Pulse pickers
The pulse picker consists of the pockels cell, high voltage driver, synchronization and delay generator. It is suitable for single pulse selection from train of femtosecond or picosecond pulses. Also the device is used for pulse slicing in order to increase contrast.
External high-frequency or optical reference High-voltage pulse with adjustable delay High-voltage pulse with adjustable amplitude Two additional sync channels High contrast Low jitter Applications |
Pismo Pulse Pickers brochure - Pismo 8-1-1 manual - Del Mar Photonics
Output voltage, kV Repetition rate, kHz Rise time, ns Pulse duration, ns Jitter, ns Input sync signal Sync repetition rate, MHz Adjustable delay, ms |
Pismo 8/1: 4-8; Pismo 12/1: 6-12 1/10/25/50 < 1-10* < 2 -100* < 0.2 optical or TTL 10-150 0 - 4 |
* - please specify with order
Models Pismo 8/2 and Pismo 12/2 incorporate one Pockels cell and produce two
high voltage pulses.
Customer requested high voltage generators up to 50kV are also available.
Pulse shapes from Pismo pulse picker
Del Mar Photonics produce
pulse picker systems with repetition rate up to 100 kHz.
We can offer you our standard devices for picking single pulse from femtosecond
pulse train with following specification:
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Pismo 8/1. One-channel, 8kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/10. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-10kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/25. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-25kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/40. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-40kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/1 (DKDP 10x10x25 mm3) |
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Pismo 88/1 (DKDP 10x10x25 mm3) |
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Pismo 88/1 (BBO 4x4x20 mm3) |
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Pismo 12/1. One-channel,12kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 12/10. One-channel 12kV/500Hz-10kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/1 |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/10 ; Pismo 12/1 |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/25 ; Pismo 12/10 |
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Pismo 8/1-2. Two-channel, one-cell 8kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 55/1. 5kV/1Hz-1kHz /variable 10-1250ns flat top pulse pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 88/1. 8kV/1Hz-1kHz /variable 10-1250ns flat top pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8C/1. 8kV/1Hz-1kHz / not variable (constant duration, custom request) flat top pulse pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 58P/1. 5kV/1Hz-1kHz /10-1000ns (“zero” square pulse with “prepulse”) pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Custom Pulse Picker -
please send us your requirements We produce pulse picker system with repetition rate up to 100 kHz (HV pulse have the amplitude ~8kV with duration 10 ns at level 10% of maximum). Contrast ratio - >1000:1, optical transmission of pulse picker system - >87%, clear aperture – 7mm in diameter (other dimension on request), water cooling is required (flow ~3 l/min). |
New models:
1. Pismo OG8-50-1
Pockels cell crystal: DKDP, 6x6x16 mm3, ARC 700-900 nm (clear aperture – 5 mm),
other aperture on request
HV pulse amplitude: up to 8 kV (HV pulse has the amplitude ~8kV with duration 10
ns at level 10% of maximum)
Repetition rate: 1 Hz – 50 kHz
RF source: 30-120 MHz
RF input: optical (internal fiber coupled photodetector with 3m length plastic
fiber)
System transmission: >85%
Contrast ratio: >1:1000
Cooling requirements: water flow ~3 l/min
2. Pismo OG8-100-1
Pockels cell crystal: BBO, 4x4x20 mm3, ARC 700-900 nm (clear aperture – 3.5 mm),
other aperture on request
HV pulse amplitude: up to 8 kV (HV pulse has the amplitude ~8kV with duration 10
ns at level 10% of maximum)
Repetition rate: 1 Hz – 100 kHz
RF source: 30-120 MHz
RF input: optical (internal fiber coupled photodetector with 3m length plastic
fiber)
System transmission: >85%
Contrast ratio: >1:1000
Cooling requirements: water flow ~3 l/min
Pismo Pulse Pickers brochure - Pismo 8-1-1 manual - Del Mar Photonics
Components of a standard pulse picker: 1) Pockels cell 2) Control and supply unit 3) Glan prism 4) Glan prism mount 5) Mirror mount 6) Mirror 7) Quarter-wave plate 8) Fiber 9) Fiber holder 10) AC power cord 11) Connection cable 12) Tube (6 m) |
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7.1 |
Pismo 8/1. One-channel, 8kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/10. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-10kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/25. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-25kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/40. One-channel, 8kV/500Hz-40kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8/1 (DKDP 10x10x25 mm3) |
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Pismo 88/1 (DKDP 10x10x25 mm3) |
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Pismo 88/1 (BBO 4x4x20 mm3) |
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Pismo 12/1. One-channel,12kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 12/10. One-channel 12kV/500Hz-10kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/1 |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/10 ; Pismo 12/1 |
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Second channel for pulse picker Pismo 8/25 ; Pismo 12/10 |
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Pismo 8/1-2. Two-channel, one-cell 8kV/1Hz-1kHz pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 55/1. 5kV/1Hz-1kHz /variable 10-1250ns flat top pulse pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 88/1. 8kV/1Hz-1kHz /variable 10-1250ns flat top pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Pismo 8C/1. 8kV/1Hz-1kHz / not variable (constant duration, custom request) flat top pulse pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
7.14 |
Pismo 58P/1. 5kV/1Hz-1kHz /10-1000ns (“zero” square pulse with “prepulse”) pulse picker with synchronization electronics |
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Custom Pulse Picker -
please send us your requirements We produce pulse picker system with repetition rate up to 100 kHz (HV pulse have the amplitude ~8kV with duration 10 ns at level 10% of maximum). Contrast ratio - >1000:1, optical transmission of pulse picker system - >87%, clear aperture – 7mm in diameter (other dimension on request), water cooling is required (flow ~3 l/min). |
Del Mar Photonics team member Sergey Tenyakov explains to
Francisco Bezanilla from the
Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology the University of Chicago capabilities of
Pismo pulse
picker.
Del Mar Photonics Pismo pulse picker Control and supply unit (oscilloscope is not included).
Pismo Pulse Pickers brochure - Pismo 8-1-1 manual - Del Mar Photonics