Katalog Ultrafast Systemů-D689-5

Ultrafast Laser Systems
2013 Product Catalog
Superior Reliability & Performance

Introduction
Applications:
• Pump and Probe Studies
• Time-domain Spectroscopy
• Surface Sum Frequency Generation
• EUV and X-ray Generation
• Attosecond Pulse Generation
• Terahertz Generation and Studies
• Time-resolved Raman Spectroscopy
• Multiphoton Microscopy (MPE)
• SHG/CARS/SRS/STED Microscopy
• Non-linear Material Modification
• Quantum Control Experiments
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Introduction
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Better Ultrafast, Every Day.

Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Amplifiers
Welcome to the dynamic world of ultrafast lasers. day after day. When you select any of the products in
This catalog covers the most comprehensive range this catalog, you will be building a strong foundation Amplifier
of ultrafast products available anywhere – from for your scientific instrumentation, ready to be expand- Accessories
10 femtosecond oscillators to terawatt amplifiers, ed as your requirements evolve. The investments that
from pump lasers to autocorrelators. The unparalleled you make now will continue to deliver valuable results
Laser
range of products guarantees that you can always for many years to come and wherever your research Measurement
and Control
cho0se the best laser device to match your experi- takes you. Accessories
mental needs.
Finally, be assured that the exceptional performance Accessory
Our extensive and ever-growing portfolio enables you of our products is backed by a highly specialized global Compatibility
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to start your work with a simple modelocked oscillator support organization. Wherever a Coherent ultrafast
and later on expand your fast moving research with product is deployed, our team of scientific field service
ultrafast amplifiers, parametric devices and sophisti- engineers will be there to support it. So, no matter Table
cated accessories. We understand that before making what type of research you are doing or where you are Layouts
any important buying decision you talk with other located, we provide you with the best performance,
ultrafast researchers. the broadest portfolio and the most comprehensive
technical support.
We are confident that every Coherent user will tell
you that our products are reliable, high-performance, This is how we fulfill our promise to deliver you -
user-friendly, and designed to deliver consistent results, Better Ultrafast, Every Day.
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Ultrafast Product Overview
Oscillators and Accessories
We offer an extensive portfolio of ultrafast oscillator patible with the Mira-900, but incompatible with
Introduction products to choose from. This diagram summarizes the Mira-HP. Please refer to the specifications on the
the range and also indicates the compatibility of individual product pages and the accessory compatibil-
the various available products. For example, the ity charts on page 73 for more details. If you still have
Synchrolock-AP accessory is compatible with the questions regarding specifications of product compat-
UF Product
Overview Mira and Vitara, but incompatible with the Vitesse ibility, please call or email us.
and Chameleon. Similarly, the Pulse Switch is com-
Table of
Contents Oscillators
Verdi Verdi
Pump 10W to 20W 5W to 12W
Lasers
Mira-HP Mira-900
Oscillators Vitara Vitesse Chameleon
Femto/Pico/Dual Femto/Pico/Dual
Synchrolock-AP Synchrolock-AP
Oscillator
Accessories
Pulse Compressors Pulse Compressors

SPO-I, SPO-II, CPC-II SPO-I, SPO-II, CPC-II
Amplifiers
Carrier-Envelope Phase
Pulse Switch
(CEP) Stabilizer
Amplifier
Accessories Pulse Picker Pulse Picker
Laser
Measurement Harmonics Generators Harmonics Generators
and Control
Accessories
Mira-OPO Mira-OPO
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Mira-OPO DFG Mira-OPO DFG
Table
Layouts
Chameleon Compact
OPO-Vis
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Amplifiers and Accessories
Our ultrafast amplifier portfolio is the most extensive Please refer to the specifications on the individual
available. We offer amplified pulse energies from 4 µJ product pages for more details. If you still have ques- Introduction
to 100 mJ and repetition-rates from 10 Hz to 300 kHz. tions regarding specifications or product compatibility,
The diagram below summarizes the range available please call or email us.
and also indicates the compatibility of the various
UF Product
products. Please note that not all oscillator versions Overview
are compatible with all versions of our amplifiers.
Table of
Oscillators Contents
One-Box Amplifier
Verdi Verdi
10W to 20W 5W to12W Libra 1, 5, or 10 kHz
Pump
Vitesse/ Lasers
Evolution
Vitara
Mira-HP Mira-900
Vitara Vitesse Chameleon Amplifier
Femto/Pico/Dual Femto/Pico/Dual
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Amplifiers
RegA
Single-Shot to 500 kHz Legend Elite HE+ Legend Elite Duo HE+ Legend Hidra
1, 5, and 10 kHz 1, 5, and 10 kHz Cryo PA 10 Hz Amplifiers
Verdi
Evolution Evolution Evolution 10 Hz Nd:YAG
Amplifier
Amplifier Amplifier Amplifier Amplifier Amplifier Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
OPAs, Harmonics and Other Accessories Accessory

