

The Levante IR OPO is a synchronously pumped OPO with a mode-locked picosecond Nd:Vandate laser as fixed wavelength pump source. The Signal and Idler pulses generated in the OPO are intrinsically jitter free with regards to the pump laser pulses. The use of a fixed wavelength pump laser simplifies the pump laser architecture and delivers high output power.
The OPO utilizes periodically poled crystals as gain medium. Wavelength tuning is achieved by temperature tuning of multiple gratings crystals. The accessible wavelength range for the Signal output is 1450 ... 1920 nm and the wavelength range for the Idler output (optional) is 2400 ... 4000 nm. The Levante IR is a versatile narrow bandwidth light source for picosecond pulses. When combined with extra-cavity SHG (Second Harmonic Generation), THG (Third Harmonic Generation) of the HarmoniXX series and difference frequency generation, almost every wavelength from 250 nm up to 16 µm can be generated.
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| Wavelength range (Signal) | 1450 ... 1920 nm |
| Output power (Signal) | > 1.0 W (typ. 1.5 W) @ 5 W pump > 2.0 W (typ. 3.0 W) @ 10 W pump |
| Bandwidth | typ. 0.6 nm @ 1600 nm |
| Pulse width | ~ 8 ps @ 7 ps pump |
| Time bandwidth product | typ. 1.5 times transform limit |
| Pulse repetition rate | approx. 80 MHz (depending on pump laser) |
| Idler wavelength range (optional) | 2.4 ... 4.0 µm |
| Idler output power (optional) | > 350 mW (typ. 500 mW) @ 5 W pump > 650 mW (typ. 1000 mW) @ 10 W pump |
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| Distributors |
| China: Pinnacle / PulsePower |
| France: Optoprim |
| Great Britain and Ireland: Photonic Solutions |
| India: Laser Science |
| Israel: Ammo Engineering |
| Japan: Phototechnica |
| Poland: Eurotec |
| Spain, Portugal: Innova Scientific |
| Switzerland: Dyneos |
| Taiwan: SuperbIN |
| USA and Canada: AP&E |