Inspire

The Spectra-Physics® Inspire™ ultrafast OPO delivers unprecedented user friendly,computer-controlled tuning from 345 nm to 2.5 μm gap-free and with no change of intracavity optics or crystals. Pumped with the Mai Tai® ultrafast Ti:Sapphire lasers, the OPO delivers high power across the UV and visible range and provide adjustable pulse width from 80 to 350 fs. Inspire’s robust opto-mechanical design ensures high stability and insensitivity to ambient temperature change.

The Inspire offers:

• User-friendly gap-free tuning from 345 nm to 2.5 µm.
• Five output ports available: signal output (490-750 nm), idler output (930-2500 nm), fundamental output (690-1040 nm), and doubled fundamental output
(345-520 nm).
• Simultaneous output from either two or three output ports—ideal for applications requiring more than one wavelength such as CARS and SRS imaging.
• HF version with fully-automated hands-free wavelength tuning complete with automated cavity alignment to maintain optimal power and pulse durations.
• Auto version with semi-automated tuning and nearly transform-limited pulse duration flexibility (80-350 fs) for tailoring pulse widths to match experimental conditions.

With its unprecedented gap-free wavelength coverage with the Inspire is the next-generation OPO for cutting-edge imaging and spectroscopy applications.

Applications

Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS)

Multiphoton excitation (MPE) microscopy

Time-resolved spectroscopy

Vibrational overtone spectroscopy

Semiconductor research and spectroscopy

Multiple wavelength pump-probe experiments

Fiber optics and optical communications

Specifications¹

		Inspire Auto 50	Inspire Auto 100	Inspire HF 50	Inspire HF 100
Average Power
	SHG @ 400 nm	n/a	1100 mW	n/a	1100 mW
	Signal @ 550 nm	350 mW	350 mW	350 mW	350 mW
	Depleted Fundamental @ 800 nm	1100 mW	1100 mW	1100 mW	1100 mW
	Idler (at peak of curve)	170 mW	170 mW	170 mW	170 mW
Pulse Width
	SHG	n/a	<140 fs	n/a	<140 fs
	Signal	100–250 fs (adjustable)	100–250 fs (adjustable)	200 fs	200 fs
	Depleted Fundamental	<140 fs	<140 fs	<140 fs	<140 fs
	Idler	80–250 fs (adjustable)	80–250 fs (adjustable)	200 fs	200 fs
Tuning Range
	SHG	n/a	345–520 nm	n/a	345–520 nm
	Signal (Simultaneous with Idler)	490–750 nm	490–750 nm	490–750 nm	490–750 nm
	Depleted Fundamental	690–1040 nm	690–1040 nm	690–1040 nm	690–1040 nm
	Idler (Simultaneous with Signal)	930–2500 nm	930–2500 nm	930–2500 nm	930–2500 nm
Repetition Rate		80 MHz
Noise		<1% rms
Wavelength Stability @ 555 nm		<0.5 nm
Spatial Mode		TEMoo, M2 <1.2 (Signal)
Polarization		Horizontal for Signal and Idler Vertical for SHG
Spectrometer for UV and Visible Range3		350–900 nm (integrated into optics unit)
Dimensions (W x L x H)4		14.2 x 37.6 x 8.1 in (36.0 x 95.4 x 20.7 cm)

1. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
2. Pumped by Mai Tai HP Ti:Sapphire oscillator. For system performance when pumped by a Tsunami, please contact Spectra-Physics.
3. For IR spectral region, contact Spectra-Physics.
4. PC controllable. No control electronics unit required.

Inspire Dimensions