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World Record Power achieved in Fiber Laser

By Anonymous

CLEO-Europe, Munich June 23, 2003 -- SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.) and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), University of Southampton, UK, have demonstrated over 600 Watts from a single fiber laser. These results, which the team believes to be the highest powers reported to date with a single fiber gain module, demonstrate that cladding pumped fiber lasers can produce the high powers needed to compete with more traditional laser technology, in applications such as remote welding, by offering high powers which preserve beam quality. These results are included in a presentation this week by SPI at the CLEO Europe conference.

The team led by Dr Johan Nilsson produced over 600 Watts output power at 1090 nm from an Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser (YDFL). Ytterbium-doped fiber lasers are amongst the most efficient lasers available. According to SPI’s roadmap, single fiber, single-mode output powers well in excess of a kW will be achieved in the not too distant future. These lasers can then be combined to produce multi-kW solutions with excellent beam quality, efficiency and reliability. The work was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under their High Power Fiber Laser program.

David Parker, SPI’s CEO, commented: “This result is another example of how SPI is developing scaleable fiber laser designs and architectures, from the 100 Watt fiber laser products that we are offering today to the kilowatt fiber lasers we will be delivering in the near future. These fiber lasers reflect SPI’s execution to our roadmap of delivering advanced, manufacturable fiber laser technology to our OEMsE
                               
About SPI
SPI is at the forefront of a revolution in the design and manufacture of optical components, delivering state-of-the art products that are driving down the inventory and maintenance costs of its customers in the industrial, aerospace, analytical, communications and sensing markets. SPI’s innovations in high-power lasers, amplification and wavelength management are underpinned by its unique, patented specialty fiber technology and manufacturing capability. SPI’s current product range includes: fiber lasers and laser arrays, high-power optical amplifiers and sources, filters (fiber Bragg gratings), combining optics and dispersion compensators. SPI’s gratings have the world’s lowest distortion and combined with their ultra-low dispersion, make them very easy to use.

Contact
Christine Skellon, SPI (Southampton Photonics), Phi House, Enterprise Road, Chilworth Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK Tel: +44 (0)23 8076 5416 christine.skellon@spioptics.com

Don Spalinger: SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.), 170 Knowles Drive, Suite 212, Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA. Tel: +1 408 866 0472 x 288 don.spalinger@spioptics.com

www.spioptics.com ;    www.orc.soton.ac.uk



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New TekHut.com Website in Time for Father's Day

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Livermore, CA June 10, 2004 -- Need a hassle-free gift for Dad this Father's Day? Find a TekHut laser or pocket knife for any Dad on your list at www.tekhut.com. For the sportsman, the presenter, the business man, the mechanic, the builder, the professor, even the cat lover, there is a TekHut product for Dad.

Choose from laser key rings that conveniently fit into dad's pocket, or a combination pen with a built in laser pointer in one. Dad can use the pen for taking notes or activate the laser pointer for a visible dot visible up to 1,500 feet. He'll never be without his laser pointer again. There's even a really cool SpyTool in case Dad is rubbing elbows with James Bond.

Is Dad a cat lover? Then he'll keep the family pet entertained for hours chasing a little red or green dot around the room.

Maybe Dad is a sportsman. A wide variety of high quality, innovative and versatile laser sights, mounts, boresighters and kits are available to keep his firepower on target.

And you won't pay a lot to get quality for your Dad. Prices start below $5.00. If you are buying for more than one Dad, quantity pricing makes TekHut even more affordable.

Larry Kimminau, President of TekHut, said, "we've really made an effort to find high quality, low cost items that everyone will like and anyone can use. By offering our products over the web, we're open 24 hours/day so customers can browse and buy at their leisure and be confident that their purchasing information will be protected. Most orders ship within 24 hours. "

"With our experience developing websites for our clients through Analytic Concepts, Inc., (www.a-concept.com)" continues Kimminau, "it seemed natural to build our own e-commerce site."

So don't forget Dad on June 20! Check out http://www.tekhut.com

About TekHut
TekHut, a division of Analytic Concepts, Inc., was founded in 2004 with the intent to develop a website that showcases cutting-edge, innovative, high quality products for the discriminating buyer; thereby allowing our customers the convenience to purchase online through a secure reliable source. Our initial product offering comes from the world's leading design and manufacturer of Laser Pointers, Laser Sights and Laser Modules for the consumer and industrial markets. Based on their advanced technology, they have also developed a new generation of Laser Sights and other products for the Sporting Goods and Police markets.

