection edge wavelengths from 60 THz into GHz range
Generation of THz radiation using lithium niobate
Terahertz crystals (THz): ZnTe, GaAs, GaP, LiNbO3 - Wedge ZnTe

iPCA - interdigital Photoconductive Antenna for terahertz waves
Large area broadband antenna with lens array and high emitter conversion efficiency
iPCA with LT-GaAs absorber, microlens array for laser excitation wavelengths
l £  850 nm, adjusted hyperhemispherical silicon lens with a high power conversion efficiency of 0.2 mW THz power / W optical power. The iPCA can be used also as large area THz detector. The two types iPCAp and iPCAs have the same active interdigital antenna area but different contact pad directions with respect to the electrical THz field.
Interdigital Photoconductive Antenna for terahertz waves generation using femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser

THz books
  Fifth Harmonic Generator for Nd:YAG lasers
The Fifth Harmonic Generator model LG105 is compatible with any pulsed Nd:YAG laser, and is designed to produce UV-radiation at 213 nm. The
Nd:YAG laser, equipped with LG105, is a versatile device, and in many applications can eliminate the necessity for excimer lasers. Solid state technology that does not use toxic gases and costs less gives you the advantages of both consistent, day-to-day operation and low maintenance. A high quality BBO crystal is used in the LG105 as the non-linear element, providing up to 20% conversion efficiency into 213 nm. The non-linear crystal is placed in a special cell ensuring long lifetime of BBO without any degradation or breakage. A harmonic separation system installed in LG105 provides nearly 100 % spectral purity of the output at 213 nm. The LG105 Fifth Harmonic Generator gives you not only high power output but also excellent radiation stability
 
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Training Workshops

Come to San Diego next summer! Attend one of our training workshops in San Diego, California during summer 2011
Del Mar Photonics has presented training workshops for customers and potential customers in the past 3 years.
Our workshops cover scientific basics, technical details and provide generous time for hands-on training.
Each workshop is a three-day seminar conducted by professional lecturer from 10am to 4pm. It includes lunch, as well as a training materials. We have also reserved two days for Q&A sessions, one-on-one system integration discussions, social networking, and San Diego sightseeing.

The following training workshops will be offered during this summer:
1. Femtosecond lasers and their applications
2. CW narrow line-width widely tunable lasers and their applications
3. Adaptive optics and wavefront sensors

4. Ultrafast (femtosecond) dynamics tools

Featured Customer

Trestles LH10-fs/CW laser system at UC Santa Cruz Center of Nanoscale Optofluidics

Del Mar Photonics offers new Trestles fs/CW laser system which can be easily switched from femtosecond mode to CW and back. Having both modes of operation in one system dramatically increase a number of applications that the laser can be used for, and makes it an ideal tool for scientific lab involved in multiple research projects.
Kaelyn Leake is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering. She graduated from Sweet Briar College with a B.S. in Engineering Sciences and Physics. Her research interests include development of nanoscale optofluidic devices and their applications. Kaelyn is the recipient of a first-year QB3 Fellowship. In this video Kaelyn talks about her experimental research in nanoscale optofluidics to be done with Trestles LH laser.

Reserve a spot in our femtosecond Ti:Sapphire training workshop in San Diego, California during summer 2011


Frequency-stabilized CW single-frequency ring Dye laser DYE-SF-007 pumped by DPSS DMPLH laser installed in the brand new group of Dr. Dajun Wang at the The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
DYE-SF-077 features exceptionally narrow generation line width, which amounts to less than 100 kHz. DYE-SF-077 sets new standard for generation line width of commercial lasers. Prior to this model, the narrowest line-width of commercial dye lasers was as broad as 500 kHz - 1 MHz. It is necessary to note that the 100-kHz line-width is achieved in DYE-SF-077 without the use of an acousto-optical modulator, which, as a rule, complicates the design and introduces additional losses. A specially designed ultra-fast PZT is used for efficient suppression of radiation frequency fluctuations in a broad frequency range. DYE-SF-077 will be used in resaerch of Ultracold polar molecules, Bose-Einstein condensate and quantum degenerate Fermi gas and High resolution spectroscopy

Other News

Optical Society of Southern California meeting at UCSD OSSC 2011-04-27
Nd:YAG laser ordered by the University of Leon, UANL, Mexico
Wedge 50 Multipass Amplifier pumped with a Darwin-527-30-M DPSS Laser ordered by Hong Kong customer
New Trestles LH10-fs/CW femtosecond+CW laser ready for delivery to the University of California Santa Cruz
Trestles femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser delivered to North Carolina State University
Del Mar Photonics sponsor IONS (International OSA Network of Students) conference IONS-NA-2 in Tucson, Arizona IONS-NA-2 website
Best talk and best poster awards at IONS-Moscow 2010 conference sponsored by Del Mar Photonics
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Del Mar Photonics featured components

Del Mar Photonics continuously expands its components portfolio.


