A family of small, cost-effective, Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser Systems designed to support a wide range of industrial, scientific and educational applications.
Polaris systems are high-performance, flexible and extremely compact flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser systems.
- Feature exeptional beam quality and energy stability in a small, easy-to-set-up, easy-to-operate package.
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The available range of wavelengths, energy levels and repetition rates provide great flexibility.
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Features Laser head – 1064 nm (wide body ready for harmonic generators & motorized attenuator
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Power supply with 100 – 240 VAC 50/60 Hz operation
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Remote Control Panel
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Specifications
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1064 nm |
532 nm |
355 nm |
266 nm |
| Pulse Energy1,2 |
| Polaris II |
50 mJ |
30 mJ |
7 mJ |
5 mJ |
| Polaris III |
90 mJ |
50 mJ |
11 mJ |
10 mJ |
| Beam Diameter |
| Polaris II |
3 mm |
2.75 mm |
2.5 mm |
2.5 mm |
| Polaris III |
4 mm |
3.75 mm |
3.5 mm |
3.5 mm |
| Pulse Width3 |
4-5 ns |
3-4 ns |
3-4 ns |
3-4 ns |
| Beam Divergence4 |
| Polaris II |
< 4.5 mrad |
< 3.5 mrad |
< 2.5 mrad |
< 2.5 mrad |
| Polaris III |
< 5 mrad |
< 4 mrad |
< 3 mrad |
< 3 mrad |
| Pulse to Pulse Stability2 |
± 3% |
± 4% |
± 5% |
± 6% |
| Jitter5 |
± 1 ns |
± 1 ns |
± 1 ns |
± 1 ns |
| Repetition Rate |
| Polaris II |
20 Hz or 30 Hz |
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| Polaris III |
10 Hz or 20 Hz |
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| Beam Pointing |
< 100 ±urad |
< 200 ±urad |
< 250 ±urad |
< 250 ±urad |
| Beam Quality6 (TDL) |
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1) Optical losses due to optional attenuator will reduce maximum energy by 10%
2) Pulse-to-pulse for 98% of 10,000 shots after 30 minute warm up
3) Full width half maximum
4) Full angle for 86% of the energy, at 1/e2 point
5) From Q-switch synch out to light pulse, 98% of 1000 shots
6) Times diffraction limited, at 1/e2 point
Physical Characteristics
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Power Supply |
Control Panel |
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| Length |
12.0" / 305 mm |
14.5" / 368 mm |
6.25" / 159 mm |
| Width |
5.75" / 146 mm |
7.65" / 194 mm |
8.1" / 206 mm |
| Height |
3.63" / 92 mm |
10.9" / 177 mm |
3.25" / 83 mm |
| Weight |
11 lb. / 5.0 kg |
30 lb. / 13.6 kg |
3 lb. / 1.4 kg |
| Umbilical Length |
8 ft / 2.4 m |
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10 ft / 3 m |
Operating Requirements
| Temperature |
70° ± 10° F (21° ± 5° C) |
| Relative Humidity |
20 – 80% non-condensing |
| Voltage |
100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz |
| Power |
250 Watts
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Options
- Harmonic generators and dichroic mirror sets for 532 nm, 355 nm and 266 nm.
- Motorized optical attenuator
- Heaters for Polaris II harmonic generators. Heaters are standard on
- Polaris III harmonic generators
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