We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the heart of the Silicon Valley where innovation and cutting-edge technology is constantly being created.

Visit http://www.tekhut.com

Contact information:
Larry Kimminau
408-371-3962x201
website: http://www.tekhut.com
email: pr@tekhut.com



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Blue Sky Research introduces 25mW, 405nm violet fiber-coupled laser module with polarization maintaining fiber.

By Anonymous

MILPITAS, CA May 19, 2004 –- FiberTEC405 25mW high performance violet laser is a cost effective, small package solution for biomedical instrumentation and Semiconductor Metrology. Blue Sky Research, a volume manufacturer of semiconductor lasers, laser systems and OEM components, today announced the company is accepting orders for its FTEC405TM 25mW violet laser with polarization maintain fiber. This latest release compliments the existing FiberTec product line of 635 and 405nm high stability fiber-coupled lasers. The new FiberTEC405 laser module’s power output has been increased and is now available with either a standard single mode (SMF) or polarization maintaining (PMF) single mode fiber pigtail. Additional wavelengths and configurations of 440nm, 473nm, 658nm, 690nm and 785nm are available in sample volumes. The complete FiberTEC product line will consist of violet, blue, red and near infrared versions, and includes polarization maintaining fiber and beam collimating optics options.

FiberTEC fiber-coupled modules offer considerable advantages for many applications. By separating the beam delivery system from the diode laser itself, beam quality and stability considerations are greatly simplified. The fiber can be positioned anywhere in the optical delivery system and the laser can be located at any convenient point, giving instrumentation designers more flexibility. Blue Sky Research’s microlens technology optimizes the beam profile for optimum coupling efficiency, generating maximum output power from the fiber. The output from the fiber is a near perfect circular Gaussian beam with low aberrations. Optional collimation or filtering optics can be installed at the fiber tip, allowing for a variety of different output beam profiles and spectra.

“We receive many requests for polarization preserving fiber-coupled configurations of our lasers, so we decided to integrate this feature into our complete line of integrated fiber-coupled modules,” said Chris Gladding, President and CEO of Blue Sky Research. “Stable and accurate coupling for maximum efficiency is extremely difficult. Our fiber coupling technologies enable us to mass-produce high stability laser modules that deliver optimized beam profiles with maximum output power.”

Each FiberTEC laser includes a high power laser diode coupled with a one meter single mode fiber, thermoelectric cooler and integrated drive and protection electronics in a compact (71mm x 24mm x 16mm) package. Power outputs of 15mW and 25mW are available for the FiberTEC 405 with PMF, 30mW version is available with SMF. Standard features include Automatic Power Control (APC) and Automatic Current Control (ACC) electronics. Control interface options include either a manual interface or remote control through circuit board pins. Performance meets or exceeds the best available laser sources, with very stable output power, beam pointing stability over temperature, high electrical efficiency and proven reliability.

Blue Sky Research offers laser modules for virtually any application, including spectroscopy, confocal microscopy, printing, optical data storage, and more. The 25mW FiberTEC 405 is available in volume production now. New members of the FiberTEC family will be announced soon.

About Blue Sky Research
Blue Sky Research is a vertically integrated volume manufacturer of fiber-coupled and free space, red, blue, violet, and IR laser systems, semiconductor lasers, 635nm laser diodes, and OEM laser components. With expertise in semiconductor and laser diode manufacturing and sophisticated optical/electrical engineering disciplines, the company is uniquely qualified to craft state of the art laser systems. Custom and application-specific solutions for high reliability and coupling of laser power to single mode fibers are enabled via award-winning, patented microlens technology, and telecommunications grade packaging technology. Founded in 1989, Blue Sky Research is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with production capabilities that include an in-house semiconductor foundry and offshore high volume manufacturing partnerships. More information about Blue Sky Research can be found on the Internet at www.blueskyresearch.com.

Product and Press Inquiries:               
Blue Sky Research           
Phil Armatis 408-941-6040       
parmatis@blueskyresearch.com   



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