Where to Buy Optical Parametric Chirped-pulse Amplifiers

Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) is the only currently available laser technology simultaneously providing high peak and average power, as well as few-cycle pulse duration required by the most demanding scientific applications. Light Conversion’s answer to these demands is a portfolio of cutting-edge OPCPA products that are based on years of experience in developing and manufacturing optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) and femtosecond lasers.

Features:

- customizable light sources for applications requiring the shortest pulses and extreme peak and average powers

- wavelengths from 800 nm to 3 μm (mid-IR extensions available)

- peak powers up to >5 TW

- pulse duration down to 6.5 fs

- repetition rates: 100 Hz to 200 kHz

TOPTICA’s FemtoFiber dichro midIR generates radiation at 3 μm – 15 μm. Based on difference frequency generation of two optically synchronized laser pulses at tunable wavelengths of 1 – 2 μm a highly stable broadband emission of approximately 400 cm^-1 is generated. Here, the output at 1560 nm of an erbium-doped ultrafast fiber laser is superimposed with the long or short wavelength part of a supercontinuum.

The CEO-free mid-IR laser pulses are applied to attosecond spectroscopy where the extreme UV pulses consist of only a few optical cycles. The conversion of mid-IR radiation to extreme UV is accomplished by high harmonic generation. First, the mid-IR pulses are subject to optical parametric chirped amplification (OPCPA). Then, the intense laser fields are launched into an atomic beam or a gas-filled hollow core fibre to generate extreme UV attosecond laser pulses via high harmonics.

Class 5 Photonics offer powerful and high-performance femtosecond lasers based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA):

WHITE DWARF OPCPA powered by Coherent up to 5 W:

- < 9 fs at 800 nm @ 1 MHz

- most compact few-cycle laser system

- stable and reliable

- CEP stability optional

- dual output for time-resolved measurements

- pumped by Coherent Monaco industrial femtosecond laser

WHITE DWARF HE OPCPA up to 30 W:

- high-performance OPCPA system

- pumped by Yb:fiber or Yb:YAG laser up to 300 W and 3 mJ

- output power up to 30 W

- pulse durations down to 9 fs

- add-ons EUV to MID-IR

- pump-probe configuration available

SUPERNOVA OPCPA up to 100 W – our flagship product:

- highest average power OPCPA for demanding applications

- pumped by kW-class Yb:YAG Innoslab amplifiers or thin-disk

Our Starzz systems are custom-made mid-IR OPCPA dedicated to High Harmonic Generation (HHG) and attosecond science. With record CEP stability, high average power or high pulse energy, this new generation of ultrafast light sources combines Yb-doped industrial grade pump lasers with Fastlite landmark technologies to set new standards in ultrafast laser science.

Featuring a success story in design and manufacturing of ultrafast high intensity OPCPA system of ELI, EKSPLA introduces a wide range of ultrafast and nanosecond high intensity lasers and amplifiers. Our broad knowledge in high energy laser physics, nonlinear materials and more that 27 years of experience in laser design enables us to offer unique solutions for high pulse energy systems.

Our high intensity laser systems feature OPCPA based technology, flash lamp pump for ultra-high pulse energy, and diode pumping for high average power. Innovative solutions for pulse shaping, precise synchronization between different laser sources enables users to fit these systems to numerous experiments of modern fundamental science.