Thorlabs, Inc.
Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications.
- 973-300-3000
- 973-300-3600
- sales@thorlabs.com
- 43 Sparta Ave
Newton, NJ 07860
United States of America
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Fourier Transform Optical Spectrum Analyzer, 600 - 1700 nm
OSA202C
Thorlabs' Optical Spectrum Analyzers (OSAs) perform highly accurate spectral measurements. Compatible with fiber-coupled and free-space light sources, these compact benchtop instruments suit a wide variety of applications, such as analyzing the spectrum of a telecom signal, resolving the Fabry-Perot modes of a gain chip, and identifying gas absorption lines. Many commonly available OSAs use grating-based monochromators, which have slow acquisition times due to the need to mechanically scan the grating and average out noise at each wavelength. Thorlabs' OSAs acquire the spectrum via a Fourier transform using a scanning Michelson interferometer in a push/pull configuration. This approach dramatically improves the acquisition time, enables a high-precision wavelength meter mode with 7 significant figures and ±1 part-per-million accuracy, and allows the included software to provide robust statistical analysis of the acquired spectra, as explained in the Design tab.
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Premium Microwave Cables And Adapters
Thorlabs' Microwave Cables and Adapter Cables are flexible, high-performance, coaxial cable assemblies designed for use out to 50 GHz, depending on connector type (see the image to the right). The design gives these cables flexibility while maintaining optimal performance. They exhibit low VSWRs (Voltage Standing Wave Ratios) over the usable frequency range, as well as low insertion losses (see the Specs tab). These cables are each tested to ensure performance.
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PRO8 Modular Laser Diode Platform
Thorlabs offers the PRO8 modular test and measurement platform in 2-slot and 8-slot configurations. These customizable bench top chassis let users build a compact fiber or laser diode testing platforms for their lab or factory floor. Modules include lasers, TEC controllers, optical switches, and current controllers.
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Optical Fiber
Thorlabs' full line of optical fiber and fiber optic components are presented here. This includes our industry-leading selection of bare optical fiber and fiber optic patch cables as standard stock items. In addition, custom fiber patch cables can be ordered and shipped within 24 hours. Also available is an extensive line of optical fiber components including collimators, polarization controllers, fiber optic couplers, WDMs, circulators, and attenuators, as well as all of the tools and supplies needed to terminate, inspect, and clean optical fiber and fiber components.
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Receivers
Our selection of ultrafast photoreceivers for telecom applications provide bandwidths up to 40 GHz. They are available as fully operational instruments or in compact, hermetically sealed packages for OEM applications.
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Electro-Optic Modulators
Thorlabs’ selection of electro-optic (EO) modulators includes free-space and fiber-coupled LiNbO3 modulators. Free-space amplitude, phase, or resonant modulators can operate at speeds up to 100 MHz. We also offer liquid crystal EO modulators for speeds up to 2.5 kHz. Fiber-coupled intensity, phase, or IQ modulators for speeds up to 40 GHz can be driven by our EO modulator drivers. A modulator bias controller is also available for use with fiber-coupled intensity modulators.
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Ultrafast Photodetector with Current Monitor, 750 - 1650 nm, DC - 30 GHz, FC/PC
DXM30AF
The DXM30AF Ultrafast Detector is a DC - 30 GHz, fiber-coupled, InGaAs-based photodetector designed for applications in the 750 nm - 1650 nm wavelength range. The core element of the detector is the fiber-coupled, hermetically sealed, microwave detector module. For convenience and simplicity of use, the module is mounted inside a rugged housing that includes a rechargeable battery, current monitor circuitry, and a digital display of the DC photocurrent.
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High-Dynamic-Range Polarimeters
*Three Wavelength Ranges Available**400 nm - 700 nm**600 nm - 1080 nm**900 nm - 1700 nm*Rotating-Wave-Plate-Based Measurement*High Dynamic Range of 70 dB*Excellent Azimuth and Ellipticity Accuracy of ±0.25°*Sampling Rate up to 400 Samples/s*Beam Terminates Inside the Module*Ø3.0 mm Free-Space Beam Input or FC/PC Fiber Input *Fully Featured Software Includes Alignment Tool and Extinction Ratio Measurement Tool
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High-Speed, Fiber-Optic Reference Transmitters
Thorlabs' Reference Transmitters are designed for high-speed fiber optic test and measurement applications. They are fully-integrated and user-configurable solutions based on proven lithium niobate (LiNbO3) modulator technology driven by high-fidelity RF amplifiers.
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Ultrafast Fiber Optic Photodetectors
DXM Series
The DXM series of Ultrafast Detectors are fiber-coupled photodetectors with wide wavelength ranges, as shown in the plot to the right, that are designed to be used for a variety applications. Each provides a high-fidelity electrical output pulse in response to an optical input pulse, and their clean impulse responses have full width half maxima (FWHM) down to 15 ps.
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sCMOS Camera
Quantalux
Thorlabs' Quantalux™ Scientific CMOS (sCMOS) Camera offers extremely low read noise and high sensitivity for demanding imaging applications. The compact housing has been engineered to provide passive thermal management for the sensor, reducing dark current without the need for a cooling fan or thermoelectric cooler. These features makes the Quantalux camera ideally suited for low-light imaging applications such as fluorescence microscopy.
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Polarization Instrumentation
This page features the optics and instrumentation necessary to control and measure the polarization of light. Our free-space and fiber-coupled polarimeters can measure any state of polarization (SOP) on the Poincaré sphere.
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Telecom Fiber Couplers
Thorlabs offers a varied selection of single mode (SM) and polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber couplers, as well as single mode 1x8 and 1x16 PLC waveguide splitters that have center wavelengths at common telecom wavelengths, including 850 nm, 1310 nm, and 1550 nm.
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Extinction Ratio Meter
The ERM100 is an extinction ratio meter based on the rotating polarizer technique. This benchtop device offers a fast and simple way to measure the ER of Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers. It is an easy-to-use device that may be utilized in many applications where the alignment of PM fibers is required.
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Imaging
Welcome to Thorlabs; below you will find links to our imaging systems and components. The products below are not only designed specifically for imaging applications, but they can be easily integrated into our entire line of photonics products. This makes it easy to modify or build custom imaging systems. Thorlabs’ Selection of Imaging Systems consists of our Laser Scanning Microscopy systems and OCT Imaging Systems.
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