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22 January 2009

 

3S launches its first 1064nm pump laser module for industrial applications

3S Photonics of Nozay (Essonne near Paris), France, which manufactures laser chips, optical discrete modules and components for telecom networks, has launched its first product for non-telecom applications: the 1064 CHP 1064nm-wavelength single-mode pump laser module (with an operating wavelength range of 1050-1070nm). Custom wavelengths are available upon request.

Specifically designed for non-telecom applications, the new technology represents the next step in 3S’ strategy, manifesting its market diversification from its core activity – components for submarine and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) telecom networks.

“When purchasing Avanex’s French subsidiary in April 2007 - renamed 3S Photonics from that time - we planned a three-step development,” says managing director & CEO Alexandre Krivine. “The first stage was to recover the balance through the optimization of the existing product portfolio, made up of modules for the telecommunication market. The second phase consisted of entering new market segments in telecoms such as terrestrial pumps [with the launch of 980nm terrestrial pump laser modules in December 2007].” After completing these first two steps, 3S now aims to penetrate new markets. “The 1064 CHP precisely shows our will to diversify,” adds Krivine.

The firm says that it has leveraged and broadened its technical expertise to design a new generation of powerful seed laser modules for fiber lasers deployed in industrial systems. The technology, developed to be the heart of next-generation fiber lasers, can be used for micro-machining applications as well as in microelectronics, medical and military applications.

The new product outlines 3S’ ambition to tap such emerging fiber-laser markets. By focusing on single-mode modules, the firm aims to engage niche markets which are highly demanding in terms of performance and reliability. With what is claimed to be best-in-class operating power (up to 400mW at 850mA and a peak power of up to 1W) and unparalleled reliability records (a mean time to failure of up to 100,000 hours), 3S says that the 1064 CHP module has been qualified by many customers for materials processing applications of fiber lasers.

Key features include:

• a low-profile hermetically sealed 14-pin butterfly package with polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) pigtail;
• an integrated thermo-electric cooler (TEC), thermistor and back-facet monitor photodiode; and
• an operating temperature range of -5°to +75°C.

Also, two options are also available for the 1064 CHP:

• an FBG-stabilized version, with a fiber Bragg grating for wavelength stabilization; and
• a high-PER version, with a polarization extinction ratio exceeding 20dB.

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