The short pulse durations of ultrafast lasers lead to broad wavelength bandwidths, making ultrafast systems especially susceptible to dispersion and pulse broadening.
Ultrafast highly-dispersive mirrors are critical for pulse compression and dispersion compensation in ultrafast laser applications, improving system performance.
Ultrafast Lasers – The Basic Principles of Ultrafast Coherence
Advances in laser technology have made it possible to produce pulses ranging from a few femtoseconds to tens of attoseconds. Learn more at Edmund Optics.
Introduction to Adaptive Optics and Deformable Mirrors
Have a question about adaptive optics or deformable mirrors? Learn more on understanding wavefronts, adaptive optics theory, and more at Edmund Optics.
Check out these best practices for handling and storing high power laser mirrors to decrease the risk of damage and increase lifetimes at Edmund Optics.
Want to learn more about metallic mirror coatings? Find information about standard and custom metallic mirror coatings that are available at Edmund Optics.
Surface roughness describes how a shape deviates from its ideal form. This is critical for controlling light scatter in laser devices and other optical systems.
Learn the key parameters that must be considered to ensure you laser application is successful. Common terminology will be established for these parameters.
Learn about how diffraction gratings separate incident light into separate beam paths, different types of gratings, and how to choose the best grating for you.
A Guide to (Not Over) Specifying Losses in Laser Optics
Overspecifying optical losses in laser systems will not further improve your performance or reliability, but it could cost you additional money and/or time.
Reflective objectives use mirrors to focus light or form an image. Learn more about the different types and benefits of reflective objectives at Edmund Optics.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive, high-resolution optical imaging technology that creates cross-sectional images from interference signals
Looking for the best way to clean optics? Learn more about the different cleaning products and methods, along with tips to handle optics at Edmund Optics.
Learn how to navigate the many available options for shaping the irradiance profile and phase of laser beams to maximize your laser system's performance.
UV grade fused silica is ideal for UV and visible applications, but IR grade fused silica has better transmission in the IR due to a lack of OH- impurities.
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