HyperFine HF Series Spectrometers
High-resolution spectrometer
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LightMachinery
QuantumSpaceSemiconductors & PhotonicsOttawa, ON
Ottawa manufacturer of precision optics, etalons and coatings, excimer and TEA CO2 lasers, and VIPA-based high-resolution spectrometers. An enabling supplier whose instruments are applied to quantum optics, not a quantum computing developer.
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About
Source: lightmachinery.comLightMachinery states that “The people at LightMachinery are veterans of the laser and optics world”, each typically bringing “more than 20 years of experience in the areas of optical design, high power lasers, optical fabrication, laser systems, metrology, thin film coatings and custom machinery fabrication.” It says its “clean bright optical manufacturing facility is capable of producing the highest quality lasers and optical components available” and that its “developments in computer controlled fluid jet polishing are setting a new standard for optical manufacturing.” The company adds that manufacturing advanced optical components “enabled our team to produce insanely precise and compact spectrometers”, and that it is “the world’s leading manufacturer of TEA CO2 lasers.”
Lists quantum optics - characterization of non-classical light sources - as an application area for its VIPA spectroscopy (August 2025). lightmachinery.com
Reported University of Munster research in which its VIPA spectrometers reached 1.5 GHz spectral resolution with 5-10x better signal-to-noise than Fabry-Perot approaches. lightmachinery.com
Acquired the pulsed gas laser product lines of GSI Lumonics in 2009. lightmachinery.com
Acquired its 50,000 sq ft Nepean facility in 2017, up from 18,000 sq ft, to expand thin-film coating, laser labs and fluid jet polishing. lightmachinery.com
Supplied precisely tuned etalons for the ATLAS instrument on NASA's ICESat-2, and a pair of monolithic Michelson interferometers for the HMI instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory. lightmachinery.com
Built beam splitter cubes for the alignment system of ESA's Solar Orbiter and an etalon for GHGSat's Claire satellite, which measures atmospheric CO2 and methane. lightmachinery.com
Further flown optics include an etalon tuned to the sodium D line for MSASI on ESA's BepiColombo and spatial heterodyne spectrometers for MIGHTI on NASA's ICON. lightmachinery.com
Products & Services
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HyperFine HN Series Spectrometers
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Optical spectrum analyzer
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Pulsed laser
Pulsed TEA CO2 lasers for industrial processing and high-reliability marking, including the Impact and LaserMark families.
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Excimer laser
Excimer lasers for precision micromachining and advanced research.
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Company site: lightmachinery.comHow LightMachinery says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Technology Focus
Company site: lightmachinery.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Optical componentsOptical coatingsEtalonsExcimer lasersTEA CO2 lasersVIPA spectrometersFluid jet polishing
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