APE Levante Emerald Engine Pump Laser

Specifications

Repetition Rate: 80 MHz
Total Tuning Range: 640 – 2030 nm
Core Tuning Range: 640 – 960 nm
Output Power (avg): 3 W
Pulse Duration: 2000 fs
Idler Polarization: Vertical
Signal Polarization: Horizontal
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Features


  • Wide Tunability: The Levante Emerald is a fully automated NIR-OPO with an output wavelength range from 640 nm to 2300 nm, adaptable to green pump lasers with pulse widths between 2 to 20 ps and pump powers from 2 to 20 W.

  • High Quality Pulses: Delivers pulses close to the transformation limit with high beam quality, ensuring stable long-term operation and excellent beam stability.

  • Fully Automated Tuning: Features a robust mechanical design and fully automated tuning capabilities, allowing easy control via intuitive software.

  • Multiple Pulse Width Options: Available in 2 ps, 6 ps, or 15 ps versions for versatile applications.

  • Dual Tunable Output Beams: Provides two tunable output beams with different colors (Signal and Idler), both overlapped in space and time, with an included beam separator.

  • Remote Access: Offers remote access for customer support and error diagnosis, enhancing user convenience.

  • Advanced Control Software: Simply enter the desired wavelength into the control software, equipped with an additional command interface (via TCP/IP) for easy integration into larger test setups.

  • Real-Time Monitoring: Internal high-resolution real-time spectrometer measures the actual wavelength and bandwidth, with power checked by calibrated photodiodes.

  • Sweep Mode Tuning: Fast tuning over a specific wavelength range with predefined hold times for spectral steps, ideal for multi-color excitation experiments like SRS or CARS.

  • Multi-color Experiments & Multi-photon Microscopy: Perfect for experiments requiring simultaneous Signal and Idler beams with intrinsically perfect spatial and temporal overlap.

  • Pump Laser Compatibility: Compatible with 516 nm and 532 nm pump lasers, including models like APE's Emerald Engine and Coherent PALADIN Advanced 532-20000.

  • Output Power: Delivers output power of > 0.7 W at 800 nm and > 0.9 W, ensuring effective performance across various applications.

Applications


  • Coherent Raman Imaging: Ideal 2 ps pulse width for SRS and CARS microscopy

  • Multi-Photon Microscopy: Simultaneous multi-color excitation with tunable signal-idler separation

  • Spectroscopy: High-resolution tunable source for nonlinear optical studies

  • Quantum Optics & Photonics Research: Precise wavelength control and high beam quality

  • Advanced Laser Development: Compatible with harmonic and difference frequency generation modules