WORLD’S LEADING SOURCE
OF LASER SOLUTIONS
Continuum Custom Lasers
World-Class Custom Laser Solutions
Continuum recognizes the need for special custom solutions to unique applications in the scientific and industrial marketplace. For over a quarter of a century,
Continuum has offered world-class,
powerful custom laser designs. In the
last ten years alone, our custom laser
group has designed and delivered over
250 custom lasers.
The Design Team To Make It Work
From high energy glass, to multiTerawatt chirped pulse amplification to
miniature high repetition rate lasers,
Continuum can design the right solution
for our customers. Our custom laser laboratory is run by a design team of Ph.D.
laser physicists with the knowledge and
experience to ensure that customer
expectations are surpassed every time.
Continuum boasts the largest empirical
database of system components performance of any company resulting in
failsafe engineering.
CUSTOM LASER SPECIFICATIONS
Mode-Locked Picosecond Nd:YAG Laser
DESCRIPTION
Regenerative Amplifiers
Nd:YAG
Nd:YLF
Nd:Glass
Ti:Sapphire
Q-switched Lasers
Nd:YAG
Nd:YLF
Nd:Glass
Macropulse Lasers
SLM
Nd:YAG
Nd:YLF
Nd:Glass
Mode-Locked
Nd:YAG
Nd:YLF
Nd:Glass
Mode-Locked Lasers
Pulsed Nd:YAG
CW Nd:YAG
Pulsed Nd:YLF
Glass Lasers
Nd:Glass
Pulsewidth
Repetition
Rate
15 ps - 3 ns
>10 ps
>1 ps
>50 fs
<100 Hz
<100 Hz
<5 Hz
10 Hz
1500 mJ
1500 mJ
to 75 Joules
<500 mJ
3 ns - 200 ns
3 ns - 200 ns
3 ns -200 ns
<100 Hz
<100 Hz
<5 Hz
15 Joules
10 Joules
300 Joules
3-80 µs
3-80 µs
3-80 µs
<100 Hz
<100 Hz
<5 Hz
15 Joules
10 Joules
300 Joules
3-80 µs
3-80 µs
3-80 µs
<100 Hz
<100 Hz
<5 Hz
15 Joules
10 Joules
300 Joules
15 - 300 ps
100 - 300 ps
10 - 300 ps
<20 Hz
30 - 100 MHz
<100 Hz
500 mJ
1W
500 mJ
10 ps - 100 ns <5 Hz
Typical Maximum
Energies at fundumental
150 Joules
MULTIPLE PULSE
Macropulse
Pulsewidth
Micropulse
Pulsewidth
Macropulse
Rep Rate
Micropulse
Rep Rate
Total
Energy
Nd:YAG
Ruby
<100 µs
<100 µs
5-50 ns
~20 ns
<50 Hz
<1 ppm
<100 MHz
<100 MHz
<5 Joules
<40 Joules
CUSTOM LASERS
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Modular Design Is The Key
Continuum’s custom lasers are built with modularity in
mind. In fact, the modules used in our custom designs are
the same ones found in our standard laser series giving
these lasers the benefit of time-proven reliability.
Continuum’s custom lasers are built to be flexible, versatile
and easy to upgrade. We can even incorporate a wide
range of other company’s components, such as seeders.
By building these systems with readily available standard
components, our entire service organization is automatically capable of servicing the laser, allowing our customers
to have the same quick, reliable service that they would
receive with our standard line.
Experience With A Wide Range of Materials
• Ruby
• Nd:YAG
• Nd:YLF
• Nd:Phosphate
• Nd:Silicate glasses
• Ti:Sapphire
Caption
• Er:YAG
• Er:Glass.
Continuum’s custom systems are capable of producing
energies as high as 150 Joules per pulse and peak powers
as high as 5 Terawatts.
Quality Custom Systems From A Company You Can Depend On
Continuum is the only manufacturer of scientific laser products that operates under the strict quality guidelines of ISO
9001, EN 46001, FDA and CDRH. Producing high quality,
reliable laser systems is our primary goal.
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LONG-PULSE Nd:YAG LASER
100 ns SLM TEM00 300 mJ 1064 nm
CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM
Delivering over 4 TW peak power
MEGALITE LASER
The premier Ti:Sapphire Pump Laser delivering 5 J of
532 nm at 10 Hz
HIGH REP-RATE MODE-LOCKED Nd:YLF LASER
Nd:GLASS MACROPULSE SYSTEM
For short pulse, high average power at 266 nm
Delivering 4 J of 532 nm at 40 µs
CAUTION
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION
AVOID EYE OR SKIN EXPOSURE TO DIRECT
OR SCATTERED RADIATION.
CLASS 4 LASER PRODUCT
ENERGY: <150J
PULSEWIDTH: 30fs <
τ < 1ms
WAVELENGTH: 200nm < λ < 10µm
Continuum Electro-Optics, Inc. is
ISO 9001 Certified
Photonic Solutions PLC.
email: [email protected]
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