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Sapphire Lasers

Sapphire lasers provide industry-leading beam quality, exceptional power stability, and low noise. With over 50,000 lasers sold, its proven reliability and low cost of ownership make Sapphire lasers the ideal solution for the most demanding applications.

Features of Sapphire lasers include:

  • Continuous wave (CW) lasers
  • OPSL - Optically Pumped Semiconductor Technology
  • 9 wavelengths from deep blue (458 nm) to orange (593 nm)
  • Up to 500 mW output power
  • Single-frequency and fiber-pigtailed models

Sapphire LP/LPX is a series of free space CW lasers with up to 500 mW output power. It is the ideal laser solution for a manifold of applications such as life sciences, environmental protection, electronics, and metrology.

Sapphire FP (Fiber-Pigtailed) lasers are true fiber-pigtailed lasers ranging from deep blue (458 nm) to orange (594 nm) for life sciences, metrology and inspection applications.

Sapphire SF NX (Single-Frequency) lasers are the right choice for applications that need narrow and ultra-narrow linewidth light like Raman spectroscopy, interferometry, holography, metrology and inspection. Fiber pigtailed (FP) versions are also available.

Sapphire CDRH Controller provides both controller and power supply in a wall plug-ready box, featuring a standby/laser ON switch and remote-control options via analog, RS-232, and USB interface. It enables and simplifies stand-alone applications.

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Sapphire CDRH Controller

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Sapphire CDRH Controller

The Sapphire CDRH Controller is designed for CDRH-compliant stand-alone configurations and feature standby/laser ON switch and remote control options via analog, RS-232, and USB interface.
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Sapphire FP (Fiber-Pigtailed)

Sapphire FP

Sapphire FP (Fiber-Pigtailed)

The Sapphire FP, continuous wave (CW), visible lasers enable optimum excitation of target fluorophores and are available at 458 nm, 488 nm, 514 nm, 532 nm, 552 nm, 561 nm, 568 nm, 588 nm and 594 nm at output powers up to 300 mW.
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Sapphire LP/LPX

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Sapphire LP/LPX

The Sapphire LP/LPX continues wave (CW) lasers are ideal for life sciences, forensic, environmental protection, metrology, featuring industry leading beam quality, power stability and low noise.
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Sapphire SF NX (Single-Frequency)

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Sapphire SF NX (Single-Frequency)

The Sapphire SF continuous wave (CW) blue and green ultra-narrow linewidth lasers are ideal for applications such as Raman spectroscopy, interferometry, holography, metrology, and inspection.

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Sapphire Product Summary

Ease-of-Integration - Ease-of-Operation Superior Reliability and Economy
  • Air-cooled, compact, modular design
  • OEM and stand-alone CDRH configurations
  • Diffraction limited beam quality
  • Drastically reduced power consumption, heat dissipation, footprint compared to (air-cooled) ion lasers
  • 532 nm: no green noise, no complex resonator design required, no thermal lensing compared to Nd:YAG/ YVO4lasers
  • 561nm: 4x higher efficiency/ less power consumption and heat dissipation than “yellow YAGs”
  • Flexible interface concept: analog, RS-232, USB
  • Same FFF of all Sapphire models - Identical: optical/ mechanical/ electrical/ interfacing/ controlling

  • Proven reliability: more than 50,000 installations
  • PermAlign technology: unsurpassed robust and stable
  • Robot-assisted, cleanroom-built and hermetically sealed
  • Best reliability, lifetime and unit-to-unit consistency
  • Virtually no downtime, maintenance-free operation over thousands of hours
  • Low cost of ownership

Sapphire LP (Low Power)
Model Name
Wavelength (nm)
Power (mW)
Sapphire 458 LP
458
20, 50 and 75
Sapphire 488 LP
488
10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300
Sapphire 514 LP
514
20, 50, 75, 100 and 150
Sapphire 532 LP
532
20, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200 and 300
Sapphire 552 LP
552
50, 75, 100, 150 and 200
Sapphire 561 LP
561
20, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300
Sapphire 568 LP
568
50, 75, 100, 150 and 200
Sapphire 588 LP
588
20, 50, 75 and 100
Sapphire 594 LP
594
20, 50 and 75
Sapphire SF NX (Single-Frequency)
Model Name
Wavelength (nm)
Power (mW)
Sapphire 488 NX SF
488
20, 50, 75 and 100
Sapphire 532 NX SF
532
20, 50, 75, 100 and 150
Sapphire FP (Fiber-Pigtailed)
Model Name
Wavelength (nm)
Power (mW)
Sapphire 458 FP
458
40
Sapphire 488 FP
488
40, 80, 120 and 200
Sapphire 514 FP
514
40, 80 and 120
Sapphire 532 FP
532
40, 80 and 120
Sapphire 552 FP
552
40, 80 and 120
Sapphire 561 FP
561
40, 80, 120 and 200
Sapphire 588 FP
588
40
Sapphire 594 FP
594
40

What’s more, laser parameters stay stable over time due to Coherent’s unique and patented Permalign technology: the optical components are aligned to optimum and then soldered. Therewith the optimal alignment is frozen over the lifetime of the product, the laser becomes highly insensitive to vibration and thermal cycles. All Sapphire lasers are manufactured in controlled cleanrooms and hermetically sealed, before being run through rigorous testing procedures designed to keep variances from laser to laser to a minimum. This results into lasers with outstanding performance characteristics, best unit-to-unit consistency, and superior lifetimes.

Sapphire provides wavelengths formerly available only with ion and Nd:YAG/ YVO4 lasers but avoids disadvantages of these technologies. Due to the compatibility with their legacy wavelengths instrument manufacturers can directly integrate Sapphire into their existing designs and use the same optics and filters as already employed.

The new Sapphire SF NX lasers provides single-frequency operation with an ultra-narrow linewidth of < 1.5 MHz at 488 nm and 532 nm for applications such as Raman spectroscopy, flow cytometry, holography, and metrology.

Sapphire comes with a flexible interface concept: analog, RS-232 or USB – it is up you to select your communication channel. This interface concept has been designed to support your laser application and sustain the fast changing demands and developments of your industry in the coming years. The modular concept with small-footprint components and high electrical efficiency further facilitates and simplifies integration not only into OEM instrumentation with their reduced physical, electrical and thermal demands.

Sapphire continuously expand and update the product spectrum with legacy and customized wavelength products to optimally cope with your demand and to enable future applications. Independent of the wavelength, all Sapphire versions come with the same form-fit and function: