Del Mar Photonics - Newsletter Winter 2010 - Newsletter April 2011
Trestles LH Ti:Sapphire
laser Trestles LH is a new series of high quality femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers for applications in scientific research, biological imaging, life sciences and precision material processing. Trestles LH includes integrated sealed, turn-key, cost-effective, diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS). Trestles LH lasers offer the most attractive pricing on the market combined with excellent performance and reliability. DPSS LH is a state-of-the-art laser designed for today’s applications. It combines superb performance and tremendous value for today’s market and has numerous advantages over all other DPSS lasers suitable for Ti:Sapphire pumping. Trestles LH can be customized to fit customer requirements and budget. |
The specifications shown below have beed improved. We offer now 700 - 1000 nm
tuning range with 10W pump.
>1.4 W @ 800 nm
>500 mW@ 700 nm
>100 mW@ 1000 nm
SHG:
350 nm > 70 mW (15% conversion efficiency)
400 nm > 450 mW (35% conversion efficiency)
500 nm > 10 mW (10% conversion efficiency)
Trestles LH standard specifications
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Del Mar Photonics offers new Trestles
LH fs/CW laser system which can be easily
switched from femtosecond mode to CW and back.
Having both modes of operation in one system dramatically increase a number of
applications that the laser can be used for, and makes it an ideal tool for
scientific lab involved in multiple research projects.
Trestles LH10 fs/CW laser system at UC Santa Cruz Center of Nanoscale Optofluidics
Typical specifications are:
Trestles LH10 fs/CW laser system
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(includes 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 items in the item list
above)
Ti:Sapphire femtosecond oscillator with CW operation option
Spatial mode: TEMoo
Polarization: linear horizontal
fs mode:
Tuning range (@10W pump): 750-850 nm
Output power (@10W pump, 800 nm): >1500 mW
Repetition rate: 80 MHz
Pulse duration: <100 fs
CW mode:
Tuning range (@10W pump): 750-850 nm
Output power (@10W pump, 800 nm): >2000 mW in CW
Linewidth (with two etalons): <2 GHz
Also included:
Thermostabilized breadboard;
Electronic starter with TTL output for mode-locked mode observation;
USB-controlled tuning slit for wavelength tuning in fs mode;
3-plate USB-controlled birefringent Lyot filter;
Two motorized USB-controlled etalons for linewidth control
DPSS LH10 (10 Watt Diode Pump Solid State Laser) -
DPSS DMPLH lasers
Average Output Power > 10 W
Wavelength 532 nm
Spectral Purity > 99.9 %
Spatial Mode TEM00
Beam Quality (M2) 1.0 - 1.1
Beam Ellipcicity < 1.0 : 1.1
Beam Diameter 2.3 mm ± 10%
Beam Divergence < 0.5 mrad
Pointing Stability < 2 μrad/°C
Power Stability < ± 0.25 % rms
Noise Standard version: < 0.2 % rms
Low noise (NET) version: < 0.03 % rms
Polarization > 100:1 vertical
Power Requirements
Operating Voltage 100-240 VAC, 50 Hz / 60 Hz
Power Consumption 500 W max, 300 W typical
Cooling Requirements
Laser Head Closed-loop chiller in Power Supply - Cooler
Power Supply (in Power Supply - Cooler) Air-cooled
Environmental Specifications
Operating Temperature 64-90°F (18-32°C)
Relative Humidity 8-85%, non-condensing
Laser Head - Physical Dimensions (Height x Width x Length)
2.7 x 5.3 x 10.1 inches
(69 x 135 x 256 mm)
Weight 7.0 lbs (3.2 kg) approx.
Cable Length 10 " (3 m)
Power Supply-Cooler - Physical Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth)
13.0 x 12.7 x 18.2 inches
(330 x 323 x 463 mm)
Weight 55 lbs (25 kg) approx.
Schematic setup of Trestles LH10-fs/CW laser system with built-in pump laser
Del Mar Photonics supply Trestles lasers as stand alone system, or as a
one-box system with built-in DPSS pump laser.
