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Custom Laser Systems

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World-Class Custom Laser Solutions

Continuum
® recognizes the need for specialcustom solutions to unique applications in the scientific and industrial marketplace. For over a quarter of a century, Continuum
® has offered world-class, powerful custom laser designs. In the last ten years alone, our custom laser group has designed and delivered over 300 custom lasers.
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The Design Team To Make It Work

From high energy glass, to multi-Terawatt chirped pulse amplification, to miniature high repetition rate lasers, Continuum
® candesign the right solution for our customers. Our custom laser laboratory is run by a design team of Ph.D. laser physicists with the knowledge and experience to ensure that customer expectations are surpassed every time. Continuum
® Mode-Locked Picosecond Nd:YAG Laser boasts the largestempirical database of system components performance of any company resulting in failsafe engineering.

DESCRIPTION

PulsewidthRepetition Typical MaximumRateEnergies at fundamental Regenerative AmplifiersNd:YAG 15 ps - 3 ns 100 Hz 1500 mJ Nd:YLF 10 ps 100 Hz 1500 mJ

Modular Design Is The Key

Continuum’s custom lasers are built with modularity in mind. The modules used in our custom designs are the same ones found in our standard laser series giving these lasers the ben- efit of time-proven reliability. Continuum’s custom lasers are built to be flexible, versatile, and easy to upgrade. We can also incorporate a wide range of other company’s compo- nents, such as injection seeders. By building these systems with readily available standardcomponents, our entire service organization is automatically capable of servicing the laser, allowing our customers to have the same quick, reliable service that they would receive with our standard line.
PECIFICATIONS Nd:Glass 1 ps 5 Hzto 75 Joules
S Ti:Sapphire 50 fs 10 Hz 500 mJ Q-switched LasersNd:YAG 3 ns - 200 ns 100 Hz 15 Joules
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L Nd:Glass 3 ns - 200 ns 5 Hz 300 Joules Macropulse Lasers SLMNd:YAG
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C Nd:YLF 4 ns -80 µs 100 Hz 10 Joules Nd:Glass 4 ns -80 µs 5 Hz 300 Joules Mode-LockedNd:YAG 3-80 µs 100 Hz 15 Joules Nd:YLF 3-80 µs 100 Hz 10 Joules

Experience With A Wide Range of Materials

Nd:Glass 3-80 µs 5 Hz 300 Joules • Ruby • Nd:YAG • Nd:YLF • Nd:Phosphate • Nd:Silicate glasses • Ti:Sapphire • Er:YAG • Er:Glass Continuum’s custom systems are capable of producing ener-gies as high as 300 Joules per pulse and peak powers as high as 5 Terawatts. Mode-Locked LasersPulsed Nd:YAG 15 - 300 ps 20 Hz 500 mJ CW Nd:YAG 100 - 300 ps 30 - 100 MHz 1 W Pulsed Nd:YLF 10 - 300 ps 100 Hz 500 mJ Glass LasersNd:Glass 10 ps - 100 ns 5 Hz 150 Joules
As a part of our continuous improvement process, all specifications are subject to change without notice. MULTIPLE PULSE Macropulse MicropulseMacropulse MicropulseTotal PulsewidthPulsewidthRep RateRep RateEnergy Nd:YAG 100 µs 5-50 ns 50 Hz 100 MHz 5 Joules Ruby 100 µs ~20 ns 1 ppm 100 MHz 40 Joules