SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB

Our colleague Patrick Mutter just got his paper on the first ever waveguide based Backward Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator (BWOPO) published. This enables extremely compact narrowband laser sources in the MIR and also has great potential for quantum optics.

This week we have been in Washington DC as part of a Swedish delegation to Quantum World Congress 2024. Thank you QSIP – Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform and Vinnova for making it possible! #quantum #QWC2024

Ever built an Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) for gas sensing and been annoyed by all the components? In a recent paper by Adrian Vågberg et al, a joint paper between SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB and Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, a simple method for OPO based gas sensing is presented. By using a PPKTP crystal with a poling period of a few hundred nanometers a transform limited pulse was achieved without any active elements. Sounds interesting? Here is a link to the paper: https://lnkd.in/dyqwBNCk The work was funded through the strategic innovation programme smarter electronics systems, a joint venture by Vinnova, Formas, ett forskningsråd för hållbar utveckling and Energimyndigheten.

This week Andrius Zukauskas and Staffan Tjörnhammar exhibits SLF at CLEO-PR

This week Staffan Tjörnhammar and Max Widarsson are attending Optica Quantum 2.0 conference in Rotterdam! Drop by our booth to discover the power of PPKTP! #lasers #quantum #nonlinearoptics #ppktp

THE BEST PPKTP CRYSTALS COME FROM SWEDEN. At the recent CLEO Conference in Charlotte, NC I bumped into Swedish startup and Optica Corporate member SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB (Eng: Swedish Laser Factory). Of course, I wanted to see their demo. They started as a spin-out company from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Today, SLF is a leading center for nonlinear optics and lasers. This Stockholm-based start-up produces “periodically poled KTP crystal” (PPKTP) and several devices based on PPKTP, both off the shelf and custom. They claim to produce the largest aperture periodically poled crystals on the market and with the shortest periods. The team consists of highly skilled engineers specialised in nonlinear optics and lasers, including CEO Max Widarsson and co-founder Dr. Staffan Tjörnhammar.

Feeling a bit too linear lately? Swing by our booth (#12) at CLEO this week to check out our highly nonlinear crystals! Our head of production Patrick Mutter will give two presentations of his recent work at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan during the conference so please check them out if you are in Charlotte and want to know more about what you can do with PPKTP. The presentations: Backward Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator in a Waveguide (Poster) Wednesday 8th of May 11:30-13:00 Counter-Directional Generation of Photon-Pairs in Periodically Poled Rb-KTiOPO4 (Talk) Friday 10th of May 08:00-08:15 in room W208.

Feeling a bit too linear lately? Swing by our booth (#12) at CLEO this week to check out our highly nonlinear crystals! Our head of production Patrick Mutter will give two presentations of his recent work at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan during the conference so please check them out if you are in Charlotte and want to know more about what you can do with PPKTP. The presentations: Backward Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator in a Waveguide (Poster) Wednesday 8th of May 11:30-13:00 Counter-Directional Generation of Photon-Pairs in Periodically Poled Rb-KTiOPO4 (Talk) Friday 10th of May 08:00-08:15 in room W208.

Today and tomorrow we will be at Techarenan 2024. Let us know if you are here or come see us pitch at the side event “Unleash the Future with Vinnova: Pitch Competition with Foresight and Deep Tech Knowledge Transfer” hosted by Vinnova. #startup #pitch #lasers #thetecharena #Vinnova

Hold onto your photons, San Francisco! SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB is now at Photonics West with crystals so nonlinear, they'll make your Monday feel like a Friday! Swing by our booth #2642 for a dose of Swedish magic and the best nonlinear crystals this side of the Golden Gate Bridge! 🌉💎 Max Widarsson Patrick Mutter #Photonicswest #PW24 #SanFranciscoShenanigans 🎉✨