iBeam smart PT

Pigtailed, single mode diode laser for OEM

Alignment-free power where you need it

iBeam smart PT

Pigtailed, single mode diode laser for OEM

Smart Engineering for Maximum Performance - TEM₀₀ operation from 375 nm to 1064 nm customized to your specific (finest) laser requirements.

The iBeam smart PT with permanent fiber attachment is - like its successful “brother” iBeam smart - the ultimate choice when looking for a high-performance, ultra-reliable OEM single mode diode laser system. The fiber coupled diode laser comes with TOPTICA’s ingenious COOLDC technology to provide a constant optical output level even under strongly varying ambient conditions and ensures true drop-shipment capabilities. This technology completely eliminates the need for manual realignment. Its flexible, µ-processor based electronics will make system integration of the iBeam smart PT a snap. Features as FINE, SKILL and AUTOPULSE are capable to solve common problems of your application.

Your Benefits

Clearer measurements

Boost the quality of your measurements by precise wavelength selection and stability, and reduce noise with the innovative FINE and VIPG Features.

Superior image quality and contrast

Minimize speckle by appliying the SKILL feature, use high powers and clean modulation to enhance the contrast.

High speed data acquisition

Analog modulation up to 1 MHz and digital modulation up to 250 MHz enable short exposure times.

Designed for OEM

The laser‘s compactness, low cost of operation, longevity thanks to highest-quality components, and passive cooling make it ideal for system integration.

All colors

Choose from dozens of wavelengths from the UV to the NIR to match your needs for e.g. structure sizes, fluorophores, absorption bands,… All diodes are tested against TOPTICA’s strict quality standards.

Applications

Confocal Microscopy

In confocal microscopy (LSCM), tightly focused laser beams scan biological specimens point by point, generating high-contrast optical sections with exceptional spatial resolution. Our stable, low-noise laser sources with direct modulation of all wavelengths ensure optimal excitation efficiency, no optical cross-talking and minimal photobleaching — key for long-term imaging in live-cell studies.

Optical scatterometry (OCD)

As semiconductor devices approach atomic-scale dimensions, controlling and verifying every nanometer of pattern geometry becomes a decisive factor for yield and performance. Traditional inspection tools like electron microscopy deliver high resolution, but they are too slow, too localized, and often destructive for in-line process control. Optical Scatterometry, also known as Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology, provides the essential bridge between high-resolution analysis and high-throughput manufacturing. By analyzing how laser light is scattered, diffracted, or reflected from micro- and nanostructures, OCD enables non-contact, rapid, and precise measurement of line width, height, sidewall angle, and layer thickness — with sub-nanometer accuracy.

Ellipsometry

In modern semiconductor manufacturing, the precise control of thin films defines the success of every process step. Whether it’s the oxide thickness in a gate stack, the refractive index of a dielectric layer, or the uniformity of a multilayer coating — each nanometer matters. Ellipsometry has therefore become one of the most powerful and indispensable tools for non-destructive, high-precision metrology in the semiconductor industry. It provides detailed information about film thickness, optical constants, composition, and interface quality — all from the way polarized light interacts with a surface.

Color centers (NV/Si)

Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) and Silicon-Vacancy (SiV) centers are two prominent types of color centers (optically active point defects) in diamond, widely studied for their potential in quantum technologies such as sensing, metrology, and computing. They offer complementary properties for different applications.

Other microscopy types (TIRF, FLIM, ...)

Modern biophotonics goes far beyond conventional fluorescence or confocal microscopy. Researchers today explore living systems through light-matter interactions that reveal chemical composition, molecular dynamics, mechanics, and function. All without labels or stains.

Options

Pulse Option

Allows for external asynchronous digital modulation with bandwidths up to 250 MHz. Cannot be combined with VIPG feature.

FiberOut

Fiber collimator including collimation lens which can be adjusted for variable focus. Typical beam sizes out of SM-fibers: 0.6 mm - 3.5 mm (1/e², diameter)

Wavelength selection

Emission wavelength will be selected to better than ± 1 nm within the standard wavelength range of the laser system PLEASE NOTE: please inquire, to make sure actual center wavelength is available! Increased lead-time is probable.

Power supply

Input: 100-240 VAC; Output: 12 VDC at 5 A.

VIPG (Versatile Internal Pulse Generator)

Electronic feature to increase coherence but spectrally broadening the signal. Cannot be combined with Pulse Option.

Breakout PCB

Adapter PCB replacing the I/O connector for exposed pins in environments that have very limited space.

Breadboard adapter

Allows for direct mounting of iBeam smart PT to an optical breadboard or optical table. Beam height will be 40 mm with this adapter. Compatible with both metric and imperial hole patterns.

Switch box

CDRH compliant with key switch, external connectors and manual switches for easy access to iBeam smart PT features.

iBeam smart PT

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