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In 2024, Cutting Edge Optronics discovered that relentless growth isn’t about playing it safe, it’s about making bold moves. The company set a new record in annual revenue, which has doubled over the past five years. With an employee count at > 115 and growing, the company had its best performance in its 30+ year history across all key metrics.

A 7J, 527nm, 10Hz DPSS laser with a 4ns pulse width, ideal for OPCPA pumping. This diode-pumped system surpasses lamp-pumped lasers with superior beam quality, stability, and minimal wavefront distortion. Using Nd:YLF crystals and MRF technology, it achieves near-diffraction-limited performance and 78% conversion efficiency with an LBO crystal. With 0.45% pulse energy stability over 10 hours, it is a powerful and reliable OPCPA pump source.

Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO) recently built and tested one of their industry standard REA diode- pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser modules with an Er:YAG rod as the gain medium and pumped with in-house-manufactured 97Xnm laser diodes.

The CPL-020-QSG, a 2J, 10Hz, 532nm pump laser, was the first of many high-pulse energy laser systems (HELs) designed and manufactured by Cutting Edge...

Faming Xu, Ph.D. will present a poster entitled “All Diode-pumped 10 Hz 7 Joule Nanosecond Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplifier (OPCPA) Pump Laser” at the 2024 International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL) later this year.

This paper provides a general overview of Cutting Edge Optronics’ high energy laser design approach and system architecture. It then dives deeper into the...

A team of employees from Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO) in St. Charles, Missouri, united to support lifesaving breast cancer research and support services in...

Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO) has recently experienced an increase in business in the medical laser market due to the capability and reliability of our...

The number of hand-held/compact portable LIDAR, medical and material analysis laser applications has seen steady growth over the past several years. Over this period,...

Dennis Lockwood of Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO) received the Outstanding Advisory Award during the Spring Advisory Meeting on May 4th at Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) in Ottumwa, IA. Dennis has been providing support and guidance for the Lasers & Optics Technology Program at IHCC for over 20+ years.