• MKS Spectra-Physics

    Milpitas, CA 95035

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    1565 Barber Ln
    Milpitas, CA 95035
    United States
    https://www.spectra-physics.com
    800-775-5273

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    Spectra-Physics is a brand within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions division. The Spectra-Physics product portfolio consists of a broad spectrum of lasers for precision industrial and scientific applications. Spectra-Physics lasers combine groundbreaking technologies with deep applications expertise to deliver disruptive performance and lower total cost of ownership.

    Products

    Icefyre Fs Uv50 400w
    Breakthrough High-Power UV Femtosecond Lasers for 24/7 Micromachining of Critical MaterialsHighest average power of up to >50 W UVCombination of UV wavelength and ultra short ...
    Quasar Uv 400w
    High Power UV & Green Hybrid Fiber Lasers for Fast Precision Micromachining>80 W UV (400 μJ) or >60 W UV (300 μJ)>95 W Green (475 μJ) or >75 W Green (375 μJ)TimeShift TechnologyHigh...
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    The Solstice® Ace™ was the first femtosecond ultrafast amplifier designed, built and tested to meet rigorous industrial standards. Solstice Ace incorporates modular components...
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    The InSight® X3+™ and InSight® X3™ are built on the industry leading InSight platform designed for maximum performance and reliability with the largest installed base in the market...
    Icefyre 35550 Web1
    IceFyre® redefines picosecond micromachining lasers with a patent-pending design to achieve exceptional performance and unprecedented versatility at industry leading cost-performance...

    Press Releases

    Icefyre Fs Uv50 400w (1)
    Extends Industry-Leading Spectra-Physics Portfolio Across Femto to Nanosecond and UV to IRAndover, MA – April 25, 2022 – MKS Instruments, Inc.(NASDAQ: MKSI) introduces its Spectra...
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    Enhanced Spectra-Physics Ultra-Narrow Linewidth LasersLead Industry in Power and Tuning RangeAndover, MA – April 25, 2022 – MKS Instruments, Inc.(NASDAQ: MKSI) announces new additions...
    Ice Fyre 1064 50 400w
    New Spectra-Physics IceFyre GR50 Laser Ideal for Precision Micromachining

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    The Talon Ace UV100 pulsed nanosecond laser delivers >100 W UV and >500 µJ power. It features the company's TimeShift programmable pulse capability for refined process...
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    The Vanguard One UV125 quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) laser delivers >125 mW of UV power.
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    The Talon Ace UV100 pulsed nanosecond laser delivers >100 W UV power with >500 µJ/pulse.
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    The IceFyre FS IR200 industrial femtosecond laser offers >200 W power and >200 µJ pulse energy.
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    The Talon 532-70 DPSS laser delivers >70 W of green power.
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    The IceFyre FS UV50 laser is an industrial femtosecond laser with >50 W UV power.
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    The IceFyre GR50 laser delivers >50 W average power and >100 μJ of green pulse energy at adjustable repetition rates from single shot to 10 MHz.
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    InSight X3+ tunable ultrafast lasers offer a 680–1300 nm tuning range.
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    For the fourth straight year, Laser Focus World held its Innovators Awards program, which celebrates the disparate and innovative technologies, products, and systems found in ...
    FIGURE 1. Transparent ultrashort pulses can do a lot, or nothing at all, depending on focus condition and pulse frequency.
    High-power, high pulse-repetition-frequency picosecond technology is well suited for the task.

