KMLabs Inc. products

KMLabs Hyperion VUV, a 2019 Laser Focus World Platinum-level Innovators Award and an R&D 100 Awards Finalist, provides bright femtosecond pulses at numerous wavelengths across the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region, from 6.0 eV (205 nm) to 10.8 eV (115 nm). The discrete tunability of the KMLabs Hyperion VUVTM vacuum ultraviolet source enables researchers to study a wide range of materials and materials properties. A simple computer-selected change of photon energy provides a powerful capability, previously only available at a synchrotron; this ability to easily change the laser wavelength can enhance many experiments. For example, in angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) experiments, this tunability allows researchers to distinguish surface effects from bulk effects. For time-of-flight (ToF) studies of molecules, the tunability can distinguish otherwise identical isomers.

Good news: you no longer have to dedicate your laboratory resources to building a high harmonic generation (HHG) system. The 5th generation of KMLabs` XUUS™ extreme UV ultrafast source is a turnkey system that gets you right into your experiment. XUUS 5 is a coherent EUV/soft X-ray light source based on high harmonic generation. It is a fully-engineered and integrated commercial source based on a single robust opto-mechanical platform. 

The KMLabs Griffin™ series of Ti:sapphire oscillators gives customers ultimate control over their system, are simple to maintain, and offer a wide range of performance specifications enabling many different applications. These prism-based oscillators use Kerr lens modelocking to generate ultrashort < 12 fs pulses. All Griffin lasers include computerized control of the spectral bandwidth and center wavelength and water-cooled breadboards for maximum long term stability. There are options within the Griffin series that include integrated pump lasers and diagnostics. Griffin lasers are very simple to maintain, since components are easily accessible.

The Wyvern regenerative amplifier has long been a staple in the world of ultrafast Ti:sapphire amplifiers. The software-accessible repetition rate range and high power level of this system has made it the perfect match for many labs looking for more flexibility from a single system over the past 20 years.

The Collegiate™ ultrafast Ti:sapphire laser kit is the latest installment of the original KMLabs few-cycle oscillators. When it was introduced in 1994, this was the first commercial Ti:sapphire laser capable of generating pulses less than 12 femtoseconds in duration. Since then, as technology has evolved, KMLabs has been proud to continue pushing the boundaries in ultrafast laser science to some of the most challenging and advanced demands in the research field. Through this evolution, as KMLabs has expanded into offering turn-key laser systems, Collegiate endures as a workhorse user-serviceable laser, providing an entry-level Ti:sapphire laser system with state-of-the-art performance appropriate for both educational and research environments.

The KMLabs Halcyon™ repetition-rate stabilized oscillator is popular with customers who need to synchronize oscillator laser pulses with pulses from another laser or with a synchrotron.  Electronics included with the Halcyon lock its output to the customer’s reference signal and can provide timing jitter of less than 150 fs.  Stabilization of the repetition rate is achieved through multiple features including a temperature-stabilized breadboard, a motorized stage for coarse feedback, and a small piezo-mounted mirror for fast feedback.  The KMLabs team works closely with each Halcyon customer to ensure that the system meets their specific needs.  Due to the flexible design of the Halcyon™, it can lock to reference signals over a very wide range:  75 MHz to 4 GHz.

KMLabs QM Quantum Microscope advanced photon imaging solution is a fully integrated, commercialized platform enabling ultrafast spectroscopy in the EUV range and high-contrast, near surface-to-subsurface imaging at the nanoscale. It enables laboratory-based 2D high contrast imaging of composition and structure, study of mechanical properties of patterned films, deep understanding of materials properties, and functional characterization of spintronic, ALD, 2D, low-density lightweight, energy, space and photovoltaic materials.

KMLabs Pantheon™ platform is a pulsed EUV source, consisting of the necessary instrumentation for the generation of EUV light as well as a beamline to facilitate delivery of pure EUV photons to your user-supplied experimental station. Individual pulses of light from Pantheon have duration in the femtosecond regime and take the form of a laser-like, coherent, and highly focusable beam.