Technical Insight
Spectra-Physics offers new 50 W laser bars (New Devices)
Mountain View, CA. Spectra-Physics Semiconductor Lasers (formerly Opto Power) has introduced a new line of 50 W laser bars. The Prolite series is offered in the 800830 nm wavelength range and is designed for hair removal and for pumping solid-state media with high reliability and long lifetime (more than 10 000 hours at rated power). The company s new Raman fiber laser, the Streamline RL, consists of a rack-mounted box containing a single 35 W semiconductor laser-bar laser source, the fiber laser, a cascaded Raman cavity and all associated power and control electronics. Delivering more than 5 W of randomly polarized power from a singlemode fiber, the turnkey system is offered at wavelengths of 1450, 1455 and 1480 nm. The product is designed for telecom component development and Telcordia reliability testing (see ). www.spectra-physics.com