Compatibility
OPAs for RegA OPAs for Legend, Libra, Hidra Harmonics Other Accessories Charts
OPA Harmonic Generator Carrier-Envelope Phase

OPerA Solo
9400/9450 and 9800/9850 Systems (HGS) (CEP) Stabilizer
Table
Layouts
TOPAS/TOPAS-400/ Second Harmonic Bandwidth Single-Shot

TOPAS-Prime Compressor (SHBC) Autocorrelator (SSA)
DFG
9800/9850
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Introduction
Introduction 1
UF Product
Overview
Oscillators and Accessories 2
Amplifiers and Accessories 3
Table of
Contents
Pump Lasers
Pump Verdi G-Series 6-7
Lasers
Evolution 8-11
Oscillators Oscillators
Mira-900 12-15
Mira-HP 16-17
Oscillator
Accessories Vitara 18-19
Vitesse 20-21
Chameleon Ultra 22-23
Amplifiers
Chameleon Vision and Vision-S 24-27
Amplifier
Accessories Oscillator Accessories
Chameleon Compact OPO and OPO-Vis 28-31
Laser Mira-OPO 32-35
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Harmonic Generation for Ultrafast Oscillators 36
Pulse Picker 37
Accessory Pulse Switch for Mira-900 38-39
Compatibility
Charts Compact Pulse Compressor (CPC-II) 41
Pulse Compressors (SPO-I/SPO-II) 41
Table Synchrolock-AP 42-43
Layouts
CEP Stabilizer for Vitara 44-45
Amplifiers
Legend Elite HE+/Legend Elite Duo HE+ 46-49
Legend Elite Cryo PA 50-51
Libra 52-53
Hidra 54-55
RegA 9000/9050 56-57

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Amplifier Accessories
Introduction
OPerA Solo 58-59
TOPAS 60-61
TOPAS-Prime 62-63 UF Product
Overview
SHBC/TOPAS-400 64-65
Harmonic Generator Systems (HGS) 66
Single-Shot Autocorrelator (SSA) 67 Table of
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OPA 9400/9450 and 9800/9850 68
DFG 9800/9850 69
Legend Elite CEP 70-71 Pump
Lasers
Laser Measurement and Control Accessories

Oscillators
Matrix of Recommendations 72
Accessory Compatibility Charts 73 Oscillator

Accessories
Ultrafast Table Layouts 74-75

Amplifiers
How to Contact Us 76
Amplifier
Accessories
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Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Table
Layouts
Verdi G-Series
Low-Noise, Green Pump Lasers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Verdi G-Series is a revolutionary green pump laser most noise-sensitive applications like CEP stabilization.
that uses a semiconductor chip as the active medium The absence of thermal lensing in the active medium
in place of a conventional laser crystal. This chip has a allows adjusting the output power between 250 mW
Amplifiers thickness of only a few microns and is pumped by a and the maximum value without changes in beam
diode laser, to generate an infrared beam at a wave- parameters. The inherently smaller and simpler design
length determined by the chip properties. In all the Verdi is coupled with the well-established advantages of
Amplifier G models, the oscillating wavelength is 1064 nm intra- the entire Verdi family – PermAlign technology and
Accessories
cavity doubled to produce a 532 nm green output beam. vertically integrated pump diode supply – to enable a
new laser platform that is easily scalable in power and
Laser
This so-called Optically-Pumped Semiconductor Laser extremely reliable.
Measurement (OPSL) technology, patented and unique to Coherent,
and Control
Accessories offers numerous benefits. The very short upper state OPSL technology has been proven for over 10 years
lifetime eliminates the well known “green noise” and in over 30,000 worldwide installations of various
Accessory
problem encountered with other multi-frequency models operating at many different wavelengths and
Compatibility solid-state lasers; this results in a noise performance power levels. Verdi G and other OPSL models are also
Charts
superior to all other green lasers and enabling the integrated in the Vitara ultrafast oscillator family.
Table Verdi G10 Verdi G

