Non-Collinear Optical Parametric Amplifier

* Oscillator/Amplifier

* Pulsesas short as 14 fs1

* NearTEM00 output mode

* Compact,user-friendly design

* Whitelight continuum-seeded for high stability

iNOPA™ is a white lightcontinuum-seeded, non-collinear, optical parametric amplifier capable ofgenerating extremely short pulses when pumped by the Model IMPULSETMYb-doped Fiber Oscillator/Amplifier. To generate short pulses the output beam ofthe Model IMPULSE laser is split into two beams inside the Model iNOPAenclosure. One beam is used to generate an extremely broad continuum seed beamwhich is then amplified by the second, higher intensity beam from IMPULSETMin a BBO crystal operated in a non-collinear arrangement. Non-collinearamplification preserves the very broad linewidth of the seed beam, which canthen be compressed to a pulsewidth as short as 15 fs in a prism compressor.Non-collinear amplification is preferred since the resulting pulsewidth isdependent only on the bandwidth of the seed and not on the pulsewidth of the pumplaser. In fact, conversion efficiency is improved by having a longer, rather thanshorter, pump pulse because the there is more overlap in time between the twobeams.

Specifications when pumped with 10uJ/pulse from a Model IMPULSETM

Pulsewidth:<40fs (deconvolved)

RepetitionRate: 1MHz (other repetition rates available as options)

Tuning range:650nm to 950nm and 1100nm to >1300nm (other tuning ranges available options)

Pulse energy:>250nJ/pulse at peak of tuning range

Noise:<1%rms for f >2Hz

Polarization:Linear, horizontal

General

Size: 15"Wx 32.5”L x 9”H

Electrical/Water:None

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1Christian Schriever,Stefan Lochbrunner, Patrizia Krok, and Eberhard Riedle;Tunable pulses frombelow 300 to 970 nm with durations down to 14 fs based on a 2 MHzytterbiumdoped fiber system, OPTICS LETTERS / Vol. 33, No. 2 / January 15,2008