MPB COMMUNICATIONS INC. Product Release: 514-nm up to 1-Watt Compact Air-Cooled Fiber

January 16, 2009 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada: - MPB Communications Inc has added the 514-nm laser wavelength to its Visible Fiber Laser Series. Several models are available with CW output powers of 200, 300 and 1000 mW. The laser emits a diffraction limited, linearly polarized beam from a compact SHG head measuring only 130mm(L) x 50mm(W) x 33mm(H), connected to the fiber laser unit via a single-mode optical fiber.

The laser was developed as an alternative to larger, high power consumption Argon-ion lasers. The most powerful model, the VFL-P-1000-514, delivers 1 Watt of output power, a level previously only available from water-cooled, bulky Ar-ion lasers at this wavelength. It is powered by a compact 12V DC power supply and consumes merely 7Amps, fifty times less than comparable-power Ar-ion lasers.

This highly reliable, maintenance free laser comes with a USB port and a user-friendly graphical user interface. It allows the end-user to provide integrated solutions that were not possible before in areas such as Optical Molecular Imaging, Flow Cytometry, Microscopy, DNA Analysis and Sequencing and Cell sorting. A single frequency 300-mW model with a long coherence length and extremely low intensity noise is also available and can find applications in Lithography, Holography, Interferometry and Spectroscopy.

A high resolution photos of the VFL 514 is available at http://www.mpbcommunications.com/vfl-514/

About MPB Communications Inc.

MPB Communications Inc. has been supplying lasers and amplification products to the Photonics Community for over 25 years. With products for the telecommunications, aerospace, defense and scientific markets, MPBC is renown for highly reliable, innovative designs.