Author Archives: Anca Guina

Modulight releases multi-chip red laser modules for industrial, display and medical applications

May 19, 2011 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, May 19th 2011 – Modulight announced today the expansion of FiberLight product family by addition of multi-chip red laser modules for industrial, display and medical applications. The released products fill in the gap between the butterfly packaged single emitters and fiber coupled laser arrays already represented in FiberLight family. The laser modules can host up to 4 laser diodes which are coupled to a single 200 μm core fiber with NA=0.22 and terminated with a standard SMA-905 connector. A Continue reading →

LimeLight laser systems on display in Photonics West at booth #4635

January 20, 2011 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Jan 20th 2011 – LimeLight laser systems offered by Modulight respond to the needs of systems integrators to find an easy-to-use laser solution fitting to their application. LimeLight products are offered with Modulight’s unique wavelength range from visible red to NIR. Standard products come with fiber output with SMA-905 connector, integrated driver, and cooling controller. The systems can be controlled through a USB port with a standard PC user interface or by an analog/digital control signal directly. Other package Continue reading →

Modulight adds features and scales up power from FiberLight product platform

January 13, 2011 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Jan 13th 2011 – Modulight announced today new designs for the FiberLight product family addressing both, power and functionality requirements of medical, defense and industrial markets, including display and projection application for visible lasers. The new platform has an improved coupling efficiency combined with robust mechanical design, and detachable fiber as a new feature. FiberLight product family comprises all the fiber coupled laser array products of Modulight, based on one and two laser arrays. Currently, the following wavelengths and Continue reading →

Modulight releases OEM laser systems for Medical and Industrial applications

November 11, 2010 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Nov 11th 2010 – Modulight announced today a set of OEM laser systems ideal for medical and industrial applications. The sub-systems produce up to 1.5 W optical power and cover most of the conventional wavelengths between 635 nm and 1550nm. Standard configuration is based on Modulight Butterfly module line-up options and includes integrated laser driver, controller, cooling, and external modulation interface. Customizable options include, but are not limited to, wavelength, power, and output specification, control interface, form factor, and Continue reading →

Modulight releases high-power single-mode lasers at 1310-1650nm for OTDR and other metrology applications

September 16, 2010 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Sep 16th 2010 – Modulight announced today a set of high-power single lateral mode lasers ideal for optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) and other metrology applications. The lasers produce up to 300mW pulsed optical power and cover all conventional wavelengths between 1310 nm and 1650 nm. The products are offered in different formats ranging from laser chips to TO-cans and coaxial PCB mountable fiber pigtailed modules. On request, products can be also integrated into a PCB mountable dual or triple Continue reading →

Modulight celebrates 10 years anniversary with 35% growth in business

August 25, 2010 by Anca Guina
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Modulight, a privately held laser solutions provider based in Tampere Finland, celebrates this week 10-year era of its lasers with a 35% sales growth in H1 2010 compared to previous year. Many of company’s long-term collaborators are expected to take part the open house cocktail party organized on 27th of August at Modulight’s headquarters located in Tampere, Finland. Modulight was established in year 2000 for providing communications laser technology for short reach applications. One of the first products, uncooled 1310nm 10Gb/s laser diode, was the Continue reading →

Modulight appoints new partners in Italy and Singapore

April 30, 2010 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Apr 30th 2010, Modulight has recently enlarged its distribution network by appointing new partners to bring more value to customers located in Italy and Singapore. By choosing Laser Optronic as a representative for the Italian market, Modulight gets access to a valuable customer network through a company with a history of over 35 years in the field of lasers and laser systems. Precision Technologies was Modulight choice for a partner in Singapore. The company was established 35 years ago Continue reading →

Modulight welcomes summer by releasing a series of colourful and powerful C-mounted single-emitters

April 26, 2010 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Apr 26th 2010, Modulight broadens again the selection of its renowned laser diode products by releasing the high-power single-emitter C-mounted lasers. This series covers a range of standard wavelengths, from 630 nm to 1550 nm. Modulight lasers at these wavelengths have found their way to applications in medical, industrial, defense and research activities already since 2008. The C-mounted lasers can embed most of the Modulight’s high-power multimode single-emitter products, offering broad wavelength and power level coverage. Currently, the following Continue reading →

Modulight turning Christmas all red, by adding new red lasers to ChiliLase product family

December 10, 2009 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Finland & San Jose, CA, Dec 10th 2009, Modulight today announces the extension of its ChiliLase product family with the introduction of several new products supporting the needs in medical, industrial and display applications. Modulight’s ChiliLase family is well-known for its flagship product, high-power lasers at 635nm, delivering leading power and performance in the industry from mounted chips to fiber coupled lasers and turnkey/OEM systems. This success is now followed by introduction of several new lasers at visible red wavelength range: 4W at 632 Continue reading →

Modulight lasers launched to space on ESA’s SMOS satellite mission

October 21, 2009 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, Oct 21st, 2009 – Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) has successfully supplied fiber pigtailed laser diodes to European Space Agency (ESA) – for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite to be launched on 2nd of November 2009. These lasers, designed and manufactured in Finland, are an essential part of the optical harness of the MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis) instrument in the satellite. Through the use of MIRAS, SMOS will provide global information on surface soil moisture every three days within an Continue reading →