Lytid
Dedicated to advanced photonics technologies
Our vision
Lytid is a company dedicated to the advancement and distribution of photonics technologies across the world. We believe that photonics is the next big thing in technology. Like the electronics and optical industry, it has the potential to change the world, as we know it, through technological progress.
A new generation of THz sources
Today, Lytid has developed a next-generation photonics devices that will redefine many applications. We are proud to present our products, always fully integrated, user-friendly, compact and powerful whatever the state-of-art technologies we are mastering. Forget the technology and empower your application.
15 years of applied research
Our scientific background builds on more than 15 years of applied research at the MPQ lab of the Paris Diderot University. Under the supervision of Prof. Carlo Sirtori, co-inventor of the QCL technology, we have published work in several of the most recognized scientific journals.
Lytid offers a variety of the following product groups. Click on the link or scroll down this page to view the available products.
- Easy to use, flexible and cost efficient single source "TeraCascade 100" > 100 µW, nitrogen cooled
- "High Power" source "TeraCascade 1000" > 1mW, 1 to 6 sources in one housing; cryogen-free!
- Terahertz Detector "TeraPyro"
Millimeter Waves & Sub-Terahertz (1GHz to 1 THz / From 300mm to 300um):
- Sub-Terahertz sources
- Sub-Terahertz components
- Sub-Terahertz sensors
Mid-IR photodetector around 5µm
OPTICS - from 1 GHz to 10 THz (300 nm up to 30 µm)
- Optics (THz, VIS, IR)
- THz-Camera lens (0.1 to 30 THz)
- Optical Modules
THz- Sources - Detectors - Optics
High Power Terahertz sources "TeraCascade 2000 series"
Terahertz laser source based on state of the art Quantum Cascade Laser technology
Variations:
- from 2 to 5 THz
- cw or pulsed (qcw)
- single or multi-mode
Key Specs:
- > 1mW cw power
- cryogen-free!
- up to 6 wavelength ranges in one unit
- compact < 10 kg
User-friendly
Cryogen free closed cooling cycle
control the parameters:
- Output power
- Pulse frequency
- Duty cycle
- Driving current
- Integrated driver, provides both cw and pulsed operation
- Integrated cooler, with space qualified Stirling engine.
- Automatic power on/off procedure, “turn-key” system.
- All necessary connections are aveilable to integrate TeraCascade into your setup
- Compact, volume comparable to two shoeboxes.
- Portable, with two handles integrated in the box.
"TeraCascade 100 series" User-friendly THz source
TeraCascade is a compact, user-friendly and powerful terahertz source
Variations:
- from 2 to 5 THz
- cw or pulsed (qcw)
- single or multi-mode
Key Specs:
- > 100 µW QCW
- Nitrogen cooled
- 1 TC Driver for every TC100
- compact 2.5Kg, volume like a 1L bottle
User-friendly
- Compatible with continuous flow nitrogen fillling system (Available separately)
- Controlable with TC Driver (available separately)
- 3 months of vacuum autonomy
Flexible
- Only 1 TC Driver for several TC100
- Easy configuration thanks to magnets under the device
"TeraPyro" Terahertz Sensor
Terahertz sensor with removable prealigned lens based on pyroelectrique technology
Key Specs:
- From 0.1 to 30 THz
- Pulsed operation (QCW)
- 4 mm² single
"TeraLens" Adjustable THz Camera lens
High performance camera lens with focus metering ring and adjustable depth of field
Key Specs:
- From 0.1 to 30 THz
- Focus from 10 to 100cm
- Depth of field adjustable
Lytid offers also a wide variety of THz-optics (standard & custom). Please let us know about your needs:
THz-lenses, THz-windows, THz-filters, THz-mirrors, THz-beamsplitters, THz-spectral splitters, THz-attenuators.
THz-auto-alignment module
Emission alignment module compatible with TeraCascade1000
Key Specs:
- Multi-QCL compatile
- Compact
- Fully automated
The auto-alignment module offers a compact, fully automated complement to TeraCascade1000, Lytid’s multi-QCL THz source.
SUB THz - Sources - Sensors - Comp.
Sub-THz Sources "TeraSchottky"
Sub-terahertz source based on state of the art Schottky Diodes multipliers
Variations:
- 75, 150, 300 and 600GHz
- from 2 to 350mW
Key Specs:
- High power
- From 2 to 350mW
- High tunability >12%
- High reliability as part of a EU space program
- Compact < 1Kg
Sub-THz Components frequency-doublers
Variations:
- 300 and 600GHz doublers
Key Specs:
- 12% tunability
- 10's of mW
- UG387/UM standard (EU space program)
- 25 mW@300GHz
- 2 mW@600GHz
Sub-THz Sensors
See our "TeraPyro" the pyroelectic sensor from 100 GHz up to 30 THz
SIRIS scientific SWIR camera based on InGaAs Sensor technology
Deep cooled scientific SWIR camera
SIRIS
InGaAs sensor
> FPA 640x512, 0.9- 1.7 µm
Ultra-low Read-Out Noise
> below 5e
Vibration and Cryogenic-Free Cooler
> selectable T° down to 77 K
Ultra-high Dynamic Range
> in Lin/log mode : > 140 dB
High speed sensor
> up to 200 fps full frame
SIRIS is the most versatile and best performing scientific SWIR InGaAs camera on the market, combining ultra low noise, ultra large dynamic range and high speed. The camera is field proven on many observation missions at the T1M telescope of the Pic du Midi over the past couple of years. Only the most reliable components are integrated, like a vibrationless (below 1um) 200.000hrs MTBF Stirling cooler or a high-grade FPGA embedded platform for the most demanding applications you can imagine.
Dual read-out mode : -CTIA -Lin/log
SIRIS provides two read-out modes, full linear (CTIA) and linear/logarithmic for class-leading >140dB dynamic range. Three adjustable gain levels ensure flexibility to suit broad variety of illumination conditions. Long exposure time up to one hour is achievable, and selectable region-of-interest on the detector allows exceptional frame rate values from 200fps full frame up to more than 10k fps ROI.
Highest dynamic range, lowest read noise ever achieved