Layouts RMS Noise (10 Hz to 100 MHz) Invariant Beam Parameters
n ar ant Beam Parameters vs
s. Power
Powe
1.25 3.5
M2, Ellipticity and Divergence
0.030
Beam Diameter (mm)
0.025 1.0 3.0

RMS Noise (%)
0.020
0.75 M2 Divergence 2.5
(mrad)
Ellipticity Diameter (mm)

0.015
0.5 2.0
0.010
0.005 0.25 1.5
0 0 1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Output Power (W) 532 nm Power (W)

Verdi G-Series
Low-Noise, Green Pump Lasers
Key Advantages Introduction
• 2W to 20W specified power at 532 nm • Established PermAlign and vertically

integrated diode supply
• Adjustable output power without changes UF Product
in beam parameters • OPSL proven reliability with over 30,000 Overview
units installed
• Absence of “green noise” enables <0.02%
rms noise performance • Easy set up and operation Table of
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• 2-Year warranty and low cost of ownership
Pump
Lasers
Specifications1 Verdi G2/G5/G7/G8 G10 G12/G15/G18/G20
Wavelength (nm) 532 ±2
Pulse Format CW
Spectral Purity (%) >99 Oscillators
Output Power (W) 2, 5, 7, 82 102 12, 15, 18, 202

Spatial Mode TEM00
Beam Quality <1.1 Oscillator
Beam Circularity3 1.0 ±0.1 Accessories
Beam Waist Diameter (mm)(FW, 1/e2) 2.25 ±10%

Beam Divergence (mrad)(FW, 1/e2) <0.5
Beam Waist Location4 (m) ±0.5 Amplifiers
Beam Pointing Stability5 (μrad/°C) <2
Horizontal Beam Position Tolerance6 (mm) ±<1.0
Vertical Beam Position Tolerance6 (mm) ±<1.0
Amplifier
Polarization Ratio Linear, >100:1 Accessories
Polarization Direction Vertical, ±5°
Noise (%, rms)(10 Hz to 100 MHz) <0.02
Power Stability7 (%)(pk-pk) ±<1 Laser
Measurement
Warm-Up Time (minutes) <10 and Control
Accessories
CDRH Compliant Yes
Electrical Operating Voltage (VAC) 100 to 240
Accessory
Specifications Frequency (Hz) 50 to 60 Compatibility
Charts
Power Consumption (W) 500 (2W, 5W), 600 (7W, 8W) 700 1000 (12W), 1250 (15W),
1500 (18W, 20W)
Environmental Ambient Temperature (°C)
Operating 10 to 40 Table
Conditions Layouts
Non-Operating -10 to 60
Relative Humidity (%) 5 to 958
CE Marking IEC 61010-1/EN 61010-1
Dimensions (L x W x H)
Laser Head9 281 x 156 x 85 mm 214 x 98 x 68 mm
(11.06 x 6.14 x 3.35 in.) (8.43 x 3.86 x 2.68 in.)
Benchtop Power Supply 361 x 229 x 160 mm 406 x 236 x 171 mm
(14.22 x 9.01 x 6.29 in.) (16.0 x 9.3 x 6.75 in.)
Cables (laser head to controller) 3m (10 ft.)
1 4
Optical parameters measured at the output plane of the laser head, Negative value corresponds to a location inside head.
5
unless noted all parameters valid at the nominal output power and After 2-hour warm-up.
6
for the lifetime of the unit. Measured at the output window.
2 7
This product is offered in several output power versions. The output Measured over 8 hrs.
8
power can be adjusted down to 250 mW (G2-G10) and 750 mW (G12-G20). Non-condensing.
3 9
Circularity defined as vertical diameter divided by horizontal diameter. Back connector not included in laser head length dimension.
Evolution
Q-Switched, Nd:YLF Green Pump Lasers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Evolution family of frequency-doubled Nd:YLF Like our Verdi CW pump laser, the Evolution is the
diode-pumped lasers provides the mode quality, industry’s best-selling laser in its class and is used to
stability and range of power levels ideally suited pump more amplifiers than any other Q-switched
Amplifiers for pumping Ti:Sapphire ultrafast amplifiers with repe- pump laser in the world.
tition-rates in the range of 1 kHz to 10 kHz. Evolution
is available in four versions: 15W, 30W, 45W and 75W With pulse energies in excess of 45 mJ at 1 kHz, the
Amplifier of average power when rated at 5 kHz. Evolution-HE provides the optimum solution for
Accessories
pumping high power amplifiers, as well as the high
The lifetime of the Evolution’s pump diodes routinely pulse energy required in such emerging applications
Laser
exceeds 10,000 hours and the highly efficient pumping as semiconductor annealing, materials processing
Measurement lowers the thermal load on the Nd:YLF rod. These two and flow visualization.
and Control
Accessories elements are key to the Evolution’s reliability, power
stability, low noise and beam quality. Surprisingly
Accessory
compact, the Evolution laser head is built in a rugged,
Compatibility monolithic, thermally-stabilized enclosure for reliable,
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alignment-free operation.
Table
The laptop computer supplied with the system
Layouts includes a comprehensive LabVIEW user interface
that provides a wide range of control, diagnostics
and performance-monitoring features.
LabVIEW GUI

