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Mid-IR Widely Tunable OPO Source

Product information "Mid-IR Widely Tunable OPO Source"

3-5, 7.5-13 µm; Output Energy 4 µJ; Repetition Rate 0.3, 1 kHz; Pulse Width 30-50 ns; Peak Output Power 5 W, ≤100 W; Linewidth ≥100 MHz

Based on an orientation-patterned GaAs crystal, Teem Photonics’ Mid-IR, Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) pulsed source combines a wide spectral tunability, from 7.5 µm to 13 µm or 3 µm to 5 µm, with a very narrow linewidth down to 100 MHz. With the optional additional Optical Parametric Amplifier (OPA) stage, the source also features high peak power (100 W) and an energy of 4 µJ per pulse.

This OPO source converts the input signal from a 2 μm pump laser into a tunable Mid-IR beam using a nonlinear crystal. Its single longitudinal mode output features a kHz repetition rate and a few tens of ns of pulse duration.

One of the widely tunable OPO source’s main applications is LIDAR remote gas detection in the whole LWIR or MWIR spectral region – implemented in a LIDAR system and tested in the field, the source allowed to successfully detect different toxic gas at a distance of 300 m.

For more information on the widely tunable OPO source, please contact the AMS Technologies OPO experts.

Key Features:

  • Wavelength Tunability: 7.5 µm to 13 μm and 3 µm to 5 μm
  • Linewidth: Down to 100 MHz
  • Single Longitudinal Mode
  • Real-time Wavelength Control With Spectrum Analyzer Included
  • Peak Power: 5 W; Up to 100 W With the OPA (Optical Parametric Amplifier) Option
  • Output Energy per Pulse: 4 µJ
  • Repetition Rate: Fixed at 300 Hz or 1 kHz
  • Pulse Duration: 30 ns to 50 ns
  • Compact OPO Source: ~297 mm x 210 mm x 80 mm (~A4 Footprint)

Applications: Stand-off Gas Detection; Multi-species Gas Analysis; LIDAR; Other

Manufacturer "Teem Photonics"
Founded in 1998, Teem Photonics’ competences span from R&D to series manufacturing to supplying industrial customers all over the world. With headquarters and main facility located near Grenoble, a hot bed of technology firms and European research laboratories in the French Alps, Teem Photonics proposes microchip lasers as well as integrated photonic products. Performance is key to the company’s success: Teem Photonics produces ultrashort pulse lasers (with pulse durations deep in the sub-ns range) featuring very compact form factors and excellent beam characteristics, from the near infrared down to 213 nm. Teem Photonics’ passive-Q-switch technology and processes deliver a very low level of laser failures with proven lifetimes over 100,000 hours in the IR and over 20,000 hours in the UV domains. Countries of Representation France and Spain
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