UltraFast Innovations GmbH
www.ultrafast-innovations.com/
About us
UltraFast Innovations GmbH (UFI®) develops and manufactures custom-made optics, broadband coherent sources, diagnostic devices, and engineering solutions for ultrafast science and industry.
Our optical components cover a broad spectral range, from infrared through visible and ultraviolet wavelengths to XUV and soft X-rays. The portfolio includes high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) coatings, large-aperture optics, chirped and dispersive mirrors, beam splitters, filters, and custom optical coatings tailored to specific application requirements.
Beyond optical components, UFI offers systems for the generation, characterization, and manipulation of ultrafast light, including pulse compression systems, systems enabling high-harmonic generation (HHG), laser diagnostics, and instruments for optical coating characterization and quality control.
We serve industrial and academic customers in laser micromachining, high-intensity laser research, ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor applications, and laser-driven fusion.
With in-house expertise in optical coating design, manufacturing, diagnostics, and system engineering, we address complex application requirements that go beyond individual optical components.
More than components – we deliver solutions.
Address
Dieselstraße 5
85748 Garching bei München
Germany
E-mail: info@ultrafast-innovations.com
Phone: +49 89 36039437
Internet: www.ultrafast-innovations.com/
Contact person:
Dr. Alexander Guggenmos
CEO
E-mail: info@ultrafast-innovations.com
UltraFast Innovations GmbH
E-mail: sales@ultrafast-innovations.com
Products & Services
KILIMANJARO Multipass Cell
KILIMANJARO is a nonlinear spectral broadening and post-compression unit for sub-ps lasers with energies up to several µJ. The beam size and compression factors can be adjusted to your set up.
GLACIER® Cavity-Ringdown (CRD) Reflectometer and Loss Meter
GLACIER® utilizes cavity ring-down (CRD) spectroscopy to measure the losses of advanced optical coatings down to 5 ppm, allowing the characterization of highly-reflective mirrors with up to 99.9995% reflectivity. This method provides unrivalled sensitivity compared to conventional absorption and reflection measurements, limited to the >1000 ppm range (<99.9% reflectivity). CRD loss meters repeatedly measure the losses within a cavity with a longer intra-cavity dwell time for smaller losses, resulting in increased measurement precision the lower the losses are. The device features high-speed data acquisition, enabling quick measurement recording and analysis.
GOBI® White Light Interferometer
White Light Interferometer GOBI® utilizes spectrally resolved interferometry to accurately measure the Group Delay Dispersion (GDD) of multi-layered ultrafast optics. Its unique spectral range covers from 250-1060 nm (UV/VIS/NIR version) to 900-2400 nm (IR version) and can measure mirrors and transparent samples under variable angles of incidence between 0 and 70 degrees.
Spectrally resolved detection makes other techniques available on the market, based on reference lasers together with any related test sample restrictions on specific reflection or transmission bands, obsolete. Data is acquired by scanning the delay of one arm and recording the evolving interference pattern spectrally. Fully automated analysis yields the spectral phase and GDD. The spectrometer directly provides spectrally resolved information, avoiding artefacts from time-domain reconstruction. This opens the full spectral range to characterize even ultra- broadband or advanced narrowband coatings.
TUNDRA® Ultra-high Contrast Third-order Autocorrelator
Third-order autocorrelator TUNDRA® is a highly sensitive diagnostic tool to measure laser pulse contrast. After further development, the device can measure up to 14 orders of magnitude of dynamic range, allowing characterization of background and detection of the tiniest pre- and post-pulse replicas from the world's most powerful lasers. The autocorrelator utilizes all-reflective components, ensuring accurate correlation traces without measurement artifacts. Unlike second-order autocorrelators, the device can distinguish pre- and post-pulses due to the third-harmonic nature of the signal.
UV Dispersive Optics
The HD2710 UV dispersive mirror combines reflectivity above 99% around 257 nm with high, smooth negative group delay dispersion (GDD) of −145 fs². This improved coating design enables efficient dispersion compensation and pulse compression in the ultraviolet spectral range, supporting ultrashort pulse generation and high-intensity femtosecond laser applications. Ideal for ultrafast spectroscopy, pump-probe experiments, and advanced laser research.
Large-Aperture, High-LIDT Optical Components
UltraFast Innovations (UFI®) offers custom-manufactured optical components with diameters up to 200 mm, including beam splitters, filters, ultra-high-reflectivity mirrors, and dispersive mirrors. Designed for demanding high-energy laser applications, these optics combine large apertures with high laser-induced damage thresholds (LIDT). UFI has demonstrated an LIDT of 90 J/cm² for a high-reflectivity mirror at 1064 nm and 100 Hz. We also provide in-house optical coating characterization to verify coating performance and support quality control. Components are manufactured to customer-specific requirements.