Where to Buy Optical Parametric Oscillators

HC Photonics (HCP) offers a wide range of solutions for optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) including commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom PPMgO:LN based devices.

PPLN bare crystals are excellent devices (i.e. >90% conversion efficiency) for all-kind pumped OPOs i.e. cw, ns, fs and ps.

PPLN cavity mixers such as IC-OPOs have options of either fixed or broadly tunable wavelengths between 1420 nm and 4100 nm. They are the most compact and easy-to-use OPO devices in the market.

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HÜBNER Photonics offer the C-WAVE tunable laser series. These are widely tunable continuous wave (cw), single frequency laser light sources based on optical parametric oscillator (OPO) technology. They are tunable from 450 nm to 3500 nm with powers up to 1 W. Ideal for all cutting edge research from nanophotonics to quantum.

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For researchers demanding a wide tuning range, high conversion efficiency and narrow linewidth, EKSPLA optical parametric oscillators/amplifiers are an excellent choice. All models feature hands-free wavelength tuning, a protection system for valuable optical components as well as a wide range of accessories and extension units.

Our long-term experience and close cooperation with scientific institutions made it possible to create a range of models, offering probably th widest tuning range: from 193 nm to 16000 nm. Versions offering near transform-limited linewidth as well as operating at kilohertz repetition rates are available.

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Laser Peak offers Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs) both in the picosecond regime and the nanosecond regime.

The picosecond OPOs are synchronously pumped by an integrated ultrafast Yb DPSS laser. The attractively priced systems are computer-controlled and tunable in the range 690-990 nm plus 1150-2200 nm.

The nanosecond OPOs are modular and pumped by various DPSS or lamped-pumped nanosecond lasers at 355 or 532 nm. The tuning ranges are 410-2500 nm (plus 210-420 nm with optional SHG module) and 680-2500 nm. Tuning is either manual or PC-controlled with stepper motors. The OPOs have high efficiency, low divergence and good beam quality. All our OPO systems have very attractive price/performance ratios.

APE offers a wide range of ultrafast optical parametric oscillators (OPOs), which can be pumped with 1-μm lasers or with Ti:sapphire lasers. Wide wavelength regions in the near and mid-IR can be addressed, pulse durations in the picosecond or femtosecond region are available, and pulse repetition rates can be in the megahertz or gigahertz region.

APE optical parametric oscillator systems are enabling next generation work in solar cells, cancer research, biomedicine, surgical procedures, molecular science, and more.

TOPTICA provides a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator system: The DLC TOPO emits broadly tunable, Watt-class output power between 1.45 μm and 4.0 μm. Fully motorized and driven by the digital laser driver DLC pro, it provides unprecedented ease of use.

TOPTICA's OPO laser system won the Prism Awards 2019 for scientific lasers at Photonics West!

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The Stuttgart Instruments Alpha system is a modular, wavelength-tunable laser covering the 700 nm to 20 µm spectral range. It provides ultrafast pulses at MHz repetition rates and milliwatt- to watt-level power. Due to its excellent passive long-term stability, outstanding performance at the shot-noise limit and broad spectral range, it is ideally suited for sensitive IR applications.

The Alpha system can be configured optimium for your application. Its basic version is tunable from 1.35 µm to 4.5 µm, but can be upgraded to higher power, to the VIS (700 – 980 nm), the NIR (1.1 – 1.4 µm) and the MIR range (4.5 – 20 µm). Each module is field upgradable, and the entire system is fully automated and controlled via a user-friendly GUI.

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