APE OPO-X ps Tunable OPO for Ti:S Laser

The OPO-X ps is a synchronously pumped, tunable OPO with high conversion efficiency into the IR-range generating output from 1000 nm to 4 µm. It is driven by mode-locked picosecond Ti:Sa lasers and its design enables independent wavelength tuning of Ti:Sa laser and the OPO. Intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) within the OPO enables efficient conversion into the VIS-range. It provides 2 ps pulses, along shot-noise-limited performance. It is ideal for nonlinear and time-resolved spectroscopy, multiphoton microscopy and pump-probe experiments. If the Ti:Sa pump laser is convertible between picosecond and femtosecond operation, this flexibility is also available for the OPO-X.

Features:

• Extends the tuning range of ps-Ti:Sa lasers from 505 nm to 4 µm

• Independent Ti:Sa and OPO wavelength tuning

• Intracavity OPO SHG for efficient conversion into the VIS-range

• 2 ps pulse width, convertible to femtosecond

• Shot-noise-limited performance

• Perfectly synchronised output pulses

• Integrated spectrometer for precise wavelength tuning and stabilisation

• Fully computer-controlled with automated wavelength tuning

Systems can be further customised using pulse pickers (pulseSelect) to reduce the repetition rate, spectral slicers (pulseSlicer) for bandwidth reduction and optical delay lines (scanDelay). Multiple OPOs can also be pumped simultaneously by a single pump laser to generate independent, tunable, and temporally synchronised pulses.