English
Levante IR fs
Tunable Automated fs OPO Suitable For an External IR ps Laser as Pump
Overview
Levante IR – fs is a synchronously pumped OPO (optical parametric oscillator) in an innovative new design. The pump source is a mode-locked femtosecond 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.
Field Tested Compatibility
Levante IR is compatible and field tested with many industrial-grade laser types, for example
- Coherent Discovery NX and Axon 1064
- Toptica FF-ultra
- LightConversion Flint
- Menlo Orange
- and more
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
Automation Included
The accessible wavelength range for the Signal output is 1320 … 2000 nm and the wavelength range for the Idler output is 2150 … 4800 nm (when pumped @ 1035 nm). The wavelength tuning itself is fully automated.
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 fs is a versatile narrow bandwidth light source for femtosecond 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 & Typical Performance
| Levante IR fs | |
| Signal wavelength range | 1320 … 2000 nm |
| Idler wavelength range | 2150 … 4800 nm (typ. … 5000 nm) |
| Signal power | 2.8 W at 1500 nm pumped with 12 W |
| Idler power | 1.05 W at 2500 nm pumped with 12 W |
| Pulse width | typ. 200 fs with pump pulse width of 200 fs |
| Time bandwidth product | typ. 0.6 |
| Repetition rate | Equal and synchronous to pump laser |
| Wavelength tuning | Fully automated |
| Wavelength tuning feedback | In-built spectrometer |
| Software | Included |
| Remote control | Available via TCP/IP |
| Appropriate pump parameter | Wavelength 1030 … 1064 nm Power 2 … 12 W Pulse width 70 … 300 fs Repetition rate ~ 73 … 82 MHz; fixed at the time of order |
| Evaluated pump laser | Coherent Discovery NX Coherent Axon 1064 Light Conversion FLINT Menlo Orange High Power 10 Spectra Physics Insight X3+ Toptica FF-Ultra |
| All specifications are pending on actual Pump Laser parameter - please contact us for technical details | |
Typical Data
Datasheets & Brochures
or
Email & Phone Contacts
APE has distributors around the world to give you the best support. Choose a country to find your local sales contact:
