Ytterbium spans the widest wavelength range of any species we serve — from deep-UV Rydberg excitation at 259 nm to 1064 nm lattices. Sixteen transitions, covering the blue MOT, narrow-line cooling, the clock transition, tweezer-array addressing and qubit shelving.
Markers show the wavelengths an ytterbium experiment calls for. Bands beneath the axis show where QTekLaser™ generates light — by second-harmonic generation, sum-frequency generation, or directly from a single-frequency amplifier.
| Wavelength | Role in a Yb experiment | Output power | Source | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259 nm | Rydberg excitation | — | At the short-wavelength edge of our stated range | Inquire |
| 302 nm | Rydberg excitation | — | Custom non-linear conversion | Inquire |
| 325 nm | Rydberg excitation | — | Custom non-linear conversion | Inquire |
| 399 nm | Zeeman slowing, blue MOT & photoionization | — | Custom SHG | Inquire |
| 455–485 nm | Optical tweezer trapping | — | Custom SHG | Inquire |
| 497 nm | State depumping | — | Just below the 506–540 nm SHG band | Inquire |
| 507 nm | Qubit shelving | up to 22 W | SHG fiber laser506–540 nm | Configurable |
| 522 nm | Tweezer-array addressing & atom rearrangement | 1.5 W | 522 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 532 nm | Optical tweezer trapping | 14 W | 532 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 556 nm | Narrow-line MOT | 2 W | 556 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 578 nm | Clock transition & single-qubit gates | — | Between the SHG and SFG bands | Inquire |
| 649 nm | Repumping, cooling & single-qubit gates | 6 W | 649 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 770 nm | Laser cooling & trapping | 2 W | 770 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 783 nm | Optical lattices & dipole trapping | 8 W | 783 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |
| 1013 nm | Rydberg excitation | up to 100 W | SF-AMP-Yb1012–1080 nm | Configurable |
| 1064 nm | Optical lattice & dipole trapping | 50 W | 1064 nm Fiber Laser | Catalog |