High Power, Fixed Wavelength, Narrowband Output
The Aries-2 series is a family of fixed-wavelength, narrowband mid-IR lasers with 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 systems include a SideKick laser controller, which gives you flexible, precise control of laser output power, temperature, and pulse parameters.
Highlights
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 fiber 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 characterization
- Optical fiber testing
- OPA/OPO seeding
- Detector calibration
Product Specifications
| Center Wavelength Availability | 4-11 μm |
| Spatial Mode | TEM00 (nominal) |
| Beam Divergence | < 4 mrad (full angle, 1/e2 intensity width) |
| Beam Diameter | < 5 mm2 (1/e2 width) |
| Ellipticity | < 1.5 |
| Pulse Repetition Frequency | CW to 1 MHz |
| Rise/Fall Time (10-90%) | < 100 ns |
| QCL Compliance Voltage | < 17 VDC |
| QCL Operating Current | < 3 A |
| Operating Range (Case Temp) | 15 – 55 °C |
| Dimensions (L×W×H) | 14 × 7 × 8.6 cm |
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