The price of the system with DPSS pump depends on required output power.
The standard tuning elements indicated below are used in CW Ti:Sapphire lasers such as Trestles CW or Trestles fs/CW.
Those elements are also sold separately as standrad items or as a custom made components.
1) Thick etalon -
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Thickness - 3 mm, diameter - 20 mm. Surface quality: Ð=1-2, N<1, ΔN<0.1,
λ/10, plane parallelism better than 10''. Thickness accuracy 5 um.
2) Thin etalon -
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Thickness - 200 um, diameter - 15 mm. Surface quality: Ð=1-2, N<1, ΔN<0.1,
λ/10, plane parallelism better than 10''. Thickness accuracy 5 um.
3) Birefringent filter BRF -
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We use a 3-plate assembled BRF (Lyot filter) with adjustable motorized mount
(see attached drawing).
Total losses introduced into the cavity by the filter are 5% of the laser’s
output power. The FSR is defined by the thinnest plate and equals to around -
1.3*1014 Hz, while the maximum width is controlled by the thickest
plate and equals to approx. 3.1*1012 Hz.
Dimensions of plate assembly ('filter' in the picture): dia 44.5 mm, t=13.5 mm.
It should be properly aligned (Brewster to the beam) and rotated by some
rotating mount around its axis to provide wavelength tuning.
Third and Forth Harmonic Generator for Ti:Sapphire lasers: Three Case studies
Customer inquiry:
We have about 1 W across the range 780nm to 920 nm. We are interested mostly
in tunability in the range 240-300nm. Pulse width is not very > important. If a
(third + fourth) HG exists in one model, that would be great. Also it would be
good for us to have several wavelength available at the same time, i.e.
fundamental and harmonics.
I want to use this system for a photoemission microscope, and my first interest
is in the tuning capability. The second interest is in building up a
pump-and-probe system using the fundamental or 2nd harmonic as a pump beam and
the third harmonic as probe. Do you have suggestions for the delay-line?
Answer:
We can offer our multiharmonic (SH, TH) generator unit. The simultaneous output
will have around 10% (100 mW) of your input power in fundamental and each of
harmonics (10% fundamental, 10% second and 10% third). Each harmonic has its own
output (see attachment). The tuning range will be 260-300 nm for TH with your
input tuning range.
The FH system will produce 205-230 nm radiation out of your laser (780-920)
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Customer inquiry:
I'm interested in the 3^rd harmonic generator for an amplified Ti:sapphire laser.
What is the maximum pulse energy? The system is a Coherent regenerative
amplifier (RegA 9000) that produces 750 mW at a repetition rate of 100 kHz,
which is a pulse energy of 7.5 microjoules in 50 femtoseconds. The beam diameter
is 2.7 mm.
We have tried to use a Coherent 9300 harmonic system, but it is designed for
oscillator energies of nanojoules, so it is too tightly focused on the crystal
and generates white light.
Answer:
Please find enclosed the quotation for the TH generator along with
the drawing. Please note that since the unit is non-standard the dimensions
may be extended by +100 mm in length and +50 mm in width.
Third Harmonic Product
brochure
Sample quote for Third Harmonic Generator for Amplified Ti:Sapphire Laser
Third Harmonic Product brochure - Third Harmonic Generator Manual - Forth Harmonic Generator manual - request a quote
ATsG800 Third Harmonic Generator
Second and third harmonic outputs
Input wavelength for TH – 750-900 nm
Input wavelength for SH – 710-960 nm
Input pulse width - >20 fs
Conversion efficiency for TH – 7-8% (depends on input
parameters)
Conversion efficiency for SH – >30% (depends on input
parameters)
Pulse broadening - <150 fs
Input pulse energy – 8 μJ
Unit price: $14,000
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Customer inquiry:
I’m interested in the 3rd harmonic generator for an amplified Ti:sapphire laser.
