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Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY

Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY
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Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY - 1

Quanta-Ray Nd:YAG Laser Family ® UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY The Quanta-Ray Advantage • Repetition rates from 1 to 100 Hz with energies in excess of 2.5 J per pulse • Gold elliptical pump chambers • Sealed beam paths • High-quality, high-damage-threshold optics from Spectra-Physics’ dedicated in-house coating lab • Single-rod and dual-rod oscillators • Support by Newport’s global services with worldwide local support Spectra-Physics® Quanta-Ray® high-pulse energy Nd:YAG lasers are recognized world wide for their unsurpassed performance, reliability and quality. They incorporate pioneering technologies such as dual-rod oscillators, gold-coated elliptical pump chambers, internal sealed beam paths, and high-damage-threshold optics from Spectra-Physics’ advanced coatings lab—all combine to create the best beam quality and highest energies in the industry. The heart of the Quanta-Ray laser is its unique pump chamber. The chamber strikes the perfect balance between efficiency and beam mode quality by employing elliptical goldcoated reflectors to couple the lamps into the Nd:YAG rod. The gold surfaces provide high reflectivity at pump wavelengths while attenuating UV wavelengths. Proprietary diffusion techniques ensure uniform illumination of the Nd:YAG rod. Quanta-Ray lasers are also the only lasers on the market to feature completely sealed internal beam paths through the use of nitrogen-purged beam tubes. Sealed beam paths greatly extend the longevity of optical coatings by shielding all optical components from harmful contaminants in even the harshest of environments. Spectra-Physics uses only Sol-Gel coated pockels cells. This coating greatly enhances the lifetime of the cells and improves the performance of the laser system. BBO FHGs give highest energies, best beam quality and highest damage thresholds. These features lead to the best “bumper-to-bumper” one-year warranty on all optics, mechanics and electronics available from a pulsed YAG supplier. Applications • Pumping of dye lasers, Ti:Sapphire lasers, OPAs and OPOs • LIDAR • Remote sensing • LIBS • Laser-induced fluorescence • CARS • Flow visualization • Plastic and ceramic components marking • Laser cleaning and ablation Newly incorporated modern digital signal processing (DSP) electronics in all Quanta-Ray Nd:YAG lasers provide a modern control system for the user. Direct digital interface and Graphical User Interface (GUI) enables intuitive control of the system and si

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The Quanta-Ray® Pro series represents Spectra-Physics' highest pulse energy Nd:YAG lasers. They incorporate the Lab series single or dual-rod oscillators with two amplifier stages resulting in output energies up to 2.5 J per pulse. The patented intra-oscillator birefringence compensation design in the Lab series is the key to producing the superior beam quality that allows the Pro series to achieve higher repetition rates and higher average powers than any other high-power Nd:YAG laser on the market. Options include BeamLok® for active beam pointing stabilization and D-Lok®. BeamLok enables...

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Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY - 3

Quanta-Ray' Lab Series The Quanta-Ray® Lab series represent the intermediate range of oscillator-only lasers with output energies up to 1 J at 1064 nm. The Lab laser stands above its competitors because of its dual Nd:YAG rod and dual pump chamber oscillator configuration. This proprietary design provides intra-oscillator compensation for thermally-induced birefringence in the Nd:YAG rod, greatly reducing beam depolarization. This results in higher repetition rates, higher average powers and superior output beam quality than any other oscillator-only Nd:YAG laser on the market. Side View...

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Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY - 4

The Quanta-Ray INDI series are single-rod oscillator-only Nd:YAG lasers. They offer pulse energies up to 450 mJ at 1064 nm. The INDI is the most compact of the Quanta-Ray lasers, and is based upon the Quanta-Ray's unique combination of proprietary resonator design with gold-coated elliptical pump chambers to produce an output beam quality that is superior to other low-energy pulsed lasers available on the market. Performance Specifications Short Term energy Stability6 ±2% Long Term Power Drift7 <3% Beam Specifications Spatial Mode Profile8 Standard Fit Beam Pointing Stability12 <±100 prad...

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Quanta-Ray® Nd:YAG Laser Family UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND QUALITY - 5

Quanta-Ray Service Requirements 1. All specifications, unless otherwise stated, are for Q-switched 1064 nm operation and are subject to change without notice. 2. Harmonic energies are specified after separation using dichroic mirror pairs. It is also assumed that polarization of measured harmonic is in vertical polarization, making an "S” polarized reflection from dichroics. 532 nm energies are specified using Type II SHG. 355 nm energies are specified using Type II doubler. Using a Type I doubler in tripling process will result in a 10% increase in published 355 nm specification except for...

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