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Levante IR ps
Tunable Automated ps OPO Suitable For an External IR ps Laser as Pump
Overview
Levante IR – ps is a synchronously pumped OPO (optical parametric oscillator) in an innovative new design. The pump source is a mode-locked laser emitting at 1 µm fixed. The generation of the Signal and Idler pulses in a parametric process is jitter-free with respect to each other as well as to the pump pulse.
New Automated Version
The accessible wavelength range for the Signal output is 1315 … 2000 nm and the wavelength range for the Idler output is 2150 … 4700 nm (when pumped @ 1032 nm). The wavelength tuning itself is now fully automated.
At a Glance
- Fully controllable via PC and automated wavelength tuning
- Perfectly synchronized output pulses
- Standard Software Interface (using TCP/IP)
- Integrated spectrometer for OPO Signal wavelength range
Power Scaling
An OPO is especially suited for power scaling because it uses a parametric process for operation – compared to a laser process with intrinsic heating due to the quantum defect – where there is no intrinsic heat generated by the parametric process in an OPO.
Acquisition Software and TCP/IP Standard Software Interface
All models come with an easy to use data acquisition software, allowing for real-time data display. Furthermore, the TCP/IP-based standard software interface by APE makes it straight forward to set up remote control. This allows you, for example, to design your own automated measurement routines. Simply use our protocol templates for rapid configuration with familiar programming languages, including C++, C#, LabVIEW, Python, Matlab, and Ruby.
OPO Revolution
Short documentary that travels the world to examine how APE optical parametric oscillator (OPO) systems are enabling next generation work in solar cells, cancer research, biomedicine, surgical procedures, molecular science, and more.
More Wavelength with Levante in Combination with Harmonic Generation
Levante IR ps is a versatile narrow bandwidth light source for picosecond pulses. When combined with extra-cavity SHG (Second Harmonic Generation), THG (Third Harmonic Generation) and DFG (Difference Frequency Generation) wavelength converters of the HarmoniXX series, almost every wavelength from 660 nm up to 15 μm can be generated.
Specifications
| Levante IR ps | |
|---|---|
| All specifications are pending on actual Pump Laser parameter - please contact us for technical details. | |
| Wavelength range Signal | 1320 … 2000 nm |
| Wavelength range Idler | 2150 … 4800 nm (… 5000 nm typical) |
| Power Signal | 1.6 W at 1500 nm pumped with 8 W |
| Power Idler | 0.7 W at 2500 nm pumped with 8 W |
| Pulse width, typical | 2 ps pumped with 2 ps |
| Time bandwidth product, typical | 0.6 |
| Repetition rate | ~80 MHz, equal and synchronous to pump laser |
| Wavelength tuning | Fully automated |
| Wavelength tuning feedback | Built-in spectrometer |
| Software | Included |
| Remote control | via TCP/IP |
| Appropriate pump parameters | Wavelength: 1030 nm … 1064 nm Power: 2 … 10 W Pulse width: 1 ps … 10 ps Repetition rate: fixed between 73 MHz … 82 MHz |
| Evaluated pump laser | APE Emerald Engine APE picoEmerald with additional IR output |
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