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The Oclaro Next-Generation Orion Fiber-Coupled Diode
Laser Raises the Bar for Performance, Cost and
Reliability for Solid State Lasers - 12 Jan, 2010
Oclaro Inc., a provider of optical competitive edge against fiber laser
components for industrial applications, systems.” Features advanced hermetic packaging,
today unveiled the industry’s lowest price / which greatly improves the robustness and
highest performance 8xx nm fiber-coupled The latest Orion platform is the first reliability of the package.
laser diode and will be showcasing the new integrated product resulting from Oclaro’s
Orion(TM) platform at Photonics West in acquisition of Newport Spectra-Physics high Delivers 2X output power over the previous
San Francisco, Calif. power laser diodes business. By combining Orion family product with 30W at 808nm
the cutting-edge technologies in device and 35W at 880 nm from a 200 um fiber.
The latest Orion fiber-coupled diode laser is design and proprietary E2 facet passivation Takes advantage of the state-of-the art ‘mini-
one-half the size and 1.5x the brightness of from Oclaro’s Zurich facility with the bar’ design of the Orion platform to produce
competitive products in its category and advanced packaging technologies from unparalleled brightness of >1.5mW/cm
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delivers 30W of power at 808nm and 35W Oclaro’s Tucson facility, the high-brightness facilitating new architectures and easier
of power at 880nm wavelengths, with 95% Orion platform delivers unmatched system tolerances.
of the light contained within a 0.15NA from performance and reliability.
a 200um core diameter fiber. With the release of the latest Orion fiber-
About the Newest Orion Platform coupled diode laser, Oclaro now offers two
“Until now, there has been no product to The Orion platform serves as the ideal next generation product platforms to serve
effectively serve the mid-power fiber- solution for the DPSS laser, direct diode the entire mid-power fiber-coupled market
coupled market with the right level of medical and industrial materials processing segment. The Orion platform offers the
brightness, low cost, robustness and applications that demand higher power and perfect solution for the sub-40W market,
reliability,” said Scott Dunbar, General brightness, lower cost and smaller form while the Prosario(TM) platform addresses
Manager of High Power Laser Diode factors. The breakthrough form-factor design the 40W+ market, resulting in the most
Portfolio for Oclaro. “The Orion platform is allows customers to design smaller solid extensive product offering of high
designed to meet all of these needs and state lasers at lower cost and with more brightness, fiber-coupled diodes in the
allows DPSSL systems to maintain their functionality. industry today.
Johnson Matthet Delivers Catalytic Nitrogen Purifier - 4 Jan, 2010
JOHNSON MATTHEY DELIVERS PSCN- strong inter-disciplinary emphasis. continue to purify to < 1 ppb even during
50 PUREGUARD REGENERABLE Paul Pelletier, CNF Equipment Specialist, power failures, are very user-friendly and are
CATALYTIC NITROGEN PURIFIER TO said the newest purifier from Johnson supported by a global service support
CORNELL UNIVERSITY’S NANOSCALE Matthey will be used by the entire facility network. Small regenerable bulk gas
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITY and would make another great tool available purifiers are an excellent option for higher
(CNF) to researchers. “We are open 24/7 and flow rates beyond the capabilities of our
provide the interactive and exciting learning PureGuard IX-XL Series in-line gas purifiers
WEST CHESTER, PA, January 4, 2010 — and practicing environment critical to often used for point-of-use applications.
Johnson Matthey Gas Purification successful cutting-edge research.”
Technology (GPT) group, a global leader in These purifiers allow us to offer a complete
the design, manufacture and distribution of Stuart Bestrom, Sales Manager for JM’s line of purifiers for bulk gases used at LED,
highly reliable bulk and point-of-use purifiers, GPT group, said this order is significant Optoelectronics and photovoltaic wafer
has delivered a PureGuardTM regenerable since the Cornell facility is a vital research fabrication facilities. The PSH Series
catalytic nitrogen PSCN-50 purifier capable option. “Our PureGuard PSCN Series palladium purifiers for hydrogen and PSCG
of flowing 50 Nm3/hr to Cornell University’s Purifiers provide ultra-high-purity gas in a Series getter for argon and helium complete
NanoScale Science and Technology Facility durable, low-cost package. Designed for the product range for bulk gases.Of the
(CNF), Ithaca, N.Y. CNF bulk argon and oxygen flow rates from 10 more than 700 annual users of the CNF, half
(www.cnf.cornell.edu) is a national user Nm3/hr to 60 Nm3/hr, they provide are from outside of Cornell. They use the
facility established in 1977 that supports a continuous high-purity gas using a dual-bed fabrication, synthesis, computation and
broad range of nanoscale science and system, one of which is online at all times, integration resources of the CNF to build
technology projects by providing state-of- while the other regenerates itself.” structures, devices and systems from atomic
the-art resources coupled with expert staff He said PSCN purifiers also benefit to complex length-scales.
support. It encompasses physical sciences, researchers by purifying at ambient Remote research is also available to CNF
engineering and life sciences and has a temperature to reduce power consumption, clients.
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