Purchasing Advisor for Pulse Pickers (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of pulse pickers: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.

NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on pulse pickers, etc. – see the "offer types" below.

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Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

• Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
• Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.

Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:

• How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
• Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying pulse pickers. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

• Below, you can find our list of suppliers for pulse pickers. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
• The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
• Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

(none so far)

Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

• You will find it easier next time.
• If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Pulse Pickers

21 suppliers for pulse pickers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 6 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany. ALPHALAS GmbHBertha-von-Suttner-Str. 537085 GöttingenGermany

⚙ hardware Based on proprietary technology, ALPHALAS offers most advanced pulse pickers for selecting single pulses from a train of picosecond or femtosecond optical trains. Large amplitudes of > 10 kV, pulse widths FWHM of 7 … 10 ns and repetition rates up to 10 kHz in combination with a specially designed short-crystal Pockels cell are best suited for selecting individual pulses from various mode-locked lasers. Low jitter of < 40 ps and short delay of typically 30 ns guarantee a precise synchronization for perfect pulse selection. Product-specific web page

Change the Color of Light to Expand your Possibilities! GWU-Lasertechnik Vertriebsges. mbHBonner Ring 950374 ErftstadtGermany

⚙ hardware GWU’s UHG-PSK Series has been designed for ultrafast laser oscillators. It offers pulse picking with highest output powers and optimum contrast ratio. The system is suitable for femtosecond and picosecond pulses with high input powers, without requiring any attenuation. Integral pulse selecting from single shot to 40 MHz with adjustable contrast ratio is possible by a convenient software control. The UHG Pulse Selector is either available as standalone version or it can be integrated in our Harmonic Generator, where it is positioned before all harmonic stages to offer all features in a single compact housing. UHG Pulse Selector features and benefits: modular design: standalone version or integrated in our Harmonic Generator high pulse picking efficiency adjustable contrast ratio suitable for high fs/ps power without any attenuation convenient and user-friendly software control Product-specific web page

AerodiodeRue François MitterrandInstitut d'Optique d'Aquitaine33400 TalenceFranceSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 4422)!

⚙ hardware SHIPS TODAY: Pulse Picker is a synchronization tool for driving external modulation devices such as EOMs, AOMs or SOAs in a pulse-picking mode of operation. It has been designed to work with low level electrical or optical input pulse power like typically the signal coming from a photodiode. It includes 3 pulse picking modes (frequency divider, external triggering & high frequency clock, burst shaping). The Pulse Picker board includes a software-adjustable input voltage level threshold and an (optional) photodiode. This board also includes a special AWG function synchronized with the input signal to perform burst shaping of mode-locked lasers. NEW: A turn-key pulse-picker solution is now offered covering the full wavelength range between 700 and 1750 nm. It includes the synchronization board described above with our high performances AOMs and drivers. See our detailed application note for Pulse Picker. Product-specific web page

APE Angewandte Physik und Elektronik GmbHPlauener Straße 163–165 / Haus N13053 BerlinGermanySee us at BiOS 2026 in San Francisco, January 17 – 18 (booth 8359) and Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3357)!

⚙ hardware pulseSelect is an acousto-optic pulse picker, developed for the special demands of femtosecond laser technology. Pulse distortion is minimized by a low dispersive design and the use of reflective optics. High repetition rates and high contrast rates are achieved by using acousto-optical elements. The pulse repetition rate can be reduced by an adjustable internal frequency divider or by external triggering. APE offers pulse pickers for either a wavelength range from 500 nm to 1600 nm or dual wavelength bands from 340 nm to 540 nm and from 680 nm to 1080 nm. Product-specific web page

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