What is the maximum pulse energy? The system is a regenerative amplifier that
produces 750 mW at a repetition rate of 100 kHz, which is a pulse energy of 7.5
microjoules in 50 femtoseconds. The beam diameter is 2.7 mm. We have tried to
use a Coherent 9300 harmonic system, but it is designed for oscillator energies
of nanojoules, so it is too tightly focused on the crystal and generates white
light.
Del Mar Photonics:
We can offer about 7-8% efficiency, the version for 8 uJ will be non-standard.
Please find enclosed
the quotation for the TH generator along with
the drawing. Please note that since the unit is non-standard the dimensions may
be extended by +100 mm in length and +50 mm in width.
Third harmonic generator (THG) is developed for frequency doubling and tripling of Ti-Sa amplifier radiation (λ=780-820 nm). Device is based on second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum-frequency generation (SFG) techniques and provides stable radiation in fs scale. TH generator is developed for high conversion efficiency.
Femtosecond third harmonic generation for amplified Ti:sapphire laser - THG brochure - THG manual - Request a quote
SPECIFICATIONS
• Pulse width - 40-60 fs
• TH efficiency - > 7 %*
• SH efficiency - >25 % (full output**)
• Input beam size (FWHM) - 2.7 mm ***
• Input energy in pulse > 8 μJ
• Temporal broadening - For TH pulse< 250 fs
For SH pulse <100 fs
• Input polarization - Linear- horizontal
• Output TH polarization - Linear- horizontal
• Output SH polarization - linear- vertical
• Output fundamental
beam polarization
- linear- vertical
• Input wavelength - 780 – 820 nm
• Output TH wavelength - 260 – 274 nm
• Output SH wavelength - 390 – 410 nm
• Dimensions - 500mm x 362mm x 188mm
* - assuming that pulse is compressed;
** - just after the flip-mirror M7;
*** - assuming that 1.5<M2<2.
Request a quote - Third Harmonic Product brochure - Third Harmonic Generator Manual - Forth Harmonic Generator manual - Third Harmonic Generation of Ti:Sapphire Laser Kits
Product news and updates - Training Workshops
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Trestles LH Ti:Sapphire
laser Trestles LH is a new series of high quality femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers for applications in scientific research, biological imaging, life sciences and precision material processing. Trestles LH includes integrated sealed, turn-key, cost-effective, diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS). Trestles LH lasers offer the most attractive pricing on the market combined with excellent performance and reliability. DPSS LH is a state-of-the-art laser designed for today’s applications. It combines superb performance and tremendous value for today’s market and has numerous advantages over all other DPSS lasers suitable for Ti:Sapphire pumping. Trestles LH can be customized to fit customer requirements and budget. Reserve a
spot in our Femtosecond lasers training
workshop in San Diego, California. Come to learn how to build a
femtosecond laser from a kit |
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DPSS DMPLH lasers |
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New laser spectrometer
T&D-scan for research that
demands high resolution and high spectral
density in UV-VIS-NIR spectral domains - now available with
new pump option! The T&D-scan includes a CW ultra-wide-tunable narrow-line laser, high-precision wavelength meter, an electronic control unit driven through USB interface as well as a software package. Novel advanced design of the fundamental laser component implements efficient intra-cavity frequency doubling as well as provides a state-of-the-art combined ultra-wide-tunable Ti:Sapphire & Dye laser capable of covering together a super-broad spectral range between 275 and 1100 nm. Wavelength selection components as well as the position of the non-linear crystal are precisely tuned by a closed-loop control system, which incorporates highly accurate wavelength meter. Reserve a
spot in our CW lasers training
workshop in San Diego, California. Come to
learn how to build a
CW
Ti:Sapphire laser from a kit |
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AOTF Infrared Spectrometer |
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Open Microchannel Plate Detector
MCP-MA25/2 -
now in stock! |
