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Range Finding Lasers
Laser range finding is a term 
used to describe the process of determining the distance to a fixed object. This process is essentially a simplified version of laser radar, and therefore has many of the same requirements as LIDAR lasers. Since we are only considering stationary targets and distance is the only thing being measured, range finding lasers are always pulsed to measure the roundtrip time-of-flight and calculate the distance to the target. An additional constraint on laser range finding that not all lidar systems have is the need to be very careful about eye safety since they are typically operating over shorter distances and in more populated areas. As a result, most of these lasers operate around 1.5 microns in wavelength, which is considered to be “eye-safe” because of the extremely high-water absorption, useful for protecting the sensitive retina. These lasers are typically OEM versions designed to be easily integrated into your final package or system as a laser rangefinder (commonly misspelled as laser rangfinder) for the military, golf, hunting, shooting, construction, forestry, and many other industries and applications. On this page, you will see a list of all of the range-finding lasers for sale, including both passively and actively q-switched Er: Glass lasers.
RPMC has years of experience supporting Range Finding applications, helping industry professionals select the right tool for the job. Check out this blog, titled “Ruggedized, MIL-Spec Er:Glass Lasers Tackle SWIR Challenges Head-On,” for further reading about pulsed Er:Glass lasers for Laser Rangefinders, Night Vision, and more!
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RPMC offers a variety of standard and custom CW fiber laser options. Available in both OEM and Turnkey formats, our 1um, 1.5um and 2um fiber lasers are manufactured to Telcordia standards and can be modified to meet your applications requirements. With available powers up to 100W at 1um, 30W at 1.5um and 40W at 2um, our CW fiber lasers are suitable for a wide range of applications. Available options and configurations include narrow linewidth, single frequency outputs, C and L-band broadband sources, polarize maintaining fiber options, power tunability and high-speed triggering and modulation. Customized configurations are available upon request.
The OT series of Erbium Glass lasers are ultra-compact, high energy q-switched, solid-state lasers that are well suited for rugged, field applications such as active night vision and rangefinding. These air-cooled lasers are available in both lamp-pumped and diode-pumped configurations, with passive and active Q-switching options. With over 10,000 units in the field, the OT series is a proven technology operating in some of the more challenging laser environments.