SPI Lasers 'Made for' brochure

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Fiber lasers

Micro Marking Macro Medical


Contents 2 A world of applications 4 Focused on your success 6 Micro-machining lasers up to 400W 10 Marking and pulsed micro-machining lasers 10W-40W 14 Macro: OEM fiber lasers 16 Medical aesthetics lasers

Made for… SPI Lasers

is a leader in fiber laser technology. The company is focused on development of highly effective laser solutions for macro, micro-machining, marking and medical aesthetic applications. Since our first fiber lasers were launched in 2004, we have worked to achieve a global reputation for excellence in applications engineering. We pride ourselves on our ability to add value to our customers’ processes through our expertise and innovation. Over the years, our product portfolio has grown to include a wide range of laser types, power levels and configurations. We are constantly discovering new applications that fiber lasers excel in. We have thousands of units in the field with millions of operating hours behind them. And we have never stopped listening to our customers. Now we have combined our fiber laser expertise with your customer feedback to create the next generation fiber lasers in our redPOWER ® and redENERGY® ranges. Read on for more about SPI Lasers and the benefits of our product family or turn to the sector dedicated to your processing need above.


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Faster processing With instant laser turn on, pulsing rates to 500kHz, ability to vary pulse power, energy, width and repetition rates on-the-fly, fiber lasers deliver faster processing across a wide range of materials and applications.

Reduced energy bills Fiber lasers are up to ten times more energy efficient than traditional YAG or CO2 laser systems. And, consuming little to no energy when not active, the annual energy savings can attract government grant funded energy efficiency programs for industry.

Greater reliability Fiber lasers have no mirrors to adjust or align, and no lamps to replace. Maintenance is minimal and so utilization and up-times are maximized. The lasers really are designed as shop floor industrial tools.

Small manufacturing footprint SPI lasers can be air or water cooled and with the largest units only 5U high in a rack format, take little space within the machine system of which they are a part. Multiple deployments of fiber laser based machines can show a significant improvement on factory productivity per metre square. Higher productivity, lower operational costs and smaller footprints all combine to ensure a compelling return on investment.

Single unit, multiple application SPI pulsed and CW lasers can process across a wide variety of applications and materials, metals and non-metals: spilasers.com/applications shows typical and innovative applications enabled by fiber lasers.


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Made for

a world of applic SPI lead the world in fiber laser technologies today and have a clear strategy for the future redPOWER and redPOWER DIRECT for

Micro

Application optimized beam profile Innovative laser control Higher power to 1kW Higher brightness

redPOWER DIRECT

Application optimized beam profile

redENERGY for

Marking

Extended pulse features Higher average and peak powers Higher pulse energy Beam source aggregation for multi-kW

redPOWER for

Macro redPOWER and redPOWER DIODE for

Medical

500W-1kW OEM fiber lasers

Pulse control Higher brightness

redPOWER DIODE


ications SPI HEAD OFFICE

Since their introduction at the start of this decade fiber lasers have changed the landscape of laser marking and machining. The rate of adoption across such a wide variety of applications, materials and processes has been a surprise to many in the industry. SPI’s application development centres in the USA, Germany and UK aim to build upon this success, innovating and developing new processes for the benefit of machine builders and end users around the world. The future direction of product innovation within SPI is summarized opposite. We believe the current and future products of SPI can give winning advantage to users today and in the future.

3 Alternative energy Automotive (parts and display) Battery technology Bio sensor production Ceramic processing Chip resistors Diamond processing Electronics (board level) Engrave marking Flat screen display Flexographic and anilox engraving General marking ID card Industrial automation Integrated circuits Jewelry Laser cleaning Layer removal Manufacture of processed parts Materials processing Medical / dermatology / dental Medical devices Military / aerospace Night and day display Mobile phone Plastics welding Pump sources for other lasers Rapid prototyping Scientific Semiconductor Sensors / instruments Solar scribe Thin film polymers Thin tube cutting


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Focused on your success Purchasing new capital equipment or investing in a new supplier of lasers can be a costly and demanding process. We never underestimate the commitments a customer or potential customer has to make when entering this process. Our job is to make it easier for you to make the decision to purchase our fiber lasers. Our customers are typically integrators, end users, job shops, factory automation specialists, manufacturing OEMs and academic institutions looking for quality fiber lasers at competitive prices. We have the industry expertise and partnerships that make the difference. Get a proof of concept underway at:

spilasers.com/AppsLab

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Defining your project

SPI Lasers will work with you to identify and define your laser project and the resulting process requirements. Together we will work to create solutions to your requirements, either with SPI directly or in combination with one of our network of qualified distribution partners. In some instances we will also work with academic institutions on your behalf to push the boundaries of our technology.