 
Solar Prisms for Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV)
Solar cells made of compound semiconductors such as gallium arsenide are very expensive. Usually very small cells are installed and various means such as mirrors, lenses, prisms, etc..are used  to concentrate sunlight on the cells. Concentration photovoltaic technology (CPV) uses the solar radiation with an efficiency of 40%, double that of conventional solar cells
Del Mar Photonics design custom Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV) and supply variety of the optical components for CPV such as solar prisms shown in the picture.
 

hexagonal light pipes, optical rods


 
Axicon Lens
Axicon lens also known as conical lens or rotationally symmetric prism is widely used in different scientific research and application. Axicon can be used to convert a parallel laser beam into a ring, to create a non diffractive Bessel beam or to focus a parallel beam into long focus depth.
Del Mar Photonics supplies axicons with cone angles range from 130° to 179.5° for use with virtually any laser radiation. We manufacture and supply axicons made from BK7 glass, fused silica and other materials.

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Del Mar Photonics offers optical elements made of high quality synthetically grown Rutile Titanium Dioxide crystals. Rutile (TiO2) coupling prisms
Del Mar Photonics offers optical elements made of high quality synthetically grown Rutile Titanium Dioxide crystals. Rutile’s strong birefringency, wide transmission range and good mechanical properties make it suitable for fabrication of polarizing cubes, prisms and optical isolators. Boules having high optical transmission and homogeneity are grown by proprietary method. Typical boules have 10 - 15 mm in dia. and up to 25 mm length. Optical elements sizes - from 2 x 2 x 1 mm to 12.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 mm. Laser grade polish quality is available for finished elements. So far we the largest elements that we manufactured are 12 x15 x 5 mm, in which optical axis is parallel to 15 mm edge, 5 mm is along beam path, 12 x 15 mm faces polished 20/10 S/D, one wave flatness, parallelism < 3 arc.min. (better specs. available on request).

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Sapphire components
Sapphire Circular Windows - Square & Rectangle - Rods
Sapphire & Ruby Rings - Sapphire & Ruby Balls - Sapphire & Ruby Nozzles
Sapphire Lenses - Ball & Seat - Special Products - Sapphire Vee & Cup Jewels
Sapphire Ceramics - Ceramic Sleeves - Ceramic Holes - Ceramic Rods
Sapphire & Ruby Orifices - Sapphire & Ruby Tubes - Sapphire Components
Sapphire Half Round Rod - Sapphire Windows - Rods & Tubes - Special Part
Sapphire Prism - Sapphire Chisel -
Sapphire Square Rod

Vacuum viewport

Del Mar Photonics offer a range of competitively priced UHV viewports , Conflat, ISO or KF including a variety of coatings to enhance performance. Del Mar Photonics viewports are manufactured using advanced techniques for control of special and critical processes, including 100 percent helium leak testing and x-ray measurements for metallization control. Windows Materials include: Fused silica, Quartz , Sapphire , MgF2, BaF2, CaF2, ZnSe, ZnS, Ge, Si, Pyrex. Standard Viewing diameters from .55" to 1.94 ".
Coating - a range of custom coatings can applied - which include
- Single QWOT
- Broad Band AR
- V coatings
- ITO
- DLC (Diamond like coating)

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Hydrogen Thyratrons are used in such devices as radars with different power levels, high-power pulsed technical, electrophysical, medical devices and lasers. Sophisticated design and high quality ceramic-metal envelope determines long lifetime and very accurate and reliable operation of hydrogen thyratrons under wide range of environmental conditions.
Applications:
- radars
- pulsed  lasers power supplies
- medical apparatus
- electrophysical instrumentation

Triggered Three-Electrode Spark Gap Switches are ceramic-metal sealed off gas discharge trigatron-type devices with a co-axial trigger electrode. These Gas Discharge Tubes contain no mercury and, due to an advanced design, feature high reliability and a long lifetime being operating under wide range of environmental conditions.
Applications:
- pulsed installation for processing materials
- installations with plasma focus
- pulse power supplies for lasers and other pulse equipment
- medical apparatus such as lithotriptors and defibrillators
- processing systems for petroleum wells

 

Trigger Transformers
Del Mar Photonics supply trigger transformers for triggered spark gaps and other applications. Contact us to today to discuss your application or requesta  quote.
Trigger Transformers are used to provide a fast high voltage pulse up to 30kV/µs and more. This high voltage pulse is applied to the trigger electrode to initiate switching action in the three-electrode spark gaps. Either positive or negative pulses can be obtained from all of the transformers.

 

We are looking forward to hear from you and help you with your optical and crystal components requirements. Need time to think about it? Drop us a line and we'll send you beautiful Del Mar Photonics mug (or two) so you can have a tea party with your colleagues and discuss your potential needs.

 

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Del Mar Photonics, Inc.
4119 Twilight Ridge
San Diego, CA 92130
tel: (858) 876-3133
fax: (858) 630-2376
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