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.

LIGHT CONVERSION OPCPAs offer peak powers up to >5 TW, pulse durations down to 6.5 fs, and CEP stability of <250 mrad, making them an excellent laser source for high energy and attosecond 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.

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 delivers ultrafast, high-power laser technology at outstanding performance to advance demanding applications from bio-imaging to ultrafast material science and attosecond science. Our robust optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPA) provide high-power, tunable femtosecond pulses at user-friendly operation.

Features of the White Dwarf OPCPA 5 W:

• compact and user-friendly
• CEP stability available
• pumped by Coherent Monaco industrial femtosecond laser

White Dwarf HE OPCPA 30 W:

• high-performance, ultrafast OPCPA
• pump-probe configuration
• pumped by Yb-based laser up to 300 W and 3 mJ

Supernova OPCPA 100 W:

• our award-winning flagship product
• highest average power OPCPA for demanding applications
• pumped by kW-class Yb:YAG Innoslab amplifiers or thin-disk lasers

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.

AFS offers customized OPCPA/OPA add-ons to supplement our high-power beamlines.