Rotary Disk Lasers

Simply stated, rotary disk laser is the laser technology of the 21st century.

It exceeds the capabilities of the laser technologies of the last millennium (fiber, thin disk, slab and rod lasers). The old technologies do not scale in average laser brightness and they do not produce high power in the UV. A new laser technology is needed to meet the growing laser power needs of the customers.

Unlike other solid-state lasers, the rotary disk laser combines for the first time the five desirable features of a laser:

• High peak power
• High average power
• Good beam quality (diffraction-limited)
• Wavelength diversity (euv, uv, blue, green, near IR, eye-safe IR and mid IR)
• A wide range of pulse formats (fs, ps, ns, ms, s and continuous wave)

Sparkle Optics has pioneered the Rotary Disk Laser technology. It holds the power record in Q-switched lasers with a TEM00 beam:

• 53 W in the UV
• 87 W in the green
• 214 W in the infrared

Question: Why cannot a fiber laser produce 50 W in the UV?
Answer: The small mode area in fibers causes damage and limits UV power.

Sparkle Optics builds high-performance custom lasers for customer partners. For questions or comments about rotary disk or any other solid-state laser technology, please contact: comments12@sparkleoptics.com . Also if you have a challenging laser application for which you cannot find a laser, call us. We love to hear from you. Check out the "Rotary disk laser capabilities" page on this website. Some of the performances are truly amazing!

The rotary disk laser is poised to revolutionize manufacturing:

• Consumer devices
  • high definition television
  • high brightness LED
  • Iphone, IPOD, IPAD, other mobile devices
  • memory sticks, computer memory and graphics cards
• Solar cells
• 16 nm and 22 nm devices using semiconductor lithography
• Turbine engines
• Fuel injectors
• Diamond jewelry
• Medical devices
• Eye-safe designators, rangers and area illuminators
• High power illuminators in the infrared, the uv and the blue-green