Labsphere Introduces Spectralon For Improved Laser Performance
North Sutton, New Hampshire — Lamp and diode pumped lasers and dye lasers rely on the efficiency of their laser pump reflectors for optimum performance. With greater than 99 percent reflectance, Labsphere's Spectralon® Laser Pump Reflectors provide the highest level of diffusion efficiency for peak laser output power. This efficiency, coupled with economical machined part flexibility, is an ideal choice for laser original equipment manufacturers.
Spectralon's greater than 99 percent reflectance and near-Lambertian diffuseness deliver more watts per square meter with greater beam stability and uniformity. This more predictable beam profile has reduced susceptibility to parasitic oscillations compared to metal, ceramic, or powder-based reflectors. Spectralon's long term optical stability ensures consistent and reliable laser performance over time.
Unlike expensive and intricate molded reflectors, Labsphere's machined Laser Pump Reflectors can be economically fabricated into a wide variety of shapes to meet any reflector design. In-house machining allows samples to be created quickly and easily, and modified throughout the design, prototyping and testing process. This manufacturing flexibility means low or high volume quantities can be ordered without affecting price.
Labsphere's engineering staff has an established industry-wide reputation for its knowledge and experience in laser cavity design, and often collaborates with customers to develop custom laser pump reflector designs.
About Labsphere
Part of the global Halma group of technology companies, Labsphere is a world leader in light testing and measurement, and optical coatings. The company's products include LED, laser and traditional light source light measurement systems; uniform light sources for imaging device calibration; spectroscopy accessories; and high diffuse reflectance materials and coatings for applications in backlit panel displays, computed radiography, and system calibration. Their expertise has resulted in multiple patents in areas such as methods for testing LEDs on a wafer and UV transmittance.
SOURCE: Labsphere