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    The Explorer One HP HE 355-200 laser offers greater than 200 µJ of UV pulse energy and pulse widths of less than 15 ns.
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    During the 2021 Prism Awards online event, awards were presented to groundbreaking technologies and products in 10 categories ranging from quantum and smart sensing to life sciences...
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    FIGURE 1. Two-photon excited fluorescence images of a 300-µm-thick mouse brain slice stained with Alexa 647, with excitations at 780 nm (a) and 1300 nm (b). Measurements were taken in cooperation with the Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine (Göttingen, Germany).
    Two-photon microscopy, 3D printing, and other applications all benefit from the newest generation of ultrafast fiber lasers.
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    The SPFL 532-40 new pulsed green fiber laser has >40 W output power and up to 180 µJ pulse energy in the green spectrum.
    FIGURE 1. Absorption vs. wavelength for materials commonly encountered in precision machining applications.
    UV lasers deliver machining quality and the required high throughput for finer features in complex materials.
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    The InSight X3+ ultrafast laser provides >3 W output power at 900 nm, >2.7 W at 1000 nm, and >2.4 W at 1100 nm.
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    The IceFyre 355-30 high-power industrial UV picosecond hybrid fiber laser uses TimeShift picosecond programmable pulse flexibility.
    FIGURE 1. The Cobolt Skyra multiline laser for flow cytometry (inset) is stable in both output beam power (a) and in pointing stability under temperature excursions (b).
    Single- and multiline lasers with wavelengths across the visible spectrum and beyond allow matching with numerous applications.
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    The Talon 355-45 is a Q-switched, diode-pumped, solid-state laser.
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    The Matisse C compact tunable Ti:sapphire ring laser delivers output power >6.5 W, mode-hop-free tuning.
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    While several laser parameters affect the machining results, the choice of pulse width is one of the important factors that affect the precision, throughput, quality, and economics...
    FIGURE 1. The peak power of Spectra-Physics' InSight X3 now matches or exceeds that of legacy Ti:sapphire at wavelengths 900 nm and up, and thus uniquely enables 2PM with green and red fluorescent proteins and GECIs for in vivo imaging.
    Thanks to substantial laser performance gains in the infrared, next-generation, high-peak-power ultrafast lasers are fueling a new wave of research innovation.
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    The IceFyre industrial picosecond hybrid fiber laser delivers >50 W average power and up to >200 μJ pulse energy at 1064 nm.
    FIGURE 1. The Spectra-Physics logo cut in ~1mm-thick CFRP plate.
    Fast processing speeds without carbon fiber damage are possible.
    FIGURE 1. There is a tradeoff between high repetition rate lasers suitable for point-scanning microscopy, and high peak power lasers suitable for emerging imaging techniques.
    High-performance ytterbium-based lasers and amplifiers are enabling new bioimaging modalities, and complementing established, high-repetition-rate workhorses based on other technologies...
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    The Excelsior One NB 488-50 narrow bandwidth 488 nm direct-diode laser powers bioinstrumentation applications.
    FIGURE 1. The Spirit 1040-IMC laser, an industrial femtosecond laser with high repetition rate and average power up to 16W (a), is ideally suited for use with the ClearShape process (b).
    A non-ablative femtosecond process allows machining of curvilinear and internal closed-shape features in transparent, brittle materials.
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    FIGURE 1. A diagram shows the evolution of ultrafast lasers from the original dye lasers to more-recent solid-state and fiber-based lasers.
    The femtosecond-scale pulse durations of ultrafast lasers are ideal for science, capturing physical and biological processes that normally happen too fast to measure.
    FIGURE 1. Scribe depth vs. speed for silicon, illustrating the process optimization benefit possible using TimeShift technology.
    High power, short pulse width, and higher repetition rate yield higher speed and quality.
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    The Quasar 355-60 UV laser offers >60 W with >300 microJ pulse energies.
    Spectra-Physics' Talon 355-15 Q-switched DPSS laser
    The Talon 355-15 Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser delivers >15 W of UV power, >300 µJ of pulse energy, and a 0–500 kHz repetition-rate range in micromachining ...
    FIGURE 1. Two photos of micro-stents machined by the Spirit laser.
    FIGURE 1. Scribe depth vs. speed for silicon, illustrating the process optimization benefit possible using TimeShift technology.
    Manufacturing mobile consumer electronics requires increasingly precise laser-based processing capabilities that can be met by a hybrid ultraviolet (UV) fiber laser with software...
    Quasar hybrid fiber laser from Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand
    The Quasar hybrid fiber laser produces >40 W UV power at high repetition rates in micromachining applications such as glass cutting, printed circuit board (PCB) drilling and cutting...
    FIGURE 1. ABF surface view (a) and copper substrate view (b) of ~60-μm-diameter PCB blind vias in GX series buildup film. Optimized process with short-nanosecond pulses leaves copper surface suitable for plating.
    The trend in PCB design toward smaller features at higher densities is essential to support the fast-growing market for high-tech consumer products, and in turn requires new laser...
    FIGURE 1. Plot of scribe speed as a function of laser fluence at 100 kHz PRF for scribing 30 μm deep scribe in alumina ceramic.
    Techniques to manage the high energy and high PRF available from today's Q-switched DPSS lasers.
    Excelsior One continuous-wave (CW) lasers from Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand
    The Excelsior One continuous-wave (CW) lasers include ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared (NIR) versions—all of which feature the company's It’s In the Box design, which...
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    AlphaScan is a compact integrated optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and pump laser that outputs high energies in the near-infrared (NIR) for photoacoustic imaging.
    Santa Clara, CA--AlphaScan is a compact integrated optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and pump laser that outputs high energies in the near-infrared (NIR) for photoacoustic imaging...
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    FIGURE 1. New Focus UHV Picomotor actuators are used in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) as part of the Transmission Monitor Suspended Optical Bench. This platform will monitor the light transmitted through the End Test Mass. The actuators will enable control of precision alignment from outside one of the world's largest vacuum systems.
    As the number of applications for ultrahigh-vacuum (UHV) environments increases, motion systems must be modified to manipulate optics, particle beams, and measurement devices ...
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    The Spirit compact industrial-grade ultrafast amplifier features an average power of >4 W and fully automated adjustability over repetition rates from 50 kHz to 1 MHz.
    Spectra-Physics InSight DeepSee ultrafast laser
    The InSight DeepSee ultrafast laser system for multiphoton imaging offers 680 to 1300 nm continuous tuning from a single source, 100 fs pulse widths, and peak power levels into...
    FIGURE 1. Consistency of individual ablation spots degrades at higher repetition rate and scan speed in a thin-film PV P2 scribe of a-Si panels using a typical DPSS Q-switched laser.
    A new generation of Q-switched solid-state lasers is enabling thin-film laser scribing with a new set of processing parameters: High quality scribes for amorphous-silicon thin...
    FIGURE 1. Cross section of a TFPV panel.
    Gaussian beam machining provides a wide robust processing window.
    FIGURE 1. Schematic shows the basic geometry and functioning of a thin-film solar cell.
    Better beam quality = robust laser scribing.
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    Continuing advances in all-solid-state lasers are fueling their growth in UV microelectronics processing from marking to via drilling.
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    FIGURE 1. Typical saturable Bragg reflector consists of alternate layers of high- and low-index semiconductor materials, which act as a Bragg reflector and a saturable absorber layer.
    There are a number of advantages to modelocking a continuous-wave (CW) laser. The resultant ultrafast pulses provide temporal resolution in the femtosecond or picosecond domain...
    Even with competition from solid-state alternatives, ion lasers remain unique in their ability to deliver low-cost light at key visible wavelengths, particularly 488 nm.
    Compact, rugged design of the new generation of diode-pumped visible-emitting lasers is exemplified by the 10-W 532-nm Millennia X. The driving engine of the system is a completely sealed double z-head in which fiber-coupled diode bars are used to pump the Nd:YVO4 gain medium.
    Large-scale industrial applications embrace the size, convenience, and performance of modern high-power diode-pumped visible-output lasers.