A long time between posts...

It's been a very long time since we posted a blog, or sent a newsletter.  At least you know we're not a pushy sales-driven organisation!  But we have been working hard, improving our products and processes and developing new devices targeted at things you care about.  Here are a few important news items; we hope to provide more details in coming weeks and months.

• ​We moved to much larger premises, in April 2017.  Now we are adding even more laser tables (12 at last count) and expanding the clean-air handling to create more ISO6 areas
• We are working closely with Menlo Systems, who have used our cateye lasers to achieve 0.6 Hz linewidth (see ORS-DL)
• Our range of laser diodes is expanding with curved waveguide and quantum dot devices, and extension across the near infra-red range including 1178nm, 1299nm, 1560nm and more

New products include:

• FSC fast servo controller, for linewidth narrowing and PDH locking to optical cavities
• MSA all-new amplified laser system using wire-cut flexures for precision alignment
• LDL Littrow desmo laser: entirely new Littrow design without springs or flexures
• LDD tapered amplifier diode driver
• Off-the-shelf 780nm/100mW laser systems, for overnight delivery at very low pricing
• Our own single and double-stage Faraday isolators with industry-leading specifications

We have been improving our existing products too:

• ARF/XRF update: colour LCD display, lower-noise power amplifiers, faster tablemode, GUI upgrades
• MWM now has PID locking, and revision 3 of the mechanics has improved stability
• Ultrafast in-laser electronics for linewidth narrowing (B1240 headboard)
• New piezo cartridge for cateye lasers

Please come visit us at DAMOP (Fort Lauderdale) and ICAP (Barcelona).  We'd love to tell you more, and talk to you about what you're working on and what we can do to help.