Welcome to Snake Creek Lasers

Snake Creek Lasers is a developer and manufacturer of miniature solid-state lasers, OEM modules, laser flashlights, and high power room temperature and cryogenic solid-state lasers. Our lasers are used in dozens of applications worldwide. Snake Creek also conducts research and develops commercial and military laser systems operating in the ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and mid-infrared spectral regions. We routinely team and collaborate with commercial and government entities to provide custom laser solutions and rapid laser engineering and prototyping.

Snake Creek Lasers High Sustained Average Power CW and Ultrafast Yb:YAG Near-Diffraction-Limited Cryogenic Solid-State Lasers Published in Optics Express, Vol. 18, Iss. 24, pp. 24770-24792 (November, 2010)
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Snake Creek Lasers Saturated Absorption Effects in CW-Pumped Solid-State Lasers Published in IEEE JQE, Vol. 46, Issue 12, pp. 1717-1725 (December, 2010)
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Snake Creek Lasers Yb: YAG Kinetics Model Including Saturation and Power Conservation Published in IEEE JQE, Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 3-12 (January, 2011)
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Introducing MiniMax™ IR Laser Technology (Dec. 14^th, 2010)
Snake Creek Lasers offers a rugged DPSS IR laser in a compact rectangular device with integrated thermoelectric cooler, temperature sensor, and power monitor. The MiniMax Series, made in the USA, provides excellent short and long-term power stability with >100:1 polarization ratio operation over a wide ambient temperature range.


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Introducing CCL Series Green Laser with Line Optics
(Dec. 14^th, 2010)
Snake Creek Lasers has added a line-generating version of its popular MicroGreen CC Series 0.5" diameter laser modules.

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Snake Creek Lasers Article on Cryogenic Yb: YAG Lasers Appears in Photonics Spectra (November, 2010)
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Snake Creek Lasers Heat-fraction-limited CW Yb: YAG Cryogenic Solid-State Laser With 100% Photon Slope Efficiency Published in Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 16, pp. 16573-16579 (July, 2010) 
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PRESS RELEASES

10/17/11 Ben Franklin Technology Partners Invests $100,000 in Snake Creek Lasers
The investment enables SnakeCreek to "commercialize a new opto-thermal laser resonator and advance current laser designs to improve output-power tunability and reproducibility over large temperature ranges."
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6/09/10 Snake Creek Lasers Reaches New Cryogenic Laser Performance Milestones  

 SNAKE CREEK LASERS' NEWS

Snake Creek Lasers has received a DoE SBIR Phase I Award "High Average Cryogenic Lasers for Laser Stripping Applications" 
A number of kW-class picosecond laser designs will be investigated for stripping of electrons from hydrogen. Other expected applications are photocathode illumination, FEL seeding, laser wakefield acceleration, high-order harmonic generation, pump source for OPCPAs for few pulse generation, and high-throughput micromachining.

Snake Creek Lasers Wins Ben Franklin Innovation Award
"Snake Creek Lasers, Hallstead, won the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovative Application of Technology award. The honor recognized the company that best demonstrates a "break the mold" approach to integrating new or existing technology into a manufacturing environment."
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 Snake Creek Lasers has received a DoD SBIR Phase 1 Award "Compact-Solid-State Deep-Ultraviolet Laser for Raman Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents"
Background: UV Raman spectroscopy has shown the ability to detect and identify chemcial surface threats in near-real time while on-the-move; however the only laser source currently available are Excimer (gas) lasers that require periodic refills of specialized gas. This requirement adds to the logistics burden of the system and reduces its readiness. SnakeCreek, and its partners, will design a small, high power, all solid state laser that emits at 236.5 nm.

Snake Creek Lasers Engineers present papers at 23^rd Anual Solid-State and Diode Laser Technology Review
Located in Broomfield, CO, on June 17, 2010. Click on the Link Below for Presentation:
Heat Fraction Limited CW YbYAG Presentation.pdf 

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