Pearl„ Product Family Scales Brightness With a 200 Micron Core FiberCoupled Module



nLIGHT Corporation today announced another new addition to its Pearl Fiber-Coupled Module product family: a 200 micron module that achieves 50% electrical to optical efficiency. The Pearl product family is based on nLIGHT's proprietary nXLT single-emitter diodes rather than the 1-cm bar, resetting industry reliability and efficiency benchmarks for high-power fiber-coupled diode lasers, operating either CW and pulsed.

The latest offering achieves brightness improvements by coupling up to 40 watts into a 200 micron core fiber with 0.22 NA at selected wavelengths from 795-980nm. It is the most efficient high-power fiber laser pump on the market. It also enables industrial applications that demand high brightness. "We've just begun to scratch the surface of the Pearl platform capability. We have an exciting roadmap to introduce new fiber-coupled products with unprecedented combinations of power, brightness, efficiency and reliability", noted Rob Martinsen, nLIGHT's VP of Engineering. "Efficiency and reliability are the guiding design principles that differentiate the Pearl platform, ultimately enabling our OEM customers with valuable competitive advantage".

nLIGHT will be showing this addition to the Pearl product family at the Photonics West Conference in San Jose January 22-24, 2008. More information is available at www.nLIGHT.net.

About nLIGHT

nLIGHT is driving new application utilization of high-power semiconductor lasers and fiber through industry-leading innovation and best-practice manufacturing. Optimizing components and sub-systems for OEM integration produces differentiated advantages for our customers in their market space. Global support is offered through state-of-the-art manufacturing and application centers in Vancouver, WA, Hillsboro, OR, Munich, Germany, Lohja, Finland and Shanghai, China. nLIGHT is growing rapidly and was named the fastest-growing technology company in the Northwest by Deloitte and Touche in 2007. www.nLIGHT.net





Pearl„ Product Family Scales Brightness With a 200 Micron Core FiberCoupled Module