Evolution
• Optimized for pumping the Legend Elite series of ultrafast Ti:Sapphire amplifiers
• Available in four versions: 15W, 30W, 45W, and 75W (High Energy) UF Product
Overview
• Double Pulse Option available for the 15W and 30W versions
• 1 kHz to 10 kHz repetition-rates
Table of
• Excellent beam quality

Contents
• Typically <0.4% rms pulse-to-pulse energy stability

Pump
• Water-cooled, monolithic laser head provides superior mechanical and thermal stability Lasers
• Side or front beam exit port options

• User-friendly LabVIEW-based control software Oscillators
• Pump diode lifetimes average in excess of 10,000 hours

• High Energy (HE) model features two Nd:YLF gain modules, for thermal lens compensation Oscillator
over a broad operating range Accessories
Amplifiers
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Typical Evolution-30 Power Stability Typical Evolution-HE Power Stability Accessory

Compatibility
30 60 Charts
25 50
Power at 527 nm (W)
Power at 527 nm (W)
Table
20 Mean Power = 25.02W 40 Mean Power = 50.09W Layouts
Std. Dev. = 0.3% Std. Dev. = 0.16%
Dev. (%)
Dev. (%)
15 2 30 1
0 0
10 2 20 1
0 12 24 0 12 24
5 Time (hours) 10 Time (hours)
0 0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 0 4 8 12 16 20 24
Time (hours) Time (hours)
Evolution
Specifications Evolution-15 Evolution-30 Evolution-45 Evolution-HE

Introduction
Wavelength (nm) 527 527 527 527
Pulse Repetition-Rate (kHz) 1 to 10 1 (factory set)1
Average Output Power (W) 12 at 1 kHz 20 at 1 kHz 28 at 1 kHz 45 at 1 kHz
15 at 5 kHz 30 at 5 kHz 45 at 5 kHz 75 at 5 kHz
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Overview 15 at 10 kHz 30 at 10 kHz 45 at 10 kHz 75 at 10 kHz
Energy-Per-Pulse (mJ) 12 at 1 kHz 20 at 1 kHz 28 at 1 kHz 45 at 1 kHz
3 at 5 kHz 6 at 5 kHz 9 at 5 kHz 15 at 5 kHz
1.5 at 10 kHz 3 at 10 kHz 4.5 at 10 kHz 7.5 at 10 kHz
Table of Typical Pulse Width (nsec)(FWHM) <300 at 1 kHz <250 at 1 kHz <250 at 1 kHz <150 at 1 kHz
Contents
Pulse-to-Pulse Energy Stability (% rms) <0.5 <0.5
Polarization Ratio Horizontal, >100:1 Horizontal, >100:1
Spatial Mode Multimode Multimode
Pump
Lasers Beam Divergence (mrad)(full angle) <10 <8
Beam Circularity (%) >80 >80
Nominal Beam Diameter at Output Window (mm)(1/e2) 3 3
Operating Voltage (VAC)
Oscillators Laser (±10%, single-phase) 100 to 240 200 to 240
Chiller 230, 50 Hz (Europe) 230, 50 Hz (Europe)
110, 60 Hz 110, 60 Hz
Line Frequency (Hz) 50 to 60 50 to 60
Oscillator
Accessories Power Consumption (kW)
Laser 0.4 typ.; o.6 max. 0.8 typ.; 1 max. 0.8 typ.; 1 max. 1.75 typ.; 1.9 max.
Chiller 0.9 max. 1.8 max. 1.8 max. 1.8 max.
Weight
Amplifiers
Laser 24 kg (53 lbs.) 40 kg (88 lbs.)
Power Supply 14 kg (31 lbs.) 14 kg (31 lbs.)
Chiller 44 kg (97 lbs.) 55 kg (122 lbs.) 55 kg (122 lbs.) 55 kg (122 lbs.)
Umbilical 2 kg (4.5 lbs.) 2 kg (4.5 lbs.)
Umbilical Length 3m (10 ft.)
Amplifier
Accessories Warm-Up Time (minutes)(typical) <10 from standby mode
<30 from cold start
Bore-Sight Accuracy (unit-to-unit) 0.5 mm and ±1 mrad
Laser Referenced to mounting features on laser head
Measurement 1
and Control Other rep-rates upon request.
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Table
Layouts

