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Precilasers' narrow linewidth high-power lasers cover wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared, and can provide lasers of various wavelengths for the excitation of Rydberg atoms, realizing quantum computing based on Rydberg atoms and ytterbium atomic optical clocks. Quantum computing based on ytterbium atoms requires narrow linewidth lasers of various wavelengths for cooling, trapping, and manipulating atoms, as shown in the figure below [1].

High power low noise laser for optical tweezers

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 486.78nm

0.05-6W

 
Used for Ytterbium atom Rydberg, magic wavelength, optical tweezers. Realized by thulium-doped fiber laser and frequency quadrupling.
  • High power
  • Low intensity noise
  • Never mode hop
 759nm1.5W-10W

Used in ytterbium atomic optical clocks, magic wavelength. Achieved by frequency summing of two low-noise lasers
  • High power
  • Low intensity noise
  • Never mode hop

Narrow linewidth lasers for quantum state manipulation and excitation of atoms

In order to achieve a laser covering multiple wavelengths from the ground state to the excited state of cesium atoms, Precilasers has launched a widely tunable laser that perfectly combines the wide tuning characteristics of external cavity diode lasers and the high power characteristics of fiber amplifiers.
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 302nm0.1-1WThe 1974nm thulium-doped fiber DFB laser is frequency-doubled to produce a 987nm laser. The 1555nm fixed external cavity semiconductor laser seed passes through an erbium-doped fiber amplifier and then frequency-doubles with the 987nm laser to produce a 604nm laser. After cavity frequency doubling, a high-power 302nm laser is produced.
  • High power
  • Long life
  • Never mode hop
  • Tuning range>300GHz
369nm0.5-4W1108nm Ytterbium-doped Fiber DFB Frequency Tripler
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop
 399nm0.04-2WThe detection light of ytterbium atoms. The 1596nm fiber DFB laser can generate a high-power 798nm laser after single-pass frequency doubling. The 798nm single-pass frequency doubling can output 40mW of 399nm laser. For higher power, cavity frequency doubling is required to generate a 399nm laser with a maximum power of 1.5W.
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop
556nm
0.5-20W
1112nm Ytterbium-doped Fiber DFB Frequency Doubling
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop
 578nm
0.5-5W
The 1156nm fiber DFB seed laser passes through a low-noise Raman amplifier and then outputs a maximum of 5W of 578nm laser light in a single pass.
  • Narrow linewidth
  • Easy to lock ultra-stable cavity
 
639nm0.5-10W
Based on single-frequency seed laser, fiber laser amplification and high-efficiency frequency conversion technology, it can provide narrow linewidth laser of 639nm
 
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop
770nm0.2-6W 
High-power narrow-linewidth laser output based on high-power, low-noise erbium-doped fiber amplification and frequency doubling technology.
 
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop
 1389nm1-15WUsed for Ytterbium atomic optical clock. The 1389nm fixed external cavity semiconductor laser is output after passing through the Raman amplifier.
  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
1539nm2-40WThe 1539nm fixed external cavity semiconductor laser seed is directly output after passing through the erbium-doped fiber amplifier

  • Narrow linewidth
  • High power
  • Never mode hop

Widely tunable lasers

In order to achieve a laser covering multiple wavelengths from the ground state to the excited state of cesium atoms, Precilasers has launched a widely tunable laser that perfectly combines the wide tuning characteristics of external cavity semiconductor lasers and the high power characteristics of fiber amplifiers.
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 302nm0.1W-1WThe 1974nm thulium-doped fiber DFB laser is frequency-doubled to produce a 987nm laser. The 1555nm wide-tuned external cavity diode laser seed passes through an erbium-doped fiber amplifier and then frequency-doubles with the 987nm laser to produce a 604nm laser. After cavity frequency doubling, a high-power 302nm laser is produced.
  • Tuning range±1nm

Frequency Stabilization and Other Accessories

The excitation of the Rydberg state of cesium atoms requires that the laser wavelength be accurately aligned with the transition spectrum of the atom and that the wavelength be kept stable for a long time. Precilasers has also launched corresponding frequency stabilization solutions.
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Hertz level ultra-stable laser system<0.5Hz/50Hz
Based on the PDH frequency stabilization method, the laser is locked to a high-precision and portable ultra-stable laser system to achieve the narrowing of the laser line width.
  • Ultra-high frequency stability
  • Narrow linewidth
  • Portable
 
[1] Ma, S., Liu, G., Peng, P.et al.High-fidelity gates and mid-circuit erasure conversion in an atomic qubit.Nature622, 279–284 (2023).