Inspire™ IR Automated Ultrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators
Overview
The Inspire™ IR OPO delivers a wide, gap-free tuning range from 1000 nm to 1580 nm. Pumped with the Mai Tai® HP ultrafast Ti:Sapphire laser, the system also provides exceptionally high power across the full range. The Inspire IR OPO features user-friendly, computer-controlled tuning in a sealed hands-free package. The system’s robust design ensures high stability and insensitivity to ambient temperature change.
- Wide, gap-free tuning from 1000 nm to 1550 nm
- Accepts a wide range of pump wavelengths
- Highest output power in the near IR
- Fully-automated, computer-controlled tuning
Products
Applications
- Bio-Imaging
- Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy (CARS)
- Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy (2PF)
- Three-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy (3PF)
- Multiple wavelength pump-probe experiments
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy
- Time-resolved spectroscopy
- Vibrational overtone spectroscopy
- Semiconductor research and spectroscopy
- Data Communications
Specifications
Output Characteristics
| Pump Tuning Range | 720-820 nm | |
| Pump Wavelength | 760 nm | 810 nm |
| Signal Tuning Range | 1000-1400 nm | 1010-1550 nm |
| Signal Average Power at Peak | N/A | >900 mW |
| Idler Tuning Range3 | 1662-3166 nm | 1696-4090 nm |
| Idler Average Power at Peak3 | >250 mW | |
| Signal Pulse Width at Peak | <200 fs | |
| Repetition Rate | 80 MHz | |
| Noise at 1300 nm | 1% rms | |
| Power Stability | 5% | |
| Spatial Mode | TEM00, M2 <1.2 | |
| Beam Diameter (Signal) at 1300 nm | 1.4 mm ±10% | |
| Beam Divergence (Signal) at 1300 nm | 0.5 mrad | |
| Polarization | Horizontal (>100:1) | |
| Dimensions | 15.6 x 27.1 x 7.6 in (395 x 687 x 192 mm) | |
Footnotes:
- Due to our continuous improvement program, specifications may change without notice.
- Specifications while pumped by a Mai Tai HP; average power is reduced when pumping with the Mai Tai HP DeepSee.
- Idler output available as an option.
Features
- Two output ports available: signal output (1000–1550 nm with >900 mW at the peak) and fundamental output (690–1040 nm with >1 W)
- Synchronized output from two output ports—ideal for applications requiring more than one wavelength such as CARS
- Fully-automated hands-free wavelength tuning complete with automated cavity alignment to maintain optimal power and pulse durations
Resources
Data Sheets
- Inspire IR Datasheet (448.6 kB, PDF)
Drawings & CAD
- Inspire IR Dimensions (312.9 kB, PDF)
Literature
- Ultrafast Lasers Brochure (4.6 MB, PDF)
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