LITeL – Laboratory of Innovation & Technology in Lasers
This laboratory is designed to provide support and solutions to industrial and scientific users in their applications and developments in the field of solid-state lasers, optics, and photonics. The goal is to be open workstation to scientists and industrial users to develop or enhance their applications either through new designs or optimization studies.
The primary purpose of LITeL is to develop new laser sources, advanced photonic technologies, optical and laser components and laser system designs that can benefit the development, enhancement, commercialization, and fielding of new laser platforms based on solid-state media and associated frequency conversion techniques.
Laser resonators may be considered to be the heart of any laser system and mainly determine the output beam quality of any type of laser. Therefore resonator design may be the solution to various scientific and technological problems. Controlling the parameter (power, shape, temporal pulse, etc.) of laser beams is central to all laser applications and is an enabling factor for the application of lasers in new technologies and applications.
We will like to explore with users new and novel approaches to the beam of laser radiation with low and high power levels and the design of laser resonators with various nonstandard optical elements and systems. Also, new criteria for laser beam characterization and diagnostic of lasers and amplifiers, and beam and pulse formation in lasers will be interest and useful for users.
Moreover, we should not forget the importance of key optical, photonics and laser components, which are crucial for laser performance and form foundation for advances in laser technology. All around the globe, vast and constantly growing research efforts are dedicated to develop new and more advanced laser components and systems. We sent a lot of time in the study of such components that could be very helpful for users.
Specs
- Coherent Verdi-G20. This laser emits light laser in continuous wave operation (CW) and with a central wavelength around 532 nanometers. The maximum output power reached is 20 W.
- CW Ti:Sapphire from spectra Physics with a tunable range from 750 to 1020 nm. Maximum output power obtained with this laser system pumped with a Verdi G20 are 5 W at 800 nm and 3 W at 980 nm.
- He-Ne laser in (CW, 632 nm, 7 mW) and Nd:YVO4 lasers (CW, ~532 nm, < 20 mW), etc for alignment operations.
- Homemade mode-locking oscillators based on Yb crystals pumped optically. The repetition rate is variable from 80 to 110 MHz, and the average power is >1 W and the duration is controlled from a few picoseconds to some hundreds femtoseconds.
- CW and pulsed Diode laser as pumping systems at 800 nm (16 W) & 940 nm (16W -150 W)
