Azurlight Systems

Azurlight Systems is a French manufacturer of continuous-wave (CW) fiber lasers and amplifiers, based in Pessac in the Bordeaux metropolitan area, within the City of Photonics technology campus. The company designs, develops, produces and commercializes fiber laser technologies that are fully fiberized, a design choice it presents as enabling more efficient integration, greater stability and robustness than competing solid-state laser approaches. Its product lines span an Infrared Series (roughly 5 to 130 W, at standard wavelengths such as 976 nm, 1015 nm, 1030 nm and 1064 nm) and a Visible Series (roughly 0.5 to 10 W), covering high-power, single-mode, single-frequency and ultra-low-noise configurations. Azurlight Systems was created in 2010, the year it won the "photon d'or" (gold photon) award for its blue-emitter fiber laser — an achievement the company describes as the first and only of its kind at the time, and the origin of the "Azurlight" name with its reference to that innovative wavelength. The company is closely linked to the research community: since 2014 it has been associated with LP2N (the Photonics, Numerical and Nanosciences Laboratory) through a joint laboratory named "Starlight+", co-managed by Dr. Germain Guiraud, Dr. Nicholas Traynor and Dr. Giorgio Santarelli, with the aim of combining scientific production and industrial innovation around high-power, single-frequency, ultra-low-noise laser systems. Azurlight Systems markets its lasers and amplifiers to both industrial and scientific customers, with applications including advanced metrology, holographic systems and laser Doppler velocimetry. Its technology is built on MOPA (master oscillator power amplifier) architecture, with three available configurations — internal seeder lasers, external seeder lasers, and amplifiers only — and a design in which most optical heads generate little heat and require no active cooling, simplifying thermal management and reducing installation and maintenance costs. The company reports more than 700 lasers and amplifiers in use worldwide. Azurlight Systems operates across Europe — including France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway — as well as globally through distributors. In 2019 the company refreshed its visual identity to reflect its evolution into an industrial organization providing industrial-grade products for high-end applications, and it has since joined the TOPTICA family, becoming part of the TOPTICA Photonics group.

Azurlight Systems was created in 2010 in the Bordeaux region of France. In its founding year the company won the "photon d'or" (gold photon) award for its blue-emitter fiber laser, which it describes as the first and only such offering at the time. That innovative wavelength gave the company its name: "Azurlight Systems" was chosen with reference to the blue/azure emission. From the outset the company positioned itself around fully fiberized laser architectures, arguing that this approach delivers better stability, robustness and ease of integration than other solid-state technologies. Its product development has focused on high-power, single-mode, single-frequency and ultra-low-noise fiber lasers and amplifiers, built on MOPA (master oscillator power amplifier) technology and offered in three architectures: internal seeder lasers, external seeder lasers, and amplifiers only. A defining feature of the company's history is its close relationship with the research community. Since 2014 Azurlight Systems has been associated with LP2N, the Photonics, Numerical and Nanosciences Laboratory, through a joint laboratory named "Starlight+". The joint lab is co-managed by Dr. Germain Guiraud, Dr. Nicholas Traynor and Dr. Giorgio Santarelli, and its stated goal is to combine scientific production with industrial innovation, with stakes centered on high-power, single-frequency, ultra-low-noise laser systems for scientific and industrial fields. Through the 2010s the company expanded its product range and its commercial reach. It reports more than 700 lasers and amplifiers in use worldwide and sells across Europe — France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway — as well as globally through distributors. In 2019 the company announced a new visual identity, explaining that it had evolved into an industrial organization providing industrial-grade products for high-end applications; the rebranding covered its logo, website, image and baseline, and coincided with a new product reaching up to 130 W in the infrared. In 2020 the company marked its tenth anniversary and announced the forthcoming AZURLIGHT ANRS™ offering. More recently, Azurlight Systems joined the TOPTICA family, becoming part of the TOPTICA Photonics group; the company announced the move in a press release dated 28 January (2024). Its technology continues to target demanding applications such as advanced metrology, holographic systems and laser Doppler velocimetry, with product lines spanning an Infrared Series (5 to 130 W at standard wavelengths of 976 nm, 1015 nm, 1030 nm and 1064 nm) and a Visible Series (0.5 to 10 W).

• 2024

  Press release announces Azurlight Systems joins the TOPTICA family.

• 2020

  10th anniversary of Azurlight Systems; AZURLIGHT ANRS™ announced for 2020.

• 2019

  New visual identity announced as the company organizes itself as an industrial company; new product up to 130 W in the infrared.

• 2014

  Company becomes associated with LP2N through the joint laboratory "Starlight+".

• 2010

  Azurlight Systems is created; wins the "photon d'or" award for its blue-emitter fiber laser, which inspires the company name.

High-end, industrial-grade fiber lasers and amplifiers combining high power with single-mode, single-frequency and ultra-low-noise performance for demanding scientific and industrial applications.

• Infrared Series

  CW fiber lasers and amplifiers from 5 to 130 W at standard wavelengths of 976 nm, 1015 nm, 1030 nm and 1064 nm.

• Visible Series

  Visible-wavelength fiber lasers from 0.5 to 10 W.

• 130 W IR laser

  High-power infrared laser introduced with the 2019 rebranding; noted as the exception requiring active cooling.

• AZURLIGHT ANRS™

  Product line announced for 2020.

• Fiber amplifiers

  Amplifier-only configurations available alongside internal and external seeder laser architectures.

• New visual identity (2019)

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