CUTTING EDGE LASERS FOR CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE

Given the unique properties of laser light, and the broad performance envelope that can be achieved by laser sources, it's no surprise that laser light is playing a key role in many fields of frontier science today.

Examples of lasers featuring strongly in scientific advances include:

-   Nobel-prizing winning research that uses CW narrow linewidth Ti:S lasers like M Squared's 'SolsTiS' to cool atoms to near absolute zero. This work lead to the observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation, a new matter state

-   Using femtosecond laser pulses like those generated by M Squared's 'Sprite' to produce a highly localized chemical reaction in polymers. This has allowed engineering of atom scale structures with resolution down to 100nm

-   Science at terahertz time scales: THz-frequency electromagnetic radiation, like that generated by M Squared's 'Firefly-THz', has a fundamental period of around 1ps. This makes THz laser light uniquely suited to study and control systems of central importance: small molecules rotate at THz frequencies. Collisions between gas phase molecules at room temperature last about 1ps. Biologically important collective modes of proteins vibrate at THz frequencies. Electrons in semiconductors and their nanostructures resonate at THz frequencies. Superconducting energy gaps are found at THz frequencies. Gaseous and solid-state plasmas oscillate at THz frequencies.

Cutting edge science has often stimulated the development of new laser systems that provide the cutting edge performance needed to make breakthroughs. Historically, however, innovation in commercial laser systems has all too often come at the expense of ease of use and reliability, with open-lid product designs that require frequent operator adjustments and maintenance.

With a 20-year design and applications perspective, M Squared's goal is Dependable Innovation, which describes our commitment to sealed, maintenance-free, automated laser systems that provide next-generation, breakthrough performance. As the smallest, and only alignment-free laser of its type, M Squared's SolsTiS CW Ti:S laser is a prime example of our commitment to providing cutting edge laser systems that can help, not hinder, cutting edge science.