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Application labs and proof of concept

Free evaluation with try before you buy

SPI’s Application Labs are run by experts with backgrounds in materials engineering and laser applications. Located in California and Southampton, the labs are equipped with pulsed and CW fiber lasers, marking stations, galvo based welding, X-Y cutting/scribing, glove box welding and a first class metrology facility nearby. The labs are available, free of charge, to create proof of concept samples and application notes for potential users of SPI’s Lasers. Our applications team will work with you to meet your requirements, create a solution and provide feedback to inform your decision. If more detailed process development work be required, then SPI can suggest an introduction to the SPI Lasers Academic Partners: universities and laser institutes who have purchased SPI fiber lasers and are willing to undertake paid process development activity on behalf of industry.

Once proof of concept samples have been sent to the industrial user a decision is typically taken to take advantage of SPI’s Try Before You Buy program whereby a suitable laser is sent free of charge to the user for a free 30 day trial. Arrange a free evaluation laser at:

spilasers.com/TBYB


Contact technical product support at:

spilasers.com/ productsupport Our customer team can help you with ordering and shipments at:

spilasers.com/ customersupport Our commitment to environmental responsibility, and RoHS compliance in particular, is available at:

spilasers.com/ environment

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Production facilities

Customer service and product support

Ongoing communications

SPI is committed to providing products that meet and surpass industry and international standards for quality, reliability and optimum performance in the field. SPI’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Southampton is often visited by existing and potential customers who are able to see the world class fiber and product manufacturing facilities in action. Our UK facility is registered to the international quality standard ISO9001. SPI products are designed for easy system integration in accordance with all the applicable international standards. They are highly energy efficient in use, up to ten times more efficient than Nd YAG equivalents and are often used as a fundamental part of our customers’ environmental policies. SPI takes its responsibility to the environment and health and safety seriously in every aspect of its manufacturing operations.

At SPI, we believe that our relationship with our customer begins well before any purchase is made and continues long afterwards. Our commitment to our customers is to give them market-leading products (invariably surpassing our own datasheet performance) combined with strong customer support internationally. We’ll be there to support you before you decide to buy with our application labs (see 2), and we offer global product support wherever you are. The team at SPI is determined to offer the best possible response and service both to integrators and their global customer base. Our sales and support channel partners are set to continue the high standards of customer care for which SPI is known.

SPI regularly produces a renowned newsletter called ‘Inspire’ and sends out information on new products, new applications and other general industry news and information. We aim to keep our customers informed in order to share the knowledge we gain from experience to enable you to benefit in your projects and processes. Sign up to our newsletter at:

spilasers.com/register


6 Top left: Anilox cells, print industry Bottom left: Mobius continuous ring, rapid prototyping, courtesy of MTT Technologies Group and Jotero GbR Top right montage: Cutting, welding, marking of component parts, automotive Industry; brass cutting, watch industry; aluminum welding, battery industry; stencil cutting, electronic industry

Micro-machining up to 400W Made for power and control CW or Modulated to 100kHz Modulated pulses <10µs to CW

M² <1.1 / BPP <0.37 mm.mrad

Efficiency up to 10x equivalent Nd YAG / CO2 lasers

Spot size to sub 10µm

High stability laser: typically <±0.5% output power variation

View the product direction on page 2 Arrange a test for your application or a free demo at spilasers.com


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Extended Performance Range (XPR)

Pulse Shape Equalisation (PSE)

