Akinetic All-Semiconductor Technology

High-Speed Sweeping

400k, 200k, 100k, 50k, 20k, 10k, 4k sweeps per second; adjustable to any speed 2k to 400k
Technology demonstrated to 1M sweeps per second
95% duty cycle, adjustable; nanoseconds between sweeps

Clean Optical Performance

Single longitudinal mode
Dynamic coherence length >220 mm (110 mm imaging depth range)
Coherence length not dependent on sweep rate
Clean point spread function with 55–65 dB noise floor
RIN less than -138 dB/Hz; SMSR less than -47 dB

Unprecedented Sweep Linearity

No need for an external k-clock
Linearity better than 0.01% at 200,000 sweeps per second (±0.5 pm RMS; ±0.1 GHz)
Trigger jitter <300 femtoseconds
No mode hops. Guaranteed.

Flexible, Stable Power

Output power 0–10 mW, 0–15 mW, or 0–20 mW; programmable
Flatness <0.015 dB
Programmable output profiles include flat across band, Gaussian, tapered cosine, Custom Power Profile™

Phase Stability/Wavelength Repeatability

Sweep-to-sweep repeatability <0.5 pm RMS (~0.0005%)
Eliminate need for phase referencing and resampling
Simplifies and improves Doppler OCT

Polarization-Sensitive Measurement

Stable polarization state (low polarization state wobble)
Optional PM source output for advanced testing with high extinction ratio

Wide Wavelength Bands

100+ nm or 50+ nm sweep ranges (129+ nm or 64+ nm Gaussian equivalent)
Insight flat-top profile wavelength range generates greater axial resolution than traditional profiles100+ nm or 50+ nm sweep ranges
1310 nm and 1550 nm bands
1060 nm development ongoing

Sweep Programmability

Change your sweep parameters from software:
- Power profile
- Duty cycle
- Sweep speed
- Sweep width
- Measurement points
Ethernet communications and control

Rapidly Declining Costs

Already the same or lower price than even lower-performance lasers
Wafer-scale laser manufacturing assures rapidly declining costs
Internal electronics use high-volume telecom parts for continued cost declines

Future-Proof Your System: Upcoming Capabilities Based on Software-Controlled Sweep

Talk to us about our product roadmap, which includes:
- Adjustable coherence length
- Interlacedcoherence sweeps
- Non-contiguous sweeps
- Custom wavelength profiles
- Simultaneous multi-wavelength sweeps
- Interlaced sweep rate sweeps
- Interlaced forward and backward sweeps without PSF degradation
- Interlaced number of data points

Small (and shrinking) Form Factor

OEM (standard): 7.1" x 4.6" x 2.4" (18.03 cm x 11.68 cm x 6.10 cm)
Benchtop: 10.25" x 6" x 3.75" (26.04 cm x 15.24 cm x 9.53 cm)
The package will be the size of a smart phone in a few years

Rugged, Reliable

Image quality does not degrade over the life of the laser
No moving parts for long life
Little power loss over time
Low vibration sensitivity

Upcoming: Integrated High-Speed, High-Resolution Measurement

Dual-purposing the laser’s existing A-to-D converter(s) cuts system cost
One, two or three channels of simultaneous measurement
14-bit high resolution
400 MHz data acquisition
Built-in, configurable signal conditioning with wide 200 MHz bandwidth
Low noise
Tightly integrated with laser operation
On-board FFT
Auto-zero and auto-correction