Thorlabs, Inc.

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Beam Characterization

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs offers a wide range of products that can be used for beam characterization. Properties such as intensity, degree of collimation, power, wavefront shape, and spectral properties can be measured.

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Optics

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Welcome to Thorlabs; below you will find links to optical components and systems, a subset of our entire line of photonics products. All single element optical components can be found under the optical elements link with the exception of optical components that have polarization properties since they have a separate link. Multi-element systems like beam expanders and objective lenses as well as interferometers, fiber collimators, reference cells, modulators, and other optical devices can be found by choosing the optical systems link. Thorlabs also manufactures an extensive line of free-space and fiber optic isolators; stock items ship the same day that they are ordered while our custom orders benefit from our streamlined design and manufacturing process, which minimizes lead time.

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High-Dynamic-Range Polarimeters

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

*Three Wavelength Ranges Available**400 nm - 700 nm**600 nm - 1080 nm**900 nm - 1700 nm*Rotating-Wave-Plate-Based Measurement*High Dynamic Range of 70 dB*Excellent Azimuth and Ellipticity Accuracy of ±0.25°*Sampling Rate up to 400 Samples/s*Beam Terminates Inside the Module*Ø3.0 mm Free-Space Beam Input or FC/PC Fiber Input *Fully Featured Software Includes Alignment Tool and Extinction Ratio Measurement Tool

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Light Analysis

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Welcome to Thorlabs; below you will find links to detectors and instrumentation that measure the various properties of light, a subset of our entire line of photonics products. Thorlabs offers an extensive selection of instruments that measure the properties of light. Our versatile power and energy meters can be used with over 25 different sensors in order to make NIST-traceable power and energy measurements. If the convenience of a meter is not desired, our selection of detectors includes basic photodiodes (uncalibrated and calibrated), photodetectors (biased, amplified, and avalanche), CCD and CMOS arrays, position detectors, integrating spheres, and photomultiplier tubes. The Beam Characterization category contains beam profilers (camera and scanning slit), a wavefront sensor, spectrometers, and interferometers, while the Polarimetery link leads to a selection of instruments used to measure and control the polarization of light.

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Electro-Optic Modulators

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs’ selection of electro-optic (EO) modulators includes free-space and fiber-coupled LiNbO3 modulators. Free-space amplitude, phase, or resonant modulators can operate at speeds up to 100 MHz. We also offer liquid crystal EO modulators for speeds up to 2.5 kHz. Fiber-coupled intensity, phase, or IQ modulators for speeds up to 40 GHz can be driven by our EO modulator drivers. A modulator bias controller is also available for use with fiber-coupled intensity modulators.

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Optical Fiber

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs' full line of optical fiber and fiber optic components are presented here. This includes our industry-leading selection of bare optical fiber and fiber optic patch cables as standard stock items. In addition, custom fiber patch cables can be ordered and shipped within 24 hours. Also available is an extensive line of optical fiber components including collimators, polarization controllers, fiber optic couplers, WDMs, circulators, and attenuators, as well as all of the tools and supplies needed to terminate, inspect, and clean optical fiber and fiber components.

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Light

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Welcome to Thorlabs; below you will find links to light emitters, sources, and controllers, a subset of our entire line of photonics products. Our light sources are conveniently separated into coherent and incoherent sources. The coherent source category includes laser diodes, laser diode modules, tunable lasers, HeNe lasers, and femtosecond lasers, while the incoherent source link brings you to a selection of LEDs, white light, and broadband SLD sources. The Quantum Electronics category includes optical amplifiers, modulators, and gain elements that are frequently used in research and OEM applications. All of our light sources and optical amplifiers are supported by an extensive line of mounts, sockets, TEC controllers, and current controllers.

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Optomechanical Devices

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Optomechanical devices include an optical chopper, scanning galvo mirrors, adaptive optics, a motorized pinhole wheel, a piezo objective scanner, a motorized flip mount, motorized filter wheels, and optical beam shutters.

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Fourier Transform Optical Spectrum Analyzer, 600 - 1700 nm

OSA202C

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Thorlabs, Inc.

OSA202C - Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs' Optical Spectrum Analyzers (OSAs) perform highly accurate spectral measurements. Compatible with fiber-coupled and free-space light sources, these compact benchtop instruments suit a wide variety of applications, such as analyzing the spectrum of a telecom signal, resolving the Fabry-Perot modes of a gain chip, and identifying gas absorption lines. Many commonly available OSAs use grating-based monochromators, which have slow acquisition times due to the need to mechanically scan the grating and average out noise at each wavelength. Thorlabs' OSAs acquire the spectrum via a Fourier transform using a scanning Michelson interferometer in a push/pull configuration. This approach dramatically improves the acquisition time, enables a high-precision wavelength meter mode with 7 significant figures and ±1 part-per-million accuracy, and allows the included software to provide robust statistical analysis of the acquired spectra, as explained in the Design tab.

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Extinction Ratio Meter

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

The ERM100 is an extinction ratio meter based on the rotating polarizer technique. This benchtop device offers a fast and simple way to measure the ER of Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers. It is an easy-to-use device that may be utilized in many applications where the alignment of PM fibers is required.

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Fiber End Face Interferometer

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs' GL16 End Face Interferometer measures and images the end face geometry of single- and multi-fiber connectors. A non-contact technique called scanning white-light interferometry (SWLI) provides high accuracy, repeatability, and reliability for fiber connector testing, particularly for pass/fail testing using IEC or Telcordia requirements. The system can be controlled locally through the touchscreen display or remotely through a browser-based application (see Software tab for details), allowing it to be easily integrated on the production floor.

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Ultrafast Photodetector with Current Monitor, 700 - 870 nm, DC - 25 GHz, FC/PC

DXM25CF

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Thorlabs, Inc.

DXM25CF - Thorlabs, Inc.

The DXM25CF Ultrafast Detector is a DC - 25 GHz, fiber-coupled, GaAs-based photodetector designed for applications in the 700 nm - 870 nm wavelength range. The core element of the detector is the fiber-coupled, hermetically sealed, microwave detector module. For convenience and simplicity of use, the module is mounted inside a rugged housing that includes a rechargeable battery, current monitor circuitry, and a digital display of the DC photocurrent.

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Incoherent Sources

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Our Incoherent Sources include unmounted LEDs, mounted LEDs, collimated LEDs, LED light sources, superluminescent diodes, and broadband light sources. Our collimated LEDs are particularly popular and are compatible with many microscopes. Versions are available with center wavelengths from the UV into the NIR or that emit white light.

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Actuators, Adjusters, & Transducers

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

We offer a wide range of adjustment screws, micrometers, and kinematic positioners, as well as stepper motor, DC servo, high-precision piezo inertia actuators, and voice coil actuators. Additionally, our piezoelectric offerings include modular, screw, and replaceable-tip piezoelectric actuators, as well as Langevin transducers for ultrasonic welding applications. A wide variety of piezoelectric chips and stacks are also available.

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2-Wavelength, Polarization-Maintaining WDMs

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Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs, Inc.

Thorlabs' Fused Polarization Maintaining (PM) Wavelength Division Multiplexers (WDMs) combine two wavelengths of light in PM fiber while maintaining the polarization of the incident light. These WDMs are reversible; they can also be used to split two discrete wavelengths entering the common port into two separate output ports. They are not designed to split the output from a broadband source. PM WDMs are often used for pump / signal applications that incorporate erbium-doped or ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers. They can be readily customized for a wide variety of applications, enabling rapid design cycles and new project builds. For custom requests, please contact Tech Support.