Dynamic pulse shape control and read back

Full comms/ analog I-O control options

Optional isolator and pulse generator

2-year standard warranty Additional warranty options available

redPOWER R4

redPOWER Direct

The redPOWER R4 series of fiber lasers from SPI has been designed to meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, repeatability and user safety. The commercial advantages of fiber lasers over alternative technologies are far reaching: improved line speeds, finer machining capabilities, reduced downtime and lower cost of ownership, giving users a leading edge advantage. The laser user’s ability to control power, modulation rate, pulse width and pulse shape, together with applications tailored beam delivery and control features, make fiber lasers the tool of choice for micro-machining applications. Innovative SPI features include Extended Performance Range (XPR), Pulse Shape Equalisation (PSE) and closed loop control resulting in class leading power stability. As a result, SPI’s R4 lasers are constantly finding new cutting, welding and materials processing applications in markets including industrial, medical devices, electronics and printing.

SPI Lasers redPOWER DIRECT High Power Direct Diode OEM laser modules are compact fiber coupled modules delivering class leading brightness and beam quality and have been designed to meet the highest standards of reliability, repeatability and parametric performance. Significant design features include a highly compact design for straightforward integration with 24V DC supply, standard control and monitoring interfaces, and widely compatible optical delivery interface. Every care has been taken at the design stage to ensure our products offer a long and maintenance-free life. The wide range of output powers from 60W to 400W and choice of air or water cooling provide a versatile and cost effective laser source for OEM integration as a high reliability fiber coupled beam source for a wide range of material processing, scientific and medical applications. Applications examples include plastic cutting and welding, laser soldering, and as a pump source for fiber and solid state lasers.


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redPOWER

redPOWER DIRECT

With GTWave technology Rated output power

25W

35W

50W

75W

100W

200W

300W

400W

60W

100W

200W

400W

Optical Central emission wavelength Mode of operation Output power variation

1070 ± 10nm

968 ± 5nm

CW and Modulated

CW and Modulated

<±0.5% (typical)1

Targeting laser

Standard

Optional

Polarization

Random

Random

Maximum modulation rate

100 kHz

100 kHz

Pulse to pulse energy variation

<0.5%

Pulse characteristics

Minimum pulse width

1

<10µs

Risetime

<5µs

Output beam characteristics Beam diameter

5.0 ± 0.5mm

Full angle divergence M2

5.0 ± 0.7mm

N/A

<0.4mrad

<0.45mrad

<1.1 (nominal)

<1.1 (nominal) / M2~4 option 2

Beam parameter product ( bpp)

<0.37mm.mrad

Beam delivery cable length

6m (standard) / options available

5m (standard) / options available

Fiber NA / Effective NA

0.22 / <0.15

Output fiber core diameter

105µm

350µm

Electrical Control interface

Analog/RS232

Power supply requirements

Analog / Digital

Single phase

Operating voltage (Vac 50-60Hz)

100-240V

240V

Power supply requirements

24V DC

Supply current at 24V DC

17A

32A

251 x 379 x 177.8 mm

See note 5

64A

110A

Mechanical Dimensions (width x depth x height)

483 x 507 x 221 mm

Cooling options

Air

Air / Water

Water

Water

483 x 379 x 177.8 mm

Air / Water

Water

Weight (air cooled)

<45kg

14kg

19kg

25kg

N/A

Weight (water cooled)

<45kg

10kg

11kg

19kg

25kg

Environmental Operating temperature Operating humidity

5-40°C

5-40°C 6

5-85% RH (non-condensing)

5-85% RH (non-condensing)

Configuration options 10m beam delivery optic cable PSE (Pulse Shape Equalization) XPR (Extended Processing Range)

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

Welding low moded beam (M2<4) Wavelengths: 913 / 938/ 968 / 998 nm Targeting laser Delivery cable length 0-20mA control input Notes: 1. Measured under closed loop. 2. M2~4 welding laser beam parameters: contact SPI. 3. 10m BDO 400W beam parameters: contact SPI. 4. Water cooled variant only.

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

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✓3

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

5. 100W water cooled: 251 x 379 x 177.8mm. 100W air cooled: 483 x 379 x 177.8mm. 6. Water cooled output power derating -4%/°C above 20°C. Air cooled output power derating -2.9%/°C above 25°C.