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Hummingbird EMCCD camera The digital Hummingbird EMCCD camera combines high sensitivity, speed and high resolution. It uses Texas Instruments' 1MegaPixel Frame Transfer Impactron device which provides QE up to 65%. Hummingbird comes with a standard CameraLink output. It is the smallest and most rugged 1MP EMCCD camera in the world. It is ideally suited for any low imaging application such as hyperspectral imaging, X-ray imaging, Astronomy and low light surveillance. It is small, lightweight, low power and is therefore the ideal camera for OEM and integrators. buy online |
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Hatteras-D
femtosecond transient absorption data acquisition system Future nanostructures and biological nanosystems will take advantage not only of the small dimensions of the objects but of the specific way of interaction between nano-objects. The interactions of building blocks within these nanosystems will be studied and optimized on the femtosecond time scale - says Sergey Egorov, President and CEO of Del Mar Photonics, Inc. Thus we put a lot of our efforts and resources into the development of new Ultrafast Dynamics Tools such as our Femtosecond Transient Absorption Measurements system Hatteras. Whether you want to create a new photovoltaic system that will efficiently convert photon energy in charge separation, or build a molecular complex that will dump photon energy into local heat to kill cancer cells, or create a new fluorescent probe for FRET microscopy, understanding of internal dynamics on femtosecond time scale is utterly important and requires advanced measurement techniques. Reserve a
spot in our Ultrafast Dynamics Tools
training workshop in San Diego, California. |
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Beacon Femtosecond Optically Gated Fluorescence Kinetic Measurement System
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pdf Reserve a
spot in our Ultrafast Dynamics Tools
training workshop in San Diego, California. |
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Terahertz systems, set ups and components New band pass and long pass THz optical filters based on porous silicon and metal mesh technologies. Band pass filters with center wavelengths from 30 THz into GHz range and transmissions up to 80% or better. Standard designs with clear aperture diameters from 12.5 to 37.5 mm. Long pass filters with standard rejection edge wavelengths from 60 THz into GHz range. Maximum transmission up to 80% or better, standard designs at 19.0 and 25.4 mm diameters. Excellent thermal (from cryogenic to 600 K) and mechanical properties THz products: THz Spectrometer kit with Antenna THz transmission setup THz time domain spectrometer Pacifica fs1060pca THz time domain spectrometer Pacifica fs780pca THz detectors: Golay cell and LiTaO3 piroelectric detectors PCA - Photoconductive Antenna as THz photomixer Pacifica THz Time Domain Spectrometer - Trestles Pacifica Holographic Fourier Transform Spectrometer for THz Region Wedge TiSapphire Multipass Amplifier System - THz pulses generation Terahertz Spectroscopic Radar Mobile System for Detection of Concealed Explosives Band pass filters with center wavelengths from 30 THz into GHz range Long pass filters with standard rejection edge wavelengths from 60 THz into GHz range Generation of THz radiation using lithium niobate Terahertz crystals (THz): ZnTe, GaP, LiNbO3 - Wedge ZnTe |
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iPCA - interdigital Photoconductive Antenna for terahertz waves Large area broadband antenna with lens array and high emitter conversion efficiency iPCA with LT-GaAs absorber, microlens array for laser excitation wavelengths l £ 850 nm, adjusted hyperhemispherical silicon lens with a high power conversion efficiency of 0.2 mW THz power / W optical power. The iPCA can be used also as large area THz detector. The two types iPCAp and iPCAs have the same active interdigital antenna area but different contact pad directions with respect to the electrical THz field. Interdigital Photoconductive Antenna for terahertz waves generation using femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser THz books |
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Training Workshops
Come to San Diego next summer! Attend one of our training workshops in San Diego, California
during summer 2011 Del Mar Photonics has presented training workshops for customers and potential customers in the past 3 years. Our workshops cover scientific basics, technical details and provide generous time for hands-on training. Each workshop is a three-day seminar conducted by professional lecturer from 10am to 4pm. It includes lunch, as well as a training materials. We have also reserved two days for Q&A sessions, one-on-one system integration discussions, social networking, and San Diego sightseeing.
