High-power lasers
Thales, the leader in high-power laser innovation
From design to development, from installation to team training and operating assistance, Thales masters the entire high-power laser expertise chain.This includes laser sources from 10 TW to 10 PW, beam transport lines, target-focusing optics and the control system that drives them all.
Over 40 years' expertise in high-power lasers
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10 PW
Peak power record broken at ELI-NP in 2019
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10 PW (petawatts)
= 1016 W, 10 % of the sun’s power on Earth
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100% of 10 PW installations
use Thales’ lasers
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60% of parks installed
under Service Level Agreement (SLA) contracts
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Over 1.5 million laser shots
on Mars since 2012
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Prestigious references
NASA CNES CNRS ELI-NP
Expertise and continuous innovation
Thales is a pioneer in the design, production and maintenance of femtosecond laser systems, as well as high-energy nanosecond lasers pumped by diodes and flash lamps for a wide range of scientific, space, industrial and societal applications.
Thales’ lasers are already on Mars!
© Luise-Georgiana VUIU - Thales
Laser innovation, in conjunction with the French scientific community, is at the heart of daily concerns of Thales' teams. The beam’s repeatability, quality and stability, energy efficiency are challenges we face in adapting femtosecond or nanosecond pulsed laser technology to the scientist’s, the industry’s, the medical world’s, and players in the space and energy sector’s needs.
A broad spectrum of applications
© NASA JPL Caltech