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redPOWER

redPOWER DIRECT

With GTWave technology Rated output power

25W

35W

50W

75W

100W

200W

300W

400W

60W

100W

200W

400W

Applications Anilox engraving

Annealing Bending / tweaking Cutting / scribing silicon Cutting metals Cutting / scribing ceramics DAC heating Dental

✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓

Precision welding Graphic texturing Marking: sintered mark Marking: thermal mark

Medical devices Metal addition Metal welding (spot / seam) Plastic welding Printing

✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓

Selective layer melting

Medical aesthetics

Sintering Soldering / brazing

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓

Pump source for fiber / disc lasers Scientific

Dermatology Fine wire welding

✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓


10 Bottom left: Key pad marking, communication industry Top right: Black anneal marking, courtesy of CMS Bottom right: Cutting and scribing, solar industry

Marking and pulsed micro-machining: 10W-40W Made for flexibility and speed Up to 1.25mJ pulse energy

Up to 20kW nominal peak power with 40W average output power

Up to 500 kHz pulse repetition frequency*

Pulsed and CW operation*

First and last pulse equally usable

*Not applicable to 10W/RM and 20W/RM

Pulsed micro-machining Micro-machining covers a wide variety of industrial processes. Processes that require less than 50W can often be performed using SPI’s redENERGY pulsed lasers. SPI also offers lasers with higher power for more substantial micro-machining applications – see page 6. SPI’s redENERGY pulsed lasers achieve excellent results in micro-machining and are suitable for a very wide range of high precision micro-machining applications. Applications requiring ablation, scribing, drilling, cutting thin metals, ITO patterning, silicon processing, resistor trimming, and many more are all within the lasers capability. As with marking, the key differentiator of SPI’s redENERGY pulsed lasers is the versatility of the 25 selectable waveforms and the benefits that accompany its flexibility. The ability to optimize key pulse characteristics to individual applications gives enhanced process quality and productivity.


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Marking Laser marking represents one of the largest application areas for industrial lasers. The need for marking is varied, covering product identification and traceability to functionality or just simply by adding value in terms of branding and personalization. Lasers are the tool of choice no matter what the material as they produce permanent marks with a non-contact process at high speed with high precision. Laser marking requires no consumables and marks are computer generated and are therefore highly flexible. SPI’s redENERGY fiber lasers out-perform conventional lasers in marking applications on metal, plastic and other surfaces. They are ideal for a wide range of marking applications including black anneal color marking on stainless steel, paint layer removal on mobile phone keypads and marking integrated circuits (ICs). For further applications please see the table on page 14. The differentiator with SPI’s redENERGY lasers is the pulse operating range accessed through the 25 selectable waveforms giving a range from CW- 500kHz. This gives users the ability to tune peak power, pulse energy and pulse frequency for their application. SPI also offers tailored beam quality to meet specific marking and micro-machining requirements.

The benefits of having selectable functionality and beam quality include:

High speed marking compatible (2000 cps)

Maximized Isolated peak power optical output over full operational repetition rate*

Bitmap marking compatible

View the product direction on page 2 Arrange a test for your application or a free demo at spilasers.com

Pulse width variable across 25 pre-set waveforms*

1. Controllability and flexibility of material and applications that can be processed from a single laser 2. Better, more accurate indelible quality marks with less damage to substrates 3. Productivity increases with better more reliable marks at higher speeds

Hardwareonly interface or simple RS232 software control*


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Analogue power control input, pulse gate, and pulse trigger

Status monitoring and safe shut down

High reliability/ repeatability/ stability design

redENERGY pulsed fiber laser 10W-40W With GTWave and PulseTune technology Model

12W / SM

20W / SM

10W / RM

20W / RM

12W / HS

20W / HS

30W / HM

40W / HM

Bending / Tweaking

Cleaning

Cutting / scribing silicon

Cutting sub 200µm metals

Cutting / scribing ceramics

Applications

Flash memory repair

Flexi circuit cut outs

Graphic texturing ITO patterning Lapping / polishing Marking (ablative mark)

Marking (sintered mark)