Evolution
Typical Evolution-30
Beam Profile
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Far-Field Beam Profile Measured at Focus of

50 mm Focal Length Lens
FWHM x = 47 µm Oscillators
FWHM y = 58 µm
Evolution HE Lifetest Data

Oscillator
Accessories
60
50
Amplifiers
40
Power (W)
30 Amplifier
Accessories
20
Laser
10 Measurement
and Control
Accessories
0
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000
Accessory
Time (hours) Compatibility

Charts
Table
Layouts
Mira-900
Ultrafast Femtosecond/Picosecond Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
More Mira-900 oscillators are in use today than pulse width and power. Optima features a fast
any other modelocked Ti:Sapphire laser system. photodiode, relative power monitor, ß-lock, CW
The Mira-900 combines simplicity and reliability in detector, humidity sensor and an automatic starter.
Amplifiers an innovative design to produce the most powerful
and versatile ultrafast laser system available. A wide range of accessories is available for the
Mira-900. These allow operation at lower repetition-
Amplifier The innovative design of the Mira-900 system makes rate (Pulse Picker), higher pulse energy (Pulse Switch
Accessories
switching between continuous-wave, picosecond cavity dumper), shorter wavelengths (Harmonic
and femtosecond operation simple, while passive Generator, Mira-OPO-VIS), longer wavelengths
Laser
Kerr lens modelocking provides greater ease-of-use (Mira-OPO-IR), and the ability to deliver a transform-
Measurement and reliability. limited pulse at the sample (SPO-I, SPO-II, CPC-II).
and Control
Accessories
Our built-in Optima control and diagnostics system
Accessory
enables easy adjustment of the output wavelength,
Compatibility
Charts
Typical X-Wave Power Curves Typical X-Wave Power Curves

Table for Verdi-pumped Mira Optima 900-F for Verdi-pumped Mira Optima 900-P
Layouts
2.0 2.0
10W Verdi pump 10W Verdi pump
1.6 1.6
Output Power (W)
Output Power (W)
1.2 1.2
0.8 0.8
0.4 0.4
0 0
700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000
Wavelength (nm) Wavelength (nm)

Mira-900
Ultrafast Femtosecond/Picosecond Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Key Advantages Options and Accessories Introduction
• Simple, stable Kerr lens modelocking for ease-of-use • Short pulse option: <70 fs
and reliability
• Long pulse option: >5 ps UF Product
• Femtosecond, picosecond and continuous-wave Overview
operation • 2nd, 3rd and 4th harmonic

generation
• X-Wave single optics set allows wavelength tuning
from 700 nm to 1000 nm • Mira-OPO synchronously-pumped Table of
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OPO
• Verdi 532 nm pump sources between 5W and 12W
deliver diode-pumped stability and reliability • Pulse Picker
Pump
• Optima system provides advanced system monitoring • Pulse Switch cavity dumper Lasers
and control • Synchrolock-AP

• Sealed purgeable enclosure results in higher reliability • SPO-I, SPO-II and CPC-II pulse Oscillators
and full wavelength coverage compressors

