Block Engineering: Expanding the Market for Quantum Cascade Laser Systems

Block's ultra-compact, rugged lasers enable our customers to produce innovative medical devices, security systems, and industrial analyzers. Our laser-based spectrometers protect people from chemical threats at a distance.

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Lasers on Optical Bench — Quantum Cascade Lasers

Block supplies mid-IR Lasers to researchers and OEMs in the life sciences and other industries.

Airport — Chemical Threat Detection

Block's LaserWarn is a standoff open-path chemical detection system that identifies chemical gases in seconds.

Our Tunable Infrared QCL Components, Modules, and Instruments

Tunable Mid-Infrared QCL Laser — LaserTune

Tunable mid-IR lasers for researchers in the life sciences and other fields

Block Engineering QCL — MiniQCL OEM Lasers

Compact laser modules for biomedical instruments and other devices

Block Engineering LaserWarn — LaserWarn

Standoff detection of chemical threats from hundreds of meters away