Thorlabs announces acquisition of KMLabs’ Y-Fi portfolio

Summary

October 29, 2019 – Thorlabs and KMLabs announced that Thorlabs has acquired the KMLabs’ Y-Fi portfolio, a family of NIR/MIR ultrafast fiber lasers, OPAs, and NOPAs. Based on a fiber amplification technique, KMLabs’ ytterbium fiber lasers provide short pulse durations at the microjoule level.

The various models in the Y-Fi laser series are employed in a multitude of demanding ultrafast applications, including 2- and 3-photon imaging, ophthalmology, and time resolved studies in the NIR and MIR.