PW4600090HSNA: PowerMir 4.6um High Power Pulsed Quantum Cascade Laser 100mW HHL Package

• High-Power 4.6 µm Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Laser: QCW Fabry-Perot QCL system emitting around 4.6 µm ± 0.1 µm, ideal for MIR spectroscopy, gas sensing, industrial monitoring, and defense-grade mid-IR applications.
• ITAR-Free MIR Laser Technology: Manufactured in France using proprietary quantum cascade laser technology, offering a high-performance ITAR-free alternative for international research, OEM integration, and commercial deployment.
• Quasi-CW High Duty Cycle Pulsed Operation: Designed for QCW operation to improve wall-plug efficiency while reducing thermal dissipation compared with traditional high-peak-power pulsed MIR laser sources.
• High Average Optical Power Options: Available in configurations delivering >1 W average optical power or 450–500 mW average optical power, depending on application and export-control requirements.
• Export-Friendly <500 mW Version: The <500 mW model is designed to remain below dual-use export-control thresholds, simplifying procurement and international shipment for many applications.
• Fast Pulse Repetition Frequency: Supports pulse frequencies above 500 kHz, enabling high-speed measurement, modulation, and time-resolved mid-infrared spectroscopy.
• Excellent Beam Quality: Delivers a near-Gaussian TM00 beam with M² < 1.5, providing stable optical performance and easier coupling into MIR optical systems.
• Low Beam Divergence: Standard beam option provides typical divergence of 3–6 mrad horizontal and 2–4 mrad vertical, supporting efficient free-space beam delivery and optical alignment.
• Standard Output Beam Size: Typical beam dimensions at the window output are approximately 3 mm vertical × 2 mm horizontal, with a slightly elliptical far-field profile.
• Highly Linear Polarization: Emits a vertically polarized beam with polarization purity greater than 98%, suitable for polarization-sensitive MIR experiments and optical setups.
• Long Operational Reliability: Designed for robust performance with typical reliability exceeding 3,500 hours, supporting demanding laboratory and OEM environments.
• Stable Central Wavelength Around 4.6 µm: The optical power-weighted central wavelength is optimized for mid-infrared absorption features near 4.6 microns, a key spectral region for molecular sensing and spectroscopy.
• Multiple System Configurations: Available as a complete plug-and-play benchtop turnkey laser system, an OEM driver + laser module, or an HHL-packaged QCL for flexible integration.
• Turnkey Benchtop System for Laboratory Use: Complete lab-ready system includes current control, temperature control, air cooling, laser safety functions, and user-friendly Windows software for fast setup and operation.
• Dual Laser Head Control Capability: Turnkey configuration can control up to two laser heads simultaneously, allowing multi-wavelength or dual-channel MIR system development.
• External TTL Modulation Support: Compatible with external TTL modulation for synchronized operation, pulsed experiments, and integration into automated spectroscopy or sensing platforms.
• OEM Integration Ready: OEM configuration includes a PCB driver connected to the HHL-packaged QCL and can be controlled via Modbus or Windows software, making it suitable for embedded MIR instrumentation.
• Optional Red Alignment Laser: Benchtop systems can be equipped with red beam alignment lasers to simplify optical alignment in laboratory and prototype setups.
• Efficient Thermal Management: QCW operation and regulated base-plate temperature operation help minimize heat load while maintaining high average output power.
• Reproducible Manufacturing for Series Production: Built with reproducible specifications to support repeatable performance across multiple units, making it suitable for scaled OEM production.
• Optimized for MIR Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy: The 4.6 µm emission band is well suited for mid-infrared molecular detection, environmental monitoring, combustion diagnostics, process analytics, and trace gas analysis.
• Compact HHL-Packaged Laser Option: HHL packaging enables integration into custom optical asse

Applications for 4.6 µm QCW Quantum Cascade Laser Systems

• Carbon monoxide (CO) detection and monitoring: Ideal for high-sensitivity CO gas sensing near the strong 4.6 µm absorption band in industrial, environmental, laboratory, and safety monitoring systems.
• Mid-infrared trace gas spectroscopy: High-power 4.6 µm QCL source for MIR absorption spectroscopy, QCLAS, TDLAS, photoacoustic spectroscopy, cavity-enhanced spectroscopy, and multipass gas cell measurements.
• Industrial emissions monitoring: Suitable for continuous emissions monitoring systems used in power plants, refineries, chemical facilities, cement plants, waste incinerators, and combustion-based processes.
• Combustion diagnostics: Enables real-time measurement of CO and related combustion byproducts in engines, burners, turbines, furnaces, boilers, and flame research platforms.
• Exhaust gas analysis: Used for automotive, aerospace, marine, and industrial engine exhaust testing where fast, selective, and sensitive mid-IR gas analysis is required.
• Environmental gas monitoring: Applicable to atmospheric CO monitoring, greenhouse gas studies, air quality analysis, pollution tracking, and open-path environmental sensing.
• Process analytical technology: Supports in-line and real-time process control in petrochemical, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, and gas processing environments.
• Leak detection and gas safety systems: Enables selective detection of toxic or combustible gases in industrial plants, enclosed facilities, pipelines, storage areas, and production environments.
• Photoacoustic gas sensing: High average optical power and QCW operation make the laser well suited for compact photoacoustic detection modules requiring strong mid-IR excitation.
• Open-path and stand-off gas detection: Useful for remote sensing of gases across industrial perimeters, test ranges, hazardous areas, and difficult-to-access locations.
• Scientific mid-IR spectroscopy: Suitable for university, government, and industrial research laboratories requiring a high-power 4.6 µm laser source for molecular spectroscopy experiments.
• Molecular fingerprinting: Provides access to the mid-infrared fingerprint region for identifying and quantifying molecules with absorption features near 4.6 µm.
• Isotope and isotopologue analysis: Can be used in specialized spectroscopy systems for selective analysis of CO isotopologues and related molecular species.
• Breath analysis research: Applicable to non-invasive medical and biomedical research involving trace carbon monoxide and other mid-IR detectable biomarkers in exhaled breath.
• Defense, security, and hazardous substance detection: ITAR-free high-power MIR laser technology can support chemical detection, threat screening, and remote sensing platforms where export-friendly integration is important.
• Infrared countermeasure and target simulation research: Useful as a high-power mid-IR source for laboratory testing, calibration, and simulation in the 4.6 µm spectral region.
• Mid-IR imaging illumination: Can serve as an active illumination source for specialized infrared imaging, laser-based scene projection, thermal camera testing, and MIR optical system evaluation.
• Laser-based calibration systems: Suitable for calibrating mid-infrared detectors, sensors, spectrometers, gas analyzers, and optical measurement instruments operating near 4.6 µm.
• FTIR and broadband source replacement: Provides a brighter, wavelength-specific alternative to thermal IR sources for applications requiring strong emission near 4.6 µm.
• Nonlinear infrared optics research: High peak power pulsed operation supports experimental work in nonlinear MIR optics, frequency conversion, and laser-material interaction studies.
• Mid-IR microscopy and materials analysis: Useful for targeted illumination in infrared microscopy, chemical mapping, thin-film analysis, and material characterization near the 4.6 µm absorption region.
• Semiconductor and vacuum process monitoring: Applicable to gas-phase monitoring in deposition, etching, plasma processing, vacuum chambers, and specialty gas delivery systems.
• Petrochemical and refinery gas analysis: Supports selective measurement of CO and process gases in refining, syngas production, reforming, and hydrocarbon processing environments.
• Syngas and fuel-cell process monitoring: Effective for CO measure