March 2018 Newsletter Out Now
The Elliot Scientific March newsletter is now available. In this issue we introduce the Hyperchromator from Mountain Photonics as an efficient tuneable broadband light source, Siskiyou Go Large with bigger IXF mounts in a choice of materials, Gamma Scientific push into the near infra-red with their latest RS-7 SpectralLED light source, and EXFO expand their range of benchtop test and measurement equipment. Plus Magnetism 2018 and Photonex London…
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New High Brightness Tunable Broadband Light Source
Energetiq‘s new Laser-Driven Tunable Light Source (LDTLS™) is a compact, fully integrated and highly stable tunable broadband light source based on their proven Laser-Driven Light Source (LDLS™) technology. The LDTLS™ utilises the EQ-77 LDLS™ source and features the highest brightness and output flux available in a tunable broadband product.
The water-cooled LDTLS™ offers an extremely long lifetime (approximately 9000 hours between bulb changes) for low cost of ownership. It has high stability, very low noise, and is coupled with a precision high-performance monochromator for accurate wavelength selection and repeatable light output across the range of 300 to 1100 nm.
The spectral resolution can be customised for application specific purposes and ranges in bandwidth from 1 to 10 nm. The fibre coupled output is both flexible and convenient for delivering wavelength selected light to precisely where it is needed. OEMs, please contact us for more information.
Applications
- Optical Testing
- Process Monitoring and Control
- VIS/NIR Spectroscopy
- Scientific Research
- Thin-Film Measurements
- Materials Characterization
Researchers to benefit with expanded range of lasers from IPG Photonics
Elliot Scientific is now able to offer a broader range of CW/modulated lasers and amplifiers with up to 200 W power from IPG Photonics to researchers. These reliable diode-pumped amplifiers and lasers use doped optical fibres as gain media, and all are compact, air-cooled and use direct diode pumping for optimum efficiency.
The types currently available are:
- 1.0 micron – Ytterbium-doped fibre lasers & amplifiers
- 1.5 micron – Erbium-doped fibre lasers, amplifiers & broadband sources
- 2.0 micron – Thulium-doped fibre lasers
- Raman fibre lasers operating between 1200 and 1500 nm
- Green fibre lasers delivering high power at 532 nm
The range includes models available with random or linearly polarised output, single frequency options, and a variety of powers. Please contact us for up to date information.
New Minimum Pulse Distortion Optics from FEMTOLASERS
New optics for ultrafast TiS lasers from FEMTOOPTICS by FEMTOLASERS are optimised to induce minimum pulse distortion:
- 2″ dielectric 5 & 10% beamsplitters | sub-7 fs | p-polarised
- Constant splitting ratio over a large spectral bandwidth
- Minimum GDD upon both reflection and transmission
- 3″ dielectrically enhanced Ag mirrors
- High reflectance and low GDD over ~ one optical octave
- 3″ ultra broadband dielectric 0° and 45° mirrors
- High reflectance
- Maximum bandwidth achievable with non-dispersive dielectric mirrors
For more information about these and other FEMTOLASERS’ products, please contact us.
FEMTOOPTICS – New catalogue out for 2015/2016
FEMTOLASERS™ has released the latest 2015/2016 version of its popular catalogue for the FEMTOOPTICS™ line of premier optical components. The range fully supports ultrafast applications and helps to exploit the capabilities of femtosecond lasers by covering the entire beam path – from source to target and from generation to detection. Products include:
- Negative dispersive mirrors
- Low dispersive optics
- Ultra broadband optics
Highlights include:
- GDD-optimised fluorescence filters
- Octave-spanning, GDD-minimised dichroic filters – enabling the implementation of sub-7-fs pulses in nonlinear microscopy
- Components for the visible – 450-700 nm for use with sub-7 fs pulses
- Broadband dispersive mirrors
- Low dispersion beam-splitters
FEMTOOPTICS™ – designed for ease-of-use to allow you to focus on your application and nothing else. Download the catalogue here.
For more information on FEMTOLASERS™ optics and laser systems, contact us now.
Custom Lake Shore CRX Probe Station with CRAIC Spectrophotometer installed at Southampton
Elliot Scientific recently installed a unique integration of Lake Shore CRX micro-manipulated probe station, CRAIC Technologies InGaS Spectrophotometer, and Zeiss microscope at the University of Southampton’s Centre for Photonic Metamaterials.
Combining our knowledge of both CRAIC and Lake Shore products, we offset mounted a Zeiss microscope carrying the CRAIC Spectrophotometer onto the probe station.
The microscope was supported in a custom manufactured rig to provide smooth movement in three axes above the sample chamber, enabling the researchers to closely observe the optical properties of nanostructured materials at cryogenic temperatures through a broadband objective lens of special design.
Contact us if your next project requires a custom engineering solution. We can help.
