Pulseo High Power Q-Switched Lasers

Highlights

The Pulseo^® family of high power Q-switched lasers is designed for micromachining applications in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Pulseo lasers lead the industry in product reliability and system uptime, and have the lowest cost of ownership.

The Pulseo is smaller than comparable products, ensuring simple integration into any machine tool. With its intuitive GUI, comprehensive data log, automated command set, and superior design, the Pulseo Q-switched DPSS laser is nearly maintenance free, requiring far less human intervention to keep constant power, beam quality, and throughput.

Outstanding Performance

Pulseo lasers also lead the industry in performance. With their shorter pulse widths, Pulseo lasers have higher peak powers resulting in cleaner scribing, and less thermal damage to your parts. And, excellent near- and far-field beam pointing stability and superior pulse-to-pulse stability translate to more consistent processing results and higher yields.

The integrated E-Pulse™ feature allows users to tailor the overall pulse energy to the specific job on hand. To ensure consistent machining quality and dependability over the lifetime of the laser, we’ve also integrated an automatic crystal shifter which keeps the output power constant. Finally, the Pulseo laser’s Active Laser Purification System™ keeps the air in the laser cavity pure by both filtering and drying it to prevent burn spots on the optics which can result from component out-gassing.

Ease of Use

The Pulseo laser is significantly smaller than competitive high power DPSS lasers ensuring simple integration into any machine tool. With its intuitive GUI, automated command set and superior laser design, the Pulseo laser is nearly maintenance free, requiring much less user intervention and far fewer tweaks to keep constant power, beam quality and throughput than other lasers on the market today.

Pulseo lasers ensure the best product reliability, value, laser performance, cost of ownership, and ease of use.

Pulseo Q-switched DPSS lasers are ideal for a variety of applications in semiconductor, solar, flat panel, PCB and LED manufacturing. Pulseo lasers have a shorter pulse width and higher peak power, which results in cleaner machining and less thermal damage to your parts. Excellent near- and far-field beam pointing stability and superior pulse-to-pulse stability translate to more consistent processing results and higher yields.

Below are a few of many popular Pulseo applications:

In addition to solid reliability, outstanding performance makes Pulseo the laser of choice of high power 532 nm and 355 nm industrial manufacturing applications. Key features include:

• Compact Size – for ease of integration
• E-Pulse – programmable pulse energy to match the laser output to your application’s exact requirements.
• Modular Design – for easy field service, including:

• Field replaceable laser output window – corrects for burn spots caused by airborne particulates generated from the ablation process
• Field replaceable diodes and fibers – allow both diodes and fibers to be easily replaced in the field, without requiring costly tool re-alignment or system downtime
• Field replaceable shutters
• Interchangeable laser head and power supply

• EternAlign™ Optics – our rugged I-beam laser housing and EternAlign™ optics eliminate potential damage and optical misalignment resulting from vibration and shipping
• User Friendly – clear, logical command structure and easy graphical user interface make the Pulseo quick and easy to integrate
• Harmonic Crystal Shifters – compensate for power loss due to crystal degradation, allowing instant restoration of the laser to full power
• Automatic Temperature Tuning – allows the THG crystal temperature to be automatically adjusted to its ideal setting in about 5 minutes
• ALPS – our unique Active Laser Purification System™ maintains the laser cavity clean and dry over the life of the laser to significantly extend laser life
• Data Logging – keeps a log of key performance parameters over time and provide a powerful service feature and product reliability tool

Proven Application

Spectra-Physics Q-Switched DPPS lasers have been designed for micromachining applications in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Founded in 1961, Spectra-Physics has shipped thousands of lasers into the key industrial markets where 24/7 system operation and the demand for system uptime makes product reliability a key element in laser selection.

• Microelectronics: processing and repair of semiconductors, flat panel displays, PCBs, LEDs, electronic packages, storage media, etc.
• Solar: scribing, drilling, doping, marking, dicing etc. of photovoltaic cells and modules

Reliable by Design

Spectra-Physics industrial lasers have a number of unique design features that significantly increase the both laser life and uptime. Our diodes typically last twice the industry average. The lasers’ modular design isolates known wear components and key failure mechanisms into small components (such as diodes, fibers, output window, shutters, and harmonic modules) that are easy to change in the field without costly tool realignment. This lowers service inventory holding costs while shortening Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).

Our proprietary optical alignment system (EternAlign™) and rugged laser housing virtually eliminate alignment failures that can occur with vibration and shock during shipping. The sealed laser resonator and unique filtration system (ALPS) significantly extends the life of the laser by keeping the air inside the laser clean, dry, and free of volatile organic compounds from out-gassing.

And finally our automatic data logging software monitors all key laser performance parameters over the life of the laser, providing a powerful service feature and product reliability tool.

Quality and Reliability Processes

Our quality and reliability efforts lead the industry, including:

Superior Service

Our renowned global service and support organization is comprised of a staff of friendly, experienced, and responsive laser experts. We offer a wide range of available service products including:

With our commitment to quality and reliability, Spectra-Physics Q-switched DPSS lasers offer the best in industrial reliability—higher uptime, lower mean time to repair (MTTR), and lower cost of ownership.

Specifications

Pulseo Laser Head Dimensions

Power Supply Dimensions

Application Notes

• Advantages of Low-M2 Laser Processing - App Focus 007 (1000 KB)
• c-Si Photovoltaic Laser Processing Brochure (1.3 MB)
• cSi_SolarCell_ManufacturingChina_SP (4.5 MB)
• Gaussian Versus Flat-top Beam Processing - App Focus 006 (1.3 MB)
• Glass Cutting with UV Lasers - App Focus 001 (785 KB)
• High Speed Laser-Dicing of Thin Silicon using Line-Focus - App Focus 005 (593 KB)
• ITO Laser Patterning - App Focus 011 (767 KB)
• Laser Edge Isolation Scribing for Solar Cells - App Focus 004 (625 KB)
• LED Laser Scribing Brochure (238 KB)
• LED Sapphire Wafer Scribing - App Focus 008 (545 KB)

Data Sheets

• Pulseo Data Sheet (1.5 MB)