Marking (thermal mark)

Marking (black anneal)

Plastic welding Rapid prototyping

Resistor trimming

Silicon drilling

Thin film patterning

✓ ✓

✓ ✓


13 Left: Night and day marking, automotive industry Right: Copper wire marking, cable industry

Model

12W / SM

20W / SM

10W / RM

20W / RM

12W / HS

20W / HS

30W / HM1

40W / HM1

Specifications Peak emission wavelength Modes of operation Minimum specifications 2 Minimum pulse energy

1062 ± 3nm Pulsed / CW/M

Pulsed

12W / 6kW

20W / 7kW

0.4mJ

0.5mJ

M2

Pulsed and CW / modulated CW

10W / 7.5kW 20W / 12kW 0.5mJ

12W / 9kW

0.8mJ

20W / 12kW 30W / 15kW 38W / 20kW

0.6mJ

≤ 1.3

0.8mJ

1.0mJ

1.25mJ

≤2

3.2

Pulse repetition range Full power range Reduced power range Modulation range in CW

30-500kHz

40-500kHz

20-100kHz

25-100kHz

20-500kHz

20-500kHz

30-500kHz

1-30kHz

1-40kHz

1-20kHz

1-25kHz

1-20kHz

1-25 kHz

1-30kHz

Up to 100 kHz

N/A

DC to 100 kHz

Output power stability (typical)

< 5%

Output beam characteristics1 Beam diameter, nominal

0.8-7.2mm with selected BET option

1-10mm with selected BET option

Polarization state

3.1mm

Random

Beam delivery cable length

2m

Red alignment laser

2m (3) or 5m

Optional

Standard

Electrical Laser head power supply requirement

24V / 7A

24V /10A

24V / 7A

24V /10A

24V / 7A

24V /10A

Mechanical Laser module weight Laser module dimensions Cooling

<6kg 352mm x 198.2mm x 77mm Requires heat sink attached to base ≤0.1°C/W

Environmental Ambient temperature range 4 Humidity Notes: 1. Must be used with optical isolator. 2. Power is measured after the isolator and SPI beam expander. 3. Migrating to 3m and 5m iBDO in 2010. 4. With SPI heat sink attached. Accessory options available: see spilasers.com/datasheets

0°C to +45°C 5-95%RH (non-condensing)

0°C to +40°C


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Macro: OEM fiber lasers OEM lasers supporting your in-house kW beam source development project

Made for efficiency and flexibility Compact design for OEM incorporation

Delivery options for fiber or bulk optic beam combiners

High beam quality M² <1.3 / BPP <0.44 mm.mrad

High electro-optic conversion efficiency >25% typical

Integrated pump diodes or resonator only options

High reliability optics Pump diode MTTF >400,000 hours

Example third party 2kW system

System controller Hardware interlock

Process cabinet

Optical combiner

Beam switch

SPI fiber laser SPI fiber laser SPI fiber laser SPI fiber laser Beam delivery cable Hardware interlock

SPI fiber laser

Feedback circuit


View the product direction on page 2 Arrange a test for your application or a free demo at spilasers.com

Integrated power and temperature monitoring sensors

RoHS directive compliant

Rated output power

400W

Optical Central emission wavelength Mode of operation

1070 ± 10nm CW and Modulated

Output power tunability (CW)

10-100%

Red pilot laser

Standard

Emission bandwidth

<6.0nm

Output beam characteristics Beam diameter

SPI’s high power OEM fiber laser offers you the capability to produce an in-house fiber laser as a beam source option for 2D/3D cutting and welding systems. The system schematic left best illustrates the proposition. Utilizing a 400W OEM laser from SPI or the higher power versions currently in development, SPI can operate as a proven supplier to your medium power, kW or multi-kW beam source project. Design features within the SPI OEM laser include thermal management, high power stability, and power and temperature monitoring.

