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Femto & Pico Second Lasers

Calmar Optcom is an innovator of fibre laser and fibre amplifier solutions for the needs of research institutions, universities, and industry. Calmar Optcom's research and development efforts have resulted in superior performance, high quality, and easy-to-use instrumentation of unmatched stability and reliability, intended for advanced high-speed test and measurement applications, optical communications, component characterization, material diagnosis, transmission up to 160 Gb/s, and other scientific investigations.



Calmar Optcom Picosecond Lasers

This actively mode-locked fibre laser instrument produces 1 to 10 ps pulse width signals at repetition rates of 2.5 to 40 GHz, and features ease-of-use operation, short warm-up and setup times as well as long term stability, low amplitude noise and timing jitter, high energy output, and widely tunable wavelengths in the 1550 nm region. An optional computer control greatly simplifies laser operation and maintenance. This product is well suited for advanced component and system development up to 320 Gb/s.

Calmar Optcom picosecond laser
  • 1 to 10 pico second pulses
  • 2.5 to 40 GHz repetition rates
  • Low amplitude noise
  • Wide tunability in 1550nm region
  • Short warm-up and set-up times
  • Easy to use

Calmar Optcom Femtosecond Lasers

This passively mode-locked fibre laser delivers a transform-limited output of high quality pulses in the femtosecond region, featuring high average and peak output power, repetition rates of 10 to 100 MHz, optional polarization-maintaining output, and widely tunable wavelengths in the 1550 nm range. It is the ideal solution for applications in high-speed optical transmission, high-speed optical sampling, all optical switching, optical CDMA, and high-speed component testing.

Calmar Optcom femtosecond laser
  • Passive mode-locked fibre laser
  • High average & peak powers
  • 10 to 100MHz repetition rates
  • Polarisation-maintaining output
  • Wide tunability in 1550nm region
  • Short warm-up and set-up times

Calmar Optcom EDFA Lasers

The family of very low noise amplifier instruments includes dispersion compensated output and polarization-maintaining output models to appropriately address the needs of high-speed transmission and optical switching research and development. All models feature uniquely designed dual knob pump controls to provide the user maximum flexibility to optimize saturation power, noise, and gain flatness levels. Units with saturated output power of 15 to 23 dBm are available.

Calmar Optcom EDFA
  • Dispertion compensated output
  • Polarisatio-maintaining output
  • Pump and EDFA control knobs
  • 15 to 23dBm
  • Wide tunability in 1550nm region
  • Short warm-up and set-up times

Calmar Optcom Second Harmonic Generator

This product is designed to convert a 1550 nm input signal to its second harmonic at 775 nm. The design utilizes a periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal for high conversion efficiency, and is ideal for datacom and telecom testing applications.

Calmar Optcom SHG
  • For use with Calmar laser products
  • 1550nm to 775nm signal
  • LiNb03 for high conversion efficiency