TARANIS
Boost your laser power with Taranis module
Fibercryst pioneered the Single Crystal Fiber amplifier (SCF) technology and developed the Taranis module* benefiting from a unique, patented, water cooling solution for high power pumping. Combined with high power laser diode, Taranis module allows to easily amplify your seed laser, in continuous or pulsed regime.
Taranis module can amplify:
– a pulsed seed laser (from a few kHz to several tens of MHz),
– a seed laser (from several tens ns down to a few hundred fs) with seed powers ranging from a few hundred of mW up to several tens of W
*Taranis is an industrial component with no adjustments: the only requirements are proper alignment and focusing of the seed laser.

Why you will choose SCF technology?
Single Crystal Fiber (SCF) amplifiers are the best solution to amplify short pulse lasers in a MOPA (Master Oscillator power amplifier) configuration. They do not suffer from the strongly aberrant thermal lensing effect (that degrades the beam in bulk crystal amplifiers for instance).
Advantages and drawbacks of the different technologies of laser amplifier:
Bulk crystal | Optical fiber | Thin Disk | Slab | SFC (Taranis module) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Power | – | + + + | + + + | + + + | + + |
Energy | + + | – | + + + | + + + | + |
Gain | + | + + + | – | + + | + + |
Easy to use | + + + | + + | – | – – | + + + |
SFC technology with Taranis module is a good solution to reach high power, energy and gain at the same time. It combines the advantages of optical fiber and bulk crystal.
Moreover, the simplicity of the implementation and the small space requirements make it easy to use.
Taranis modules Specsheet
Taranis modules are available with Yb:YAG (Ytterbium) or Nd:YAG (Neodymium) material with a doping rate of 1% or 2%.
For more information on your choice of Taranis module, see our examples and please contact us.
Ref | Material | Doping rate | Module dimension (Lx Wx H) |
Fiber diameter |
---|---|---|---|---|
YBYG_PL0004_W2N | Yb:YAG | 1% at. +/- 0.1% | 70 x 30 x 44 mm | 1 mm +/- 50 µm |
YBYG_PL0001_W2N | Yb:YAG | 1% at. +/- 0.1% | 70 x 30 x 44 mm | 1 mm +/- 50 µm |
NDYG_PL0002_W2N | Nd:YAG | 0.2% at. +/- 0.1% | 70 x 50 x 44 mm | 1.5 mm +/- 50 µm |
Fiber length | Clear aperture* | Depol. losses | AR coating |
---|---|---|---|
30 mm +/- 1mm | < 80% | < 2% | 920-1100 nm < 0.% |
30 mm +/- 1mm | |||
50 mm +/- 1mm |
*Optical faces aesthetics: under the specified operating conditions (pump until 200W)
Examples :
Yb:YAG amplification examples
Seed laser | Pump | Configuration in Taranis | output (W) |
---|---|---|---|
400mW / 30MHz / 230fs | 180W / 200µm / NA 0.22 | Double pass | 12W / 350fs |
1.5W / 20MHz / 360fs | 120W / 200µm / NA 0.22 | Double pass | 14W |
5W / 5MHz / 100ps | 75W / 100µm / NA 0.15 | Double pass | 25W |
2.5W / 10kHz / 150ns | 75W / 100µm / NA 0.15 | Double pass | 25W |
20W / 2MHz / 20ps | 120W / 200µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 45W |
50W / 3MHz / 50ps | 120W / 100µm / NA 0.15 | Single pass | 100W |
55W / 520MHz / 700fs | 120W / 200µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 100W |
39W / CW | 500W / 400µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 130W |
Computed example*:
Taranis : Yb:YAG – 1% – 30mm
Pump : 969nm – 120W – 100µm
Configuration : Single pass
Computed example*:
Taranis : Yb:YAG – 1% – 30mm
Pump : 969nm – 120W – 100µm
Configuration : double pass
* The gain is very sensitive to the spectral bandwidth of the seed laser. The simulations above were achieved with a narrow spectral bandwidth < 3nm. If you wish use a seed laser with a bandwidth larger than 3 nm, please contact us.
Nd:YAG amplification examples
Seed laser | Pump | Configuration in Taranis | output (W) |
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60µJ / 1kHz / 0.5ns | 60W / 100µm / NA 0.22 | Double pass | 2mJ |
350mW / 100kHz / 1ns | 60W / 100µm / NA 0.22 | Double pass | 12W |
5W / 40kHz / 1ns | 60W / 100µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 20W |
10W / 100kHz / 50ns | 60W / 100µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 30W |
13W / 40kHz / 10ns | 120W / 400µm / NA 0.22 | Single pass | 42W |
Taranis implementation
Taranis module is used like bulk crystal which makes it very easy to use.
Possible set-up for amplification with one Taranis module :
Set-up for amplification with single pass through Taranis module (a) and with double pass through Taranis module (b)
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