High Power Picosecond Ultraviolet Laser

Newport Spectra-Physics unveiled its high-power picosecond Pantera laser. This diode-pumped solid-state laser uses an innovative fiber amplifier platform to deliver 12 W of stabilized UV power at a wavelength of 355 nm. The instrument provides picosecond laser pulses at a very high repetition rate of 80 MHz, and offers excellent mode quality (TEM00). It is ideal for a wide range of OEM applications, particularly in solar cell, flat panel display, printed circuit board and semiconductor manufacturing. The UV laser uses a Master Oscillator Power Fiber Amplifier (MOPFA) design with a mode-locked seed laser, a powerful fiber amplifier and highly-efficient frequency conversion. This design provides a unique combination of high UV power, excellent beam quality and reliability.