
Inspire
OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS WITH
ULTRA-WIDE SPECTRAL COVERAGE FROM UV TO IR
- Widest gap-free tuning from 345 to 2500 nm
- Highest output power in the UV and visible
- Fully automated computer-controlled tuning without adjustment or change in optics or crystals
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 |
Inspire Auto 50 | Inspire Auto 100 | Inspire HF 50 | Inspire HF 100 | ||
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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 |
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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
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