Full angle divergence M

2

Polarization

2.1-0.2mm/+0.5mm 1 ≤1.0mrad 1 <1.3 (nominal) Random

Beam parameter product ( bpp)

< 0.44 mm.mrad

Delivery fiber cladding diameter

200µm ± 2 µm 2

Electrical Diode cooling

Water cooled

I-O

OEM specific

Mechanical Dimensions: integrated pumps (width x depth x height)

378.0 x 442.8 x 96.2 mm

Dimensions: resonator only (width x depth x height)

378.0 x 442.8 x 63.1 mm

Weight (air cooled)

<15kg

Environmental Operating temperature Operating humidity Top left: Steel cutting, general industry Top right: 2D sheet metal cutting, general industry

Notes: 1. Collimated delivery option. 2. Fiber delivery option.

5-40°C 5-85% RH (non-condensing)


16 Beam sources deployed in medical applications are required to be compact, efficient, low cost and highly reliable. Applications include skin rejuvenation, hair removal, and soft and hard dental tissue drilling. New applications are being discovered all the time for the use of lasers in medical aesthetic applications. SPI’s wavelength range, power options and pulse shapes are aimed to support machine builders and optimize results.

Medical aesthetics Made for precision and control Small spot size intense sources

Easy to use

Variety of wavelengths

Suitable for fiber pigtail or scanner style delivery

Low cost per watt

Compact and reliable

View the product direction on page 2 Arrange a test for your application or a free demo at spilasers.com

Left: Laser treatment, dental Right: Cosmetic skin treatment, medical


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redPOWER DIODE

redPOWER

compact laser

compact fiber laser With GTWave technology Nominal output power

10W

20W

10W

20W

Rated output power

60W

1550 ± 5nm

1565 ± 5nm

Nominal wavelength

968 ± 5nm 1

Nominal output power Central emission wavelength Mode of operation

CW and Modulated

Output power tuneability (CW)

10-100%

Output power variation over 12hr period

±5% <5% RMS

1

Maximum modulation speed

3kHz

Emission linewidth (FWHM)

<2nm

Output beam characteristics Beam diameter Full angle divergence M2 Polarization Output fiber length

Power supply requirements Control interface

<0.6mrad <1.2 Random 6.2m ± 0.5m

Weight Cooling options

24V DC / 8A

24V DC / 12A

Analogue input for high/ low current set points 2

0.3nm/°C

Spectral shift with current

0.17nm/A

Output beam characteristics Fiber core / cladding diameter

105 / 125µm

Effective NA

<0.15NA 2

352 x 198.2 x 77 mm <6kg Requires heat sink attached to base ≤0.1°C/W

Forward current ( Iop ) Threshold current ( Ith ) Forward voltage Vf Conversion efficiency

5-85%RH

Notes: 1. At rated power output. 2. Digital (TTL) diode driver enabled and switching between high/low current set points. Analogue input enables input of customized waveforms.

65A 4A 3.2V 40% 1.8W/A

Thermo/Mechanical Dimensions (width x depth x height at base) Weight

82 x 66 33 mm 0.85kg Water / Air

Environmental Operating temperature (non-condensing) Storage temperature

10 to 40°C -10 to +50°C

Options Alternative wavelengths

10-55°C

1.5m

Electrical (typical not maximum)

Cooling options 3

Environmental Operating temperature (base plate)

<6nm

Spectral shift with temperature

Slope efficiency

Mechanical Dimensions (width x depth x height)

Spectral width (FWHM)

Beam delivery fiber length 4.8mm ± 0.7mm

Electrical

Humidity

60W

Optical

Optical

Output power noise (1kHz-20MHz)

Nominal output power

SMA connectorized fiber pigtail

913 / 938 / 998 nm ±5nm Yes

Notes: 1. Other wavelengths upon request. 2. NA of fiber is 0.22. Effective NA is radiation out of fiber. 3. Water cooled output power derating -4%/°C above 20°C.

Air cooled output power derating -2.9%/°C above 25°C.


SPI Lasers UK Limited 6 Wellington Park, Tollbar Way, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2QU, UK Tel +44 (0)1489 779696 Fax +44 (0)1489 779698 www.spilasers.com www.spilasers-china.cn www.spilasers.de redPOWER® and redENERGY® are registered trademarks of SPI Lasers UK Ltd. GTWave™ is a trademark of SPI Lasers UK Ltd.


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