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Levante Emerald ps
Tunable NIR OPO (ps) for Green Pump Laser
Tunable Automated ps NIR OPO Suitable For an External Green ps Laser as Pump
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Tunable Automated ps NIR OPO Suitable For an External Green ps Laser as Pump

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Overview

Levante Emerald is a widely tunable fully automated high power NIR OPO of ps pulses. It is based on a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO), with an external green ps laser as pump. The OPO is adaptable to work with pump pulse widths between 2 … > 20 ps and pump powers from 2 … 20 W for an output power of up to 6 W. The pulses of the output beams are close to transform limit and of high beam quality. The Levante Emerald exhibits a robust mechanical design on a solid steel baseplate enabling stable long term operation as well as excellent beam pointing stability.

New Automated Version

The Levante Emerald has been newly developed featuring full automation, i.e. software controlled tuning. This is made possible by its entirely new control electronics, internal diagnostics, and Control Software packaged conveniently in a new housing. Hence handling has never been easier. The Control Software on the PC is equipped with a Software Interface (using TCP/IP). The OPO can easily be integrated into larger experimental setups and software controlled environments. The new Levante Emerald is based on APEs long standing experience in developing and manufacturing fully automated OPOs.

At a Glance

  • Fully automated tuning
  • 2 ps or 6 ps or 15 ps Version
  • Control Software: Simply enter the desired wavelength
  • Internal diagnostics for power and wavelength
  • Two tunable output beams with different colors (Signal and Idler)
  • Signal and Idler beam overlapped in space and time | Beam separator included
  • Ideal 2 ps pulse width for CARS, Coherent Raman imaging
  • Remote access available for customer support and error diagnosis

Recommended Pump Laser


Multi-color Experiments & Multi-photon Microscopy

Because of the synchronous pumping, the Signal and Idler pulses of the Levante Emerald are generated jitter-free with respect to each other as well as the pump pulse. Signal and Idler are available at the same time1). Since they are coupled out of the OPO collinearly, the Signal and Idler pulses have an intrinsically perfect spatial and temporal overlap in the output beam of the system. The photon energy difference between Signal and Idler is continuously tunable, which makes the Levante Emerald an ideal system for multi-color excitation experiments, such as e.g. SRS (Stimulated Raman Scattering), or CARS (Coherent Anti-stokes Raman Scattering). Even more combinations of jitter-free pulses with different wavelengths are available when using a pump laser which also offers (preferably undepleted) green pulses at the fundamental wavelength.

Shorter 2 ps Version

The Levante Emerald 2 ps (pumped by the Emerald Engine with 2 ps pulses) offers an optimized pulse width with maximum spectral bandwidth in the Raman fingerprint region without compromise in resolution for highest signal levels. Its high efficiency in non-linear processes makes the Levante Emerald 2 ps an ideal tool for applications such as CARS (Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering) and SRS (Stimulated Raman Scattering) imaging applications. Compared to the 6 ps version of the Levante Emerald, the Levante Emerald 2 ps has shown improvement in CARS signals by a factor of 10, and in SRS signals by a factor of 2.5. Also signals of SHG or Multi Photon Fluorescence are much improved. The Levante Emerald has been successfully used for SHG imaging. Important wavelengths for MPE (Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy) are directly available, such as e.g. 950 nm for GFP (green fluorescence protein) or 1160 nm for RFP (red fluorescence protein).

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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.

Tuning - Sweep Mode

The actual OPO Signal wavelength and bandwidth is measured by an internal real-time high resolution spectrometer, and the power by calibrated photodiodes. To tune, the user simply enters the desired wavelength into the Control Software of the OPO. For fast tuning over a certain wavelength range a sweep function has been added. It allows tuning from a set start wavelength to a set end wavelength automatically in short time, either with a predefined hold at each spectral step, or with advance for each step on a software trigger.

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.


More Wavelength with Levante in Combination with Harmonic Generation

Combine Levante OPO with one of our Harmonic Generators, such as SHG, THG, FHG, or DFG.


Specifications


Levante Emerald Specification   
* APE Emerald Engine, based on NKT aeroPULSE
** Coherent PALADIN Advanced 532-20000
*** @ approx. 2 ps pump pulse width
The Levante Emerald and the Levante Emerald HP are delivered with a removable Signal / Idler beam separator.
Pump laserEmerald Engine *532 nm | 6 psPaladin **
Levante Emerald 2 psLevante EmeraldLevante Emerald HP
Pump laser parameters516 nm | 3 W | approx. 2 ps532 nm | 4 W | approx. 6 ps532 nm | > 20 W | approx. 15 ps
Tuning range manual640 ... 960 nm690 ... 990 nm690 ... 990 nm
1120 ... 2300 nm1150 ... 2300 nm1150 ... 2300 nm
Tuning range automated660 ... 960 nm720 ... 990 nm720 ... 990 nm
Output power> 0.7 W @ 800 nm> 0.9 W> 6 W @ 800 nm
> 0.4 W @ 1250 nm> 0.6 W> 3.5 W @ 1250 nm
Pulse widthapprox. 2 ps ***approx. 5 ... 6 psapprox. 12 ... 15 ps
Δν Signal - Idler1440 ... 9000 cm-11400 ... 10000 cm-11400 ... 10000 cm-1
Δν Signal - Laser Fundamental720 ... 4500 cm-1700 ... 5000 cm-1-
 (when 1032 nm beam available from pump laser)(when 1064 nm beam available from pump laser)
Time bandwidth producttyp. 0.6typ. 0.6typ. 0.6
Repetition rateapprox. 80 MHz (depending on the repetition rate of the pump laser)approx. 80 MHz (depending on the repetition rate of the pump laser)approx. 80 MHz (depending on the repetition rate of the pump laser)
Beam quality M2< 1.2 (typ. 1.1)< 1.2 (typ. 1.1)< 1.2 (typ. 1.1)
Polarizationlinear / horizontallinear / horizontallinear / horizontal
Computer interfaceStandard Software Interface (using TCP/IP)Standard Software Interface (using TCP/IP)Standard Software Interface (using TCP/IP)