We are a pioneer in diode-pumped laser technology with designator programs such as the AH-64 Apache, RAH-66 Comanche, OH-58 Kiowa and Litening. All these lasers are characterized by excellent beam divergence and pointing stability.
Laser systems are operated in numerous operational modes, including Q-switched operation utilizing various active and passive Q-switch technologies.
Products include combined diode-pumped laser designators and rangefinders with options for eyesafe wavelength. Eyesafe wavelength is achieved by a number of technologies including the Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) which converts the Nd:YAG wavelength to an eyesafe wavelength. An additional technology utilized to achieve the eyesafe wavelength is Er:glass technology, which emits the desired eyesafe wavelength naturally. The Er:Glass lasers include both flash lamp and diode-pumped lasers, enabling a variety of solutions concerning the normal customer requirement for eye safety, particularly for the rangefinder products.
We have developed a whole class of fiber lasers which can be utilized as the “engine” for numerous military and commercial products such as LADAR/LIDAR systems for helicopter obstacle warning (such as in Elop’s LORD/SWORD Obstacle Warning System), DIRCM, or wake vortex detection. The fiber laser exhibits inherent advantages over conventional
solid-state lasers, including superior beam quality, high efficiency, better thermal management, reduced footprint, excellent mechanical stability (“built-in optical bench”), scalability to high powers, wavelength agility, pulse modulation flexibility etc. For LIDAR/LADAR applications eyesafe wavelength can be utilized, and for DIRCM applications the appropriate wavelength bands are achievable.
