Aries-2™ Mid-IR Laser: Powerful Fixed Wavelength, Narrowband Output

The Aries-2 series consists of fixed-wavelength, narrowband mid-IR lasers, offering an average output power reaching 1 W. Featuring a highly durable and stable resonator design, the Aries-2 laser ensures excellent control over linewidth and maintains wavelength stability, even under changing environmental conditions. Available with a variety of quantum cascade laser chips, the Aries-2 can be tailored during manufacturing to meet diverse application requirements.

Included with Aries-2 systems is the SideKick laser controller, which provides versatile and accurate adjustments of laser output power, temperature, and pulse settings.

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Highlights

Features and Benefits

Optical power up to 2 W

CW or pulsed output

Wavelength availability: 3-13 µm

Superior TEM₀₀ beam quality and low beam pointing allow fiber coupling

Linewidths of <1 cm^-1 (pulsed, FWHM) or <100 MHz (CW, tuned to SLM) Output power to >1 W (peak) or >0.5 W (average)

Superb wavelength stability: ≤0.5 cm^-1/hour within operating temperature range

SideKick^™ controller, GUI, and SDK included with all systems

High power stability: <2% rms (1 hour)

Current (amplitude) modulation up to 1 MHz

Proprietary HFQD^™ circuitry protects your chips

Applications

OPA/OPO seeding

Imaging

Detector calibration

Illumination

TIC, VOC, GHG, and leak detection

LIDAR and DIAL systems

Standoff detection

Optical fiber testing

Environmental monitoring

IRCM research

Materials characterization

Product Specifications

Source: DRS Daylight Solutions Inc.