QPC Announces Initial Shipments of BrightLase® Seed Lasers to Defense Customer

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The initial shipment follows the product’s introduction last month at the premier technical meeting for the Department of Defense high power laser community, the 20th Annual Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review.

The new BrightLase® Seed Laser, based on QPC’s patented and proprietary semiconductor laser technology, offers higher power than conventional diode-based seed lasers in a footprint that is significantly smaller and lighter than traditional solid state or fiber based seed lasers.

“Commercialization of the BrightLase® Seed Laser is another important QPC milestone, and we are pleased with the reception we have received from both the military and industrial markets for this product,” said Paul Rudy, Ph.D., QPC’s vice president of marketing and sales. “This product complements our diode laser pump product line, and by delivering more power than conventional semiconductor seed lasers available today, it reduces the need for expensive and bulky amplifying stages in high power laser systems.”

Seed lasers serve as the engines for amplified laser systems utilized in a wide variety of applications including defense (long range atmospheric sensing, missile defense and range finding), industrial drilling and marking. The high power performance of the BrightLase® Seed Laser enables the customer to eliminate initial amplifying stages and shrink the overall size, weight, and cost of the system.

The Seed Laser is based on QPC’s BrightLase® single-mode laser technology.  QPC has internally demonstrated single-frequency powers exceeding 3 Watts at conversion efficiencies greater than 50% at 1064 nm.  The product provides diffraction limited, single frequency output and is available in both C-mounted and single-mode-fiber coupled packages with power up to 1.5 Watts CW at the industrial standard wavelength of 1064 nm and up to 1 Watt CW at the eye-safe wavelength of 1550 nm.  Substantially higher peak powers can be achieved under pulsed excitation conditions.  To enhance reliability, these products are assembled using state-of-the-art hard-solder processes and thermally expansion-matched mounts.  For more information, see www.QPClasers.com.

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About QPC Lasers, Inc.
QPC Lasers, Inc. (www.QPClasers.com) is a world leader in the development and commercialization of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers for the defense, homeland security, industrial, and medical markets. Founded in the year 2000, QPC is vertically integrated from epitaxy through packaging and performs all critical fabrication processes at its state-of-the-art high-technology facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar, CA. QPC is a publicly traded U.S. company (OTCBB: QPCI) and is ISO certified.

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