Modulight celebrates spring by releasing a series of colourful Butterfly lasers

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, May 14th 2009 – Modulight spreads out again the package selection of its renowned laser diode products by releasing the 14-pin butterfly series. This series covers a range of standard wavelengths, but supports all custom laser wavelengths offered by Modulight (from 630 nm to 1650 nm). The released wavelengths found their way to applications in medical, industrial, defense and research activities already from 2008. The butterfly products are based on Modulight’s acclaimed single-emitter laser diodes, from which the laser emission Continue reading →

Modulight announces 7 Watt 635nm Conduction Cooled Diode Laser; Applications include Laser Display, Medical, and Illumination

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Apr 2nd 2009 – Modulight today announced a 7 Watt 635 nm Conduction Cooled Diode Laser Bar for laser display, medical, and illumination applications. Developed from the well-known 4 W bar (ML1388) that is already qualified for use in PDT and cinema projector application, the new product is the latest member of Modulight’s ChiliLase red product line and produces 7 W of continuous-wave output power at 635 nm. The new laser in available as an unmounted laser bar (product Continue reading →

Modulight introduces "FiberLight", the platform for fiber coupled high-power lasers from 635nm to 1550 nm

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Jan 26th 2009 – Modulight’s product offering achieves further expansion by the introduction of “FiberLight”, a new fiber coupled laser module. The applications of the FiberLight modules are in medical, industrial, defense and research activities. The FiberLight products are based on Modulight’s acclaimed broad-area laser bars, from which the laser emission is coupled to single output fiber with a very high efficiency. The FiberLight module is further used as a key building block in Modulight’s SparkLight turnkey laser platforms, Continue reading →

Modulight introduces "SparkLight", the turnkey platform for high-power lasers

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Nov 14th 2008 – Modulight’s product family takes a leap ahead through the introduction of SparkLight, a new turnkey laser platform. Designed to support both, research and industrial activities, the turnkey laser platform offers versatility and ease-of-use to the expert and novice alike. The system embeds everything required to operate Modulight’s acclaimed broad-area lasers, from laser driver to cooling and monitoring, all in a compact package. A microprocessor-controlled supervisory circuit ensures the smooth and safe operation of the system. Continue reading →

Modulight scales up power to 20W at 1470 nm

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Nov 6th 2008 – Modulight, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance optical semiconductor components, today announced the arrival of the newest member of the RangerLase product family: the high-power 1470 nm laser bar producing up to 20 W of continuous-wave output power (product code is ML1818). The product is also available as bare die with an output power of 800 mW (product code is ML1817). These lasers emitting at 1470 nm are mainly targeted to industrial and medical applications, like Continue reading →

Modulight receives 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for North American Laser Diode Emerging Company of the Year

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. – September 11, 2008 – Modulight USA, Inc., San Jose, CA, and Modulight, Inc. Tampere, Finland, is pleased to announce today the receiving of Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 North American Laser Diode Emerging Company of the Year Award for its outstanding product development strategy and impressive revenue growth. Modulight has been recognized for its customer service initiatives and service type approach, coupled with its key focus on application level offering. According to Raman Monga, Industry Manager of Frost & Sullivan, “Modulight’s technology development Continue reading →

Modulight introduces 1470 nm high power lasers

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Aug 28th 2008 – Modulight, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance optical semiconductor components, today announced the arrival of the newest member of the RangerLase product family: the high-power 1470 nm laser, with single-emitter and an industry standard 19-emitter bar options. The product code for the single-emitter is ML1802 and for the 19-emitter bar ML1789. These lasers emitting at 1470 nm are mainly targeted to industrial and medical applications, like soft materials processing, plastic welding, fiber amplifier pumping and medical Continue reading →

A new generation of high power collimated laser modules shines from Modulight

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Aug 26th 2008 – Modulight is pleased to announce the introduction of a new generation of high power collimated laser modules. Built around the proven 9-mm TO-can package, these laser modules target customers in need of high-brightness laser sources with low beam divergence. Featuring fast axis collimation and a compact package design for easy cooling, the collimated laser modules come in two flavors: Fixed collimation optics, preset to meet customers’ application requirements in terms of beam divergence or spot Continue reading →

Modulight introduces 830 nm high-power lasers

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Jun 19th 2008 – Modulight is pleased to announce the introduction of its newest product family, the LumiLase, 830 nm single-mode lasers for industrial applications. Producing up to 50 mW power, LumiLase is housed in a 5.6 mm TO-can (product code ML1545). These high performance laser products are also available as bare dies and they are designed for use in CW or pulsed applications requiring a low fast axis divergence. Applications directly benefiting from this release include: laser pointers Continue reading →

Modulight to continue supply agreement with Vaisala for meteorological applications

Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, May 29th 2008 – Modulight, Inc. and Vaisala (Vantaa, Finland) announced that the laser supply agreement from 2004 will have continuation until the year 2010. The agreement includes supply of specialized laser diodes for Vaisala’s DCS111 product, designed for remote road friction measurement. Vaisala is now delivering this product globally to its existing road weather stations and also to new application areas where slipperiness of roads and streets are of concern, including highways, larger cities and airports. Complying with Continue reading →