Atlantic 6 is designed for industrial micromachining applications as a reliable, compact and cost effective solution. Hybrid fiber and DPSS technologies implemented in this model make it also very energetically efficient, which enables air cooling solution for laser head. No water is used inside laser, which means you should not worry about unexpected leakage, regular water replacement or possible chiller failure. Laser head generates only around 150 W of heat, so it required quite simple heat management solutions for system integrators. Laser do not require a chiller or big heat exchanger, so all control and power supply electronics is fit into standard 3U 19-inch rack.

Hybrid technology enables new pulse control features, which are not present in earlier Atlantic series lasers. Atlantic 6 can provide burst of pulses spaced only 25 ns in time, so called seeder burst mode. It is very useful in material processing applications, because in some cases it allows to increase process efficiency or at least provides additional variable parameter for process optimization. Atlantic 6 has broad range of accessible pulse repetition ranges, from single pulse to 1 MHz. Sophisticated pulse picker provides any required sequence of pulses with high contrasts and perfect pulse to pulse parameters stability. Laser accepts external triggering and emits optical pulses with low jitter, in range of 7 ns RMS, which enables good synchronization with very fast scanning systems, like polygon scanner.

Each Atlantic series laser pass very strict quality assurance procedure. Every single unit is checked for vibrations resistance, tested at different environment temperature and humidity conditions, treated by extreme temperatures (up to 70 °C). Before shipment multiple external and internal laser parameters are measured and checked with technical requirements. This costs us time and resources but we believe this is necessary to guaranty unprecedented laser quality and trouble free operation at customer side. Our engineers are always ready to collaborate with system integrators providing valuable advices and small laser optimizations according to integrators needs.

1) Due to continuous improvement, all specifications are subject to change without notice. Parameters marked typical are not specifications. They are indications of typical performance and will vary with each unit we manufacture. Unless stated otherwise, all specifications are measured at 1064 nm.
2) Fundamental wavelength and lower harmonics are also available with full specifications. Automatically switched outputs.
3) Pulse repetition rate can be factory pre-set to single requested frequency or tunable in all specified range. Lower pulse repetition rates are available using pulse gating system (included in standard configuration).
4) See typical power curve for other pulse repetition rates.
5) See typical power curve for other pulse repetition rates.
6) Measured at fundamental wavelength.
7) Defined as short term < 2 min beam angular stability.
8) Seeder burst mode on request.

CIGS thin-film solar cell scribing

The picosecond laser Atlantic was used to scribe the thin-film layers in CIGS solar cells with the top contact made of ITO and ZnO. Irradiation with the 355 nm laser radiation has shown better results due to selective energy coupling.

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Scribing of a-Si thin-film solar cells

The picosecond laser Atlantic was used to scribe the thin-film layers in ZnO/a-Si/ZnO/glass solar cells.

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