FEMTOOPTICS – New catalogue out for 2013/2014
FEMTOLASERS™ has released the latest version of its popular catalogue for the FEMTOOPTICS™ line of premier optical components. The range fully supports ultrafast applications and helps to exploit the capabilities of femtosecond lasers by covering the entire beam path – from source to target and from generation to detection. Products include:
- Negative dispersive mirrors
- Low dispersive optics
- Ultra broadband optics
Highlights include:
- GDD-optimised fluorescence filters
- Octave-spanning, GDD-minimised dichroic filters – enabling the implementation of sub-7-fs pulses in nonlinear microscopy
- Components for the visible – 450-700 nm for use with sub-7 fs pulses
- Broadband dispersive mirrors
- Low dispersion beam-splitters
FEMTOOPTICS™ – designed for ease-of-use to allow you to focus on your application and nothing else.
In addition, new datasheets are now available for download via our FEMTOLASERS™ oscillator and amplifier products pages.
For more information on FEMTOLASERS™ optics and laser systems, contact us now.
Want next-day* high-energy laser optics? Contact Elliot Scientific.
An extensive range of quality high-energy laser mirrors, beamsplitters, waveplates, partial reflectors, polarisers and coated windows are quickly available through Elliot Scientific from leading US fabricator OptiSource.
- Specialists in Waveplates and Polarisers
- Beamsplitters, Lenses and Mirrors
- Custom or OEM quantities
- Consistent quality
- Competitive pricing
OptiSource place a strong emphasis on polarising optics. Low, Multiple and Zero-order waveplates are available in a choice of assemblies with ring mounting optional. OptiSource produce crystal quartz rotators at standard wavelengths in 45° or 90° rotation and calcite polarisers in Glan Thompson, Glan Laser, Glan Taylor, Wallaston and Rochon configurations. Beamsplitter cubes are also offered in various sizes for spectral ranges from 248 to 1550 nm.
For a catalogue, UK stock availability and pricing, please contact us.
* Next working day if optics in stock.Energetiq® EQ-99CAL Calibrated Laser-Driven Light Source Launched
Traditional calibration sources for radiometric calibration, such as Deuterium, Quartz Tungsten Halogen, and Xenon-arc, all have limitations in spectral range. No single source covers the full UV-Visible range from 200 to 800 nm with output at comparable levels across that spectrum. In addition, traditional sources require recalibration after 100 hours or less of use and lamp replacement typically after 500 hours.
With its revolutionary Laser-Driven Light Source™ (LDLS), Energetiq offers a calibration solution that addresses these limitations and provides a single, broadband, high brightness source for radiometric calibration. The EQ-99CAL combines radiometric performance with long life, longer recalibration intervals, and low cost of ownership. Certification is from the UK’s respected National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
The Energetiq® LDLS™ uses a laser activated plasma to generate light without electrodes to enable extreme high brightness over a broad spectral range, from 170 nm through to visible and beyond, combined with lifetimes an order of magnitude longer than traditional lamps.
For more information about this new and exciting light source, contact us now.
FEMTOOPTICS – New catalogue out plus 10% off orders in November
FEMTOLASERS™ has expanded its popular FEMTOOPTICS™ line of premier optical components and issued a new catalogue for 2012. The range fully supports ultrafast applications and helps to exploit the capabilities of femtosecond lasers by covering the entire beam path – from source to target and from generation to detection. Products include:
- Negative dispersive mirrors
- Low dispersive optics
- Ultra broadband optics
Among the new highlights included in the catalogue are:
- Optics for non-linear microscopy
- Deep UV spectral range components, such as steering optics and dispersive mirrors
- Ultra broadband reflective phase retarders
- An integrated dispersion fine tuning unit
- Dielectric beam splitters for sub-25 fs pulses
To celebrate the launch of this new catalogue, Elliot Scientific are offering 10% off the list price on all stock optics ordered before the end of November 2011.
FEMTOOPTICS™ – designed for ease-of-use to allow you to focus on your application and nothing else.
For more information on these optics and others we offer, contact us now.
Energetiq® Update LDLS™ Series Datasheets
Energetiq® have released a new set of datasheets for their award-winning revolutionary LDLS™ – Laser-Driven Light Source – technology that’s available through Elliot Scientific. Enabling extreme high brightness over a broad spectral range, Energetiq® lamps use laser activated plasma to generate light without electrodes.
Already established in the Semiconductor sector, Lifescience researchers are now benefiting from these point light sources that can offer up to 10x the intensity of traditional lamps, longer working lives, and therefore lower cost of ownership in the long term.
For more information about this new and exciting light source, contact us now.
High performance stock laser optics from Elliot Scientific
An extensive range of high energy laser mirrors, beamsplitters, waveplates, partial reflectors, polarisers and coated windows are quickly available through Elliot Scientific from leading US glass shop OptiSource.
- Specialists in Waveplates and Polarisers
- Beamsplitters, Lenses and Mirrors
- Custom or OEM quantities
- Consistent quality
- Competitive pricing
OptiSource place a strong emphasis on polarising optics. Low, Multiple and Zero-order waveplates are available in a choice of assemblies with ring mounting optional. OptiSource produce crystal quartz rotators at standard wavelengths in 45° or 90° rotation and calcite polarisers in Glan Thompson, Glan Laser, Glan Taylor, Wallaston and Rochon configurations. Beamsplitter cubes are also offered in various sizes for spectral ranges from 248 to 1550 nm.
For a catalogue, UK stock availability and pricing, please contact us.
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