The following training workshops will be offered during this
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Featured Customer
Trestles LH10-fs/CW laser system at UC Santa Cruz Center of Nanoscale Optofluidics
Del
Mar Photonics offers new
Trestles fs/CW laser system which can be easily
switched from femtosecond mode to CW and back. Having both modes of operation in one system dramatically increase a
number of applications that the laser can be used for, and makes it an ideal
tool for scientific lab involved in multiple research projects. |
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Frequency-stabilized CW single-frequency ring Dye laser DYE-SF-007 pumped by DPSS DMPLH laser installed in the brand new group of Dr. Dajun Wang at the The Chinese University of Hong Kong. DYE-SF-077 features exceptionally narrow generation line width, which amounts to less than 100 kHz. DYE-SF-077 sets new standard for generation line width of commercial lasers. Prior to this model, the narrowest line-width of commercial dye lasers was as broad as 500 kHz - 1 MHz. It is necessary to note that the 100-kHz line-width is achieved in DYE-SF-077 without the use of an acousto-optical modulator, which, as a rule, complicates the design and introduces additional losses. A specially designed ultra-fast PZT is used for efficient suppression of radiation frequency fluctuations in a broad frequency range. DYE-SF-077 will be used in resaerch of Ultracold polar molecules, Bose-Einstein condensate and quantum degenerate Fermi gas and High resolution spectroscopy |
Other News
Optical Society of Southern California meeting at UCSD OSSC 2011-04-27
Nd:YAG laser ordered by the University of Leon, UANL, Mexico
Wedge 50 Multipass Amplifier pumped with a Darwin-527-30-M DPSS Laser
ordered by Hong Kong customer
New
Trestles LH10-fs/CW femtosecond+CW laser ready for delivery to the
University of California Santa Cruz
Trestles femtosecond
Ti:Sapphire laser delivered to North Carolina State
University
Del Mar Photonics sponsor IONS (International OSA Network of Students)
conference IONS-NA-2 in Tucson, Arizona
IONS-NA-2
website
Best talk and best
poster awards at IONS-Moscow 2010 conference sponsored by Del Mar Photonics
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Del Mar Photonics featured components
Del Mar Photonics continuously expands its components portfolio.
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Solar
Prisms for Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV) Solar cells made of compound semiconductors such as gallium arsenide are very expensive. Usually very small cells are installed and various means such as mirrors, lenses, prisms, etc..are used to concentrate sunlight on the cells. Concentration photovoltaic technology (CPV) uses the solar radiation with an efficiency of 40%, double that of conventional solar cells Del Mar Photonics design custom Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV) and supply variety of the optical components for CPV such as solar prisms shown in the picture. |
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Axicon Lens Axicon lens also known as conical lens or rotationally symmetric prism is widely used in different scientific research and application. Axicon can be used to convert a parallel laser beam into a ring, to create a non diffractive Bessel beam or to focus a parallel beam into long focus depth. Del Mar Photonics supplies axicons with cone angles range from 130° to 179.5° for use with virtually any laser radiation. We manufacture and supply axicons made from BK7 glass, fused silica and other materials. download brochure - request a quote |
Rutile (TiO2) coupling
prisms Del Mar Photonics offers optical elements made of high quality synthetically grown Rutile Titanium Dioxide crystals. Rutile’s strong birefringency, wide transmission range and good mechanical properties make it suitable for fabrication of polarizing cubes, prisms and optical isolators. Boules having high optical transmission and homogeneity are grown by proprietary method. Typical boules have 10 - 15 mm in dia. and up to 25 mm length. Optical elements sizes - from 2 x 2 x 1 mm to 12.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 mm. Laser grade polish quality is available for finished elements. So far we the largest elements that we manufactured are 12 x15 x 5 mm, in which optical axis is parallel to 15 mm edge, 5 mm is along beam path, 12 x 15 mm faces polished 20/10 S/D, one wave flatness, parallelism < 3 arc.min. (better specs. available on request). more details - download brochure - request a quote |
