LASER COMPONENTS GROUP
Group profile
LASER COMPONENTS is a group of companies with
three principle offices in Germany
Laser Components GmbH, America
Laser Components Instrument Group, and the UK Laser Components (UK) Ltd, and a number
of international distributors. Together
the business aims to offer an international product portfolio of laser
components to the optoelectronic industry.
LASER COMPONENTS (UK) Ltd
Company profile
LASER COMPONENTS (UK) Ltd was founded in 1993.
Since then the business has continued to grow and offer a high quality
service. In August 1999 a new Managing Director, Chris Varney, was
appointed. At the same time the business moved premises, and changed its
contact details. Already the benefits have been felt with significant
increase in business and further growth is being planned.
Quality remains our highest priority.
Delivering high quality goods to our customer is maintained through a number
of quality checks and together with our partner suppliers we continuously
improve our systems and practices to meet the increasing demands on our
business.
For any comments you have please do not
hesitate to email us,
or directly to Chris Varney,
we shall be very pleased to receive your thoughts.
LASER COMPONENTS GmbH
Company profile
LASER COMPONENTS GmbH was founded in 1982 by
Günther Paul and specialises in distribution and production of high-tech
COMPONENTS for the optoelectronic and laser industries. The company today
has 46 employees who generate a turnover of more than DM 30,000,000.
The majority of this business comes from sales
of optoelectronic components from numerous domestic and international
suppliers. An overview of our product range can be found in the
Products section.
18 years of LASER COMPONENTS GmbH
... means 18 years holding a steady course
towards customer satisfaction, success and growth, guided by thorough
specialist market knowledge and the development, production and marketing of
innovative high-technology components for the optoelectronic and laser
sectors. Through all these activities, the customer's requirements take
centre stage.
Years of competent advice to our many OEM
customers have developed a solid basis of trust and confidence, which is the
foundation for the management of the many and varied challenges which occur
daily.
Constant contact with our suppliers ensures
that our sales engineers are kept up-to-date with new product developments
and applications. This in turn means that our customers always have access
to new products at the right stage in the development of their own products.
Our efficient internal organisation, together
with the DIN/EN ISO 9001 quality management system,
ensures fast, flexible service.
LASER COMPONENTS' in-house production is
continually involved in research and development, leading to increased
know-how for us and improved products for the benefit of our customers.
Hard dielectric optical coatings
LASER COMPONENTS' in-house manufacturing
capability began in 1986 with the production of hard dielectric coatings for
laser optics and rods. The company quickly established itself as one of the
leading manufacturers of such laser optics, covering the complete spectral
range from 193 nm (UV) to 5 µm (IR).
Specially-developed high vacuum equipment is
used to coat both our own substrates as well as customer-supplied
substrates, with diameters from 4 to 200 mm. Tooling for non-standard
substrate sizes can be produced quickly in our own workshop. Urgent orders
can be dealt with by our 24-hour service on request.
Specially developed products such as
Gaussian mirrors, mirrors whose reflectivity cross-section has a
Gaussian profile, are also available.
Our manufacturing capabilities have recently been extended by the addition
of ion-assisted deposition (IAD)
to our coating process. IAD allows optical coatings to be produced featuring
tightly packed layers which minimise water content and thereby increase
damage threshold. In addition, the low process temperatures (less than 100
°C) allow components such as optical fibres, plastic optics, and cemented or
mounted components to be treated with high power coatings for laser
applications.
IR lead salt lasers
A second branch of the manufacturing
department opened in August 1993, when a technology transfer from the
Fraunhofer Institute in Freiburg saw the complete production of IV - VI
semiconductor lasers move to LASER COMPONENTS GmbH in Olching. The emission
wavelengths of such lasers lie between 3 and 25 µm, with output powers in
excess of 0.1 mW. These lead salt lasers are important spectroscopic sources
for trace gas and isotope analysis, both in universities and industrial
research facilities as well as in the field.
The manufacturing process involves crystal growth, diffusion or molecular
beam epitaxy, photolithography, contacting, mounting and testing. The entire
process is carried out in house. Following exhaustive
quality control procedures, during which the lasers are thoroughly
stress-tested, the spectroscopic characteristics of each laser are recorded
prior to delivery. The negligible level of customer complaints is a
testament to the success of these procedures.
In addition LASER COMPONENTS also offers
lasers selected for spectroscopic applications in the range 700 - 1900 nm (NIR).
Further information about our products can
also be found in our company newsletter PHOTONICS NEWS, available free of
charge and published several times per year.
For LASER COMPONENTS' representatives see
international distributors.
LASER COMPONENTS INSTRUMENT
GROUP
We have been infrared technology leaders since
1974 when the roots of this company were established to be the first to
commercialize Lead-Salt Laser Diodes . Since becoming a part of the Laser
Components family of companies, we have expanded our technology to include
near infrared (NIR) lasers, as well as, spectrometers in the UV/VIS range.
Through the years, we have supplied Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) systems to
leading worldwide university, government and industrial laboratories and we
are proud to continue as the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of
lead-salt TDL systems. To accomplish this, we utilize the latest cryogenic,
electronic and optical developments in our designs. We offer a complete line
of TDL systems, support components, control electronics, modular optical
assemblies, detectors, etalons, gas sample cells, software and other
accessories. In addition, we offer custom TDL and TDL system development
capabilities.
From our 11,000 square feet facility located
in Wilmington, MA (approximately 20 miles north of Boston), we develop
sophisticated tunable diode laser (TDL) instruments primarily for high
resolution infrared spectroscopic applications. Our technology offers high
spectral resolution and high measurement sensitivity easily surpassing even
the most advanced commercially available FTIR systems.
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