• Integrated pump steering optics make pump
alignment easy Oscillator
Accessories
• Auxiliary CW cavity for general setup and continuous-

wave operation
Amplifiers
Specifications1 Mira Optima 900-F Mira Optima 900-P Mira Optima 900-D
Output Power2,3
Dual platform contains all Amplifier
Accessories
Verdi-G5 0.75 hardware necessary for both
Verdi-G8 1.0 femtosecond (-F) and
Verdi-G10 1.4 picosecond (-P) operation.
Verdi-G12 1.6 Laser
Measurement
Tuning Range4 (nm) 700 to 1000 and Control
Accessories
Pulse Width2,5 <115 fs <2 ps <115 fs and <2 ps
Repetition-Rate (MHz) 76, nominal
Noise6 (%) <0.1 Accessory
Compatibility
Stability7 (%) <3 Charts
Beam Diameter8 (mm) 0.8

Beam Divergence9 (mrad) 1.7
Spatial Mode10 TEM00 Table
Layouts
Polarization Horizontal
Physical Dimensions 111.1 x 38.1 x 19.7 cm (43.75 x 15 x 7.75 in.)
1
Specifications apply only with Coherent pump lasers.
2
At 800 nm.
3
For other pump power call factory.
4
Wider coverage possible with short wave or extended long wave optics sets.
5
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width. Pulse width is <130 fs across specified tuning range in fs mode.
6
Measured rms in a 10 Hz to 20 MHz bandwidth.
7
Power drift in any two-hour period after warm-up when crystal’s cooling water is maintained at ±0.1°C.
8
1/e2 diameter (±0.2 mm) at exit port.
9
Full angle divergence (±0.3 mrad) at exit port.
10
Typical measured M2 value is 1.1.
Mira-900
Internal Cavity Design
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of 900-P fold mirror M8 GVD prism P1

Contents
Pump input A 900-F high reflector M7 translation stage
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Pump input B
Oscillator
Independent pump
Accessories beam translation
and angle controls
Amplifiers
Amplifier
Accessories
900-F fold mirror M6
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Pump input C GVD prism P2 Pump focus lens

Table GVD prism P2 external control
Layouts
Cavity mirror M4
Ti:Sapphire
crystal mount

Mira-900
Internal Cavity Design
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
900-P Gires-Tournois
Interferometer (GTI) 900-P fold mirror M10 Cavity length thermal CW cavity end mirror M9 Table of
Contents
with b-Lock compensation mechanism
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
CW detector
CW detector galvo Oscillator

Accessories
Power monitor detector
Amplifiers
Fast photodiode sync
output detector
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Detector block pick-off
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Starter mechanism
Cavity mirror M5 Fold mirror M3 Saturable absorber X, Y and length control of Table
aperture with width output coupler mirror M1 Layouts
Birefringent filter
tuning element and translation controls
Beam path for femtosecond cavity
Beam path extension for picosecond cavity
Beam path extension for CW cavity
Mira-HP
High Power Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The femtosecond/picosecond Mira-HP is the world’s Typical Mira-HP Beam Profile
most powerful commercial ultrafast Ti:Sapphire
oscillator. Conservatively specified at 3.5W average
Amplifiers power in femtosecond mode, the Mira-HP-F typically
delivers power in excess of 4W at 800 nm. Designed
specifically to be pumped by our Verdi G18 laser,
Amplifier Mira-HP oscillators deliver high power across the
Accessories
entire Ti:Sapphire tuning curve. Like the Mira 900,
the Mira-HP features the built-in Optima control
Laser
and diagnostics system for greater ease of use and
Measurement high reliability.
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Typical X-Wave Power Curve Typical X-Wave Power Curve

Table for Verdi G18 Pumped Mira-HP-F for Verdi G18 Pumped Mira-HP-P
Layouts
5 4
4
Output Power (W)
Output Power (W)
3
2
2
1
1
0 0
700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000

Mira-HP
High Power Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
• Simple, stable Kerr lens modelocking for greater • Mira-OPO synchronously-pumped

ease of use and reliability OPO
UF Product
• X-Wave single optics set supports wavelength tuning • 2nd, 3rd and 4th harmonic Overview
from less than 700 nm to more than 1000 nm generation

• Optima system control and diagnostics package is • Pulse Picker Table of
integral to system Contents
• Synchrolock-AP
• Purgeable enclosure improves reliability and provides
full wavelength coverage • SPO-I, SPO-II and CPC-II pulse
compressors Pump
Lasers
• Integrated pump steering optics for easy pump
alignment
• Optional pumping beam directions allow wider Oscillators
choice of optical table layouts

• Auxiliary CW cavity for ease of general setup and
continuous-wave operation Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications1 Mira-HP-F Mira-HP-P Mira-HP-D Amplifiers
Output Power2 (W) >3