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Vacuum viewport Del Mar Photonics offer a range of competitively priced UHV viewports , Conflat, ISO or KF including a variety of coatings to enhance performance. Del Mar Photonics viewports are manufactured using advanced techniques for control of special and critical processes, including 100 percent helium leak testing and x-ray measurements for metallization control. Windows Materials include: Fused silica, Quartz , Sapphire , MgF2, BaF2, CaF2, ZnSe, ZnS, Ge, Si, Pyrex. Standard Viewing diameters from .55" to 1.94 ". Coating - a range of custom coatings can applied - which include - Single QWOT - Broad Band AR - V coatings - ITO - DLC (Diamond like coating) more details - request a quote |
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Hydrogen
Thyratrons are used in
such devices as radars with different power levels, high-power pulsed
technical, electrophysical, medical devices and lasers. Sophisticated
design and high quality ceramic-metal envelope determines long lifetime
and very accurate and reliable operation of hydrogen thyratrons under wide range of environmental
conditions. Applications: - radars - pulsed lasers power supplies - medical apparatus - electrophysical instrumentation Triggered Three-Electrode Spark Gap Switches are ceramic-metal sealed off gas discharge trigatron-type devices with a co-axial trigger electrode. These Gas Discharge Tubes contain no mercury and, due to an advanced design, feature high reliability and a long lifetime being operating under wide range of environmental conditions. Applications: - pulsed installation for processing materials - installations with plasma focus - pulse power supplies for lasers and other pulse equipment - medical apparatus such as lithotriptors and defibrillators - processing systems for petroleum wells |
We are looking forward to hear from you and help you with your optical and crystal components requirements. Need time to think about it? Drop us a line and we'll send you beautiful Del Mar Photonics mug (or two) so you can have a tea party with your colleagues and discuss your potential needs. |
Del Mar Photonics, Inc.
4119 Twilight Ridge
San Diego, CA 92130
tel: (858) 876-3133
fax: (858) 630-2376
Skype: delmarphotonics
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Product Data Sheets
Featured: Trestles LH femtosecond lasers with integrated DPSS DMPLH laser pump - DPSS DMPLH lasers
Del Mar Photonics Product brochures - Femtosecond products data sheets (zip file, 4.34 Mbytes) - Del Mar Photonics
Send us a request for standard or custom ultrafast (femtosecond) product
Pulse
strecher/compressor
Avoca SPIDER system
Buccaneer femtosecond
fiber lasers with SHG Second Harmonic Generator
Cannon Ultra-Broadband Light
Source
Cortes Cr:Forsterite
Regenerative Amplifier
Infrared
cross-correlator CCIR-800
Cross-correlator Rincon
Femtosecond Autocorrelator
IRA-3-10
Kirra Faraday Optical Isolators
Mavericks femtosecond
Cr:Forsterite laser
OAFP optical attenuator
Pearls femtosecond fiber laser
(Er-doped fiber, 1530-1565 nm)
Pismo pulse picker
Reef-M femtosecond scanning
autocorrelator for microscopy
Reef-RTD scanning
autocorrelator
Reef-SS single shot
autocorrelator
Femtosecond Second Harmonic Generator
Spectrometer ASP-100M
Spectrometer ASP-150C
Spectrometer ASP-IR
Tamarack and Buccaneer
femtosecond fiber lasers (Er-doped fiber, 1560+/- 10nm)
Teahupoo femtosecond Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier
Femtosecond
third harmonic generator
Tourmaline femtosecond fiber
laser (1054 nm)
Tourmaline TETA Yb
femtosecond amplified laser system
Tourmaline Yb-SS
femtosecond solid state laser system
Trestles CW Ti:Sapphire
laser
Trestles femtosecond
Ti:Sapphire laser
Trestles LH femtosecond lasers with integrated DPSS
DMPLH laser pump - DPSS DMPLH lasers
Trestles Finesse
femtosecond lasers system integrated with DPSS pump laser
Wedge Ti:Sapphire multipass amplifier
Trestles LH femtosecond lasers with integrated DPSS DMPLH laser pump
Trestles LH10-fs/CW laser system at UC Santa Cruz Center of
Nanoscale Optofluidics
Tresltes LH10-fs/CW
laser at Harvard University is used for STED microscopy of nanodiamons