Ultrafast Pulse Diagnostics

Pulse Management

Wavelength Conversion

Acousto-optics

OPO inside

OPO Levante IR

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.

Features
  • Perfect pulse synchronization in space and time
  • Automated wavelength tuning
Specifications  
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
Options
  • Output of Idler beam
  • Autocorrelator
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