Photonics Laser & Laser Diode
The Laser Market
Lasers are essential in many of the technologies that have exploded in the last few decades, including CD, CDR, DVD laser printing, scanners, data transfer and fiber optic telecommunications. Diode lasers represent the largest share of the laser market, even as LEDs and VCSELs continue to evolve.
It's the unique thermal and electrical properties in Materion Ceramics Beryllium Oxide materials that make BeO the material of choice for a wide range of Phontonics and Laser applications. State-of-the-art tracking, sensing and acquisition systems must maintain the highest reliability under extraordinary demanding conditions.
MATERION MATERIALS - PRODUCTS PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY
Our nation's guided missile defense systems use Beryllium Oxide materials to assure a fist line of defense in detecting, targeting and ultimately destroying missile threats making our country a safer place. Materion Ceramics produces products that are integral in providing wireless communication between ships, ground units, aircraft and military leaders. Fast and reliable communication is key for coordination of our military forces. Whether it is utilized in a ground unit, aircraft or from a ship, beryllium oxide materials play a critical role in saving lives.
Designers have discovered Materion Ceramics E-Materials and are using these materials in laser bars and as heat sinks in charge coupled devices (CCD) such as cameras. E-Materials, a metal matrix composite (MMC), offers a light weight and thermal conductivity solution providing superior performance over traditional materials such as aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC).
The Materion Corporation Solution
In laser diodes, the active medium is a semiconductor similar to that found in a light-emitting diode. The most common type of laser diode is formed from a p-n junction and powered by injected electric current. Among other uses, laser diodes are found in optical fiber systems, compact disc (CD) players, laser printers, remote-control devices and intrusion detection systems.
Products from Materion Corporation are used throughout the manufacturing of laser diodes.
Products used during the metallization of the contact surface include:
- Gold sputtering targets, using SFG™ technology
- Gold evaporation materials, using EVAPro™ technology
Products used for high index application include:
Products used for insulating layers in the diode include•
Materion Corporation offers a variety of backing plate designs and customer support services for backing plates including the ability to:
- Design
- Repair
- Replace
- Refurbish
Materion Beryllium Oxide
Unique thermal and electrical properties make BeO the material of choice for a wide range of Photonics and Laser applications. BeO components can typically be found in lasers with the most demanding applications such as in medical devices for DNA analyses, where the highest beam quality or output power are required. BeO has traditionally been found in laser bores which are the main component of a gas laser. New applications for BeO substrates include laser diode sub-mounts where standard BeO and BW1000 provide beneficial properties, including the thermal conductivity and surface requirements necessary for these demanding applications. BeO is also increasingly used as a waveguide in CO2 lasers which are used for industrial marking of items such as integrated circuits and PC boards. New photonics applications are also developing in E-materials, which can now be found in laser bars and as heat sinks in CCD cameras. Light weight and thermal conductivity give these metal matrix materials an edge over traditional materials such as aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC).
Laser Diode Technology
At Materion, we constantly strive to improve our material technologies to enable our customers’ products. As the technology boom continues, and the demand for laser diodes increases, we will push our technological capabilities to meet the needs of your laser diode applications.
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