Passat Ltd.

Passat Ltd., founded in 1995, manufactures compact diode-pumped solid-state lasers spanning wavelengths from 1064 nm to 213 nm. Specializing in picosecond and sub-nanosecond DPSS lasers, they serve scientific, industrial, and OEM applications. Their systems enable precision micromachining, spectroscopy, sensing, ranging, imaging, and advanced research. Notable achievements include contributing to the Phoenix Mars mission, receiving a Certificate of Recognition from the Canadian Space Agency for enhancing the Phoenix Meteorological Station instrument. Passat offers a range of laser configurations for material processing, including glass microvia drilling for next-generation chip packaging and micro-nozzle fabrication for fuel injectors, leveraging ultra-short pulse fronts to minimize thermal damage and improve drilling performance.