All solid-state tunable alexandrite lasers can be frequency doubled, tripled or quadrupled to produce tunable light at most ultraviolet wavelengths. The outputs of our standard PAL™ laser systems and our PAL/PRO™ narrow-band ring laser systems are simply and conveniently frequency tripled and quadrupled to produce 248 nm and 193 nm pulses, coincident in wavelength with KrF and ArF excimer laser pulses. At these wavelengths typical pulse energies range from 1 to 30 mJ from oscillator-only systems. The nominal Q-switched pulse duration is 100 ns but can be varied from 30 ns to 200 ns.*
In many applications pulses having either smooth gaussian or flat "top hat" spatial profiles are preferred as are longer pulses having narrower spectral bandwidth.
Light Age has developed advanced laser technology and new products that provide output in the UV (and in other spectral regions) with unprecedented control of wavelength and spectral bandwidth. These new laser products incorporate the tunable solid-state laser innovations and new laser tuning technologies, diode laser injection seeding (DLIS) and activity cavity length stabilization (ACLS), invented and developed by Light Age scientists. Commercial laser systems now are available that produce light having bandwidths as narrow as 10 femtometers (0.01 pm).
* Shorter pulse durations are available at these wavelengths in our broader bandwidth PAL™ laser systems