We offer the full range of compact high performance ultrafast fiber lasers with plug & play functionality and remote installation capability manufactured by Chromacity. Chromacity is an Edinburgh-based laser manufacturer that have brought into the market a new generation of reliable, plug & play systems with a unique combination of power, wavelength coverage, and value for money. The Chromacity fixed wavelength femtosecond lasers enable users across fundamental research and industrial applications to spend less time operating equipment and more time pushing the boundaries of their work.

Fiber Laser Technology

Chromacity uses a novel architecture based on fiber lasers. Fiber lasers have the benefit of being able to generate high optical gain within the active fiber. This is because the pump light can be confined within the fiber, leading to an efficient lasing process. Short-pulse fiber laser architectures suffer from spectral broadening, where different spectral components travel at different velocities, thus causing the short pulse to broaden.

The design that Chromacity has developed makes use of a part fiber, part free space laser architecture. This allows Chromacity lasers to benefit from creating a high average power from the active fiber section whilst being able to control the intracavity dispersion of the laser pulses in the free space section, where we can insert dispersion compensating optics.

The efficiency of Chromacity laser systems results in compact ultrafast sources that do not need to be water-cooled and have a very simple user interface. The simple cavity design also lends itself to be stable, robust and affordable. This is in contrast to Ti:sapphire lasers, which are complex, bulky, and expensive to operate. While Ti:sapphire lasers can suit certain applications that demand tunability, they are much less appealing for fixed wavelength applications.

Here are some key characteristics and features of Chromacity fixed wavelength lasers:

• Fiber laser cavity design that delivers high peak power with good pulse quality
• No maintenance
• Simple to set up (by customer or remotely)
• Low installation and running costs
• Ultra efficient (wall plug efficiency) and no water cooling required
• Reliable long-term operation with minimal support requirements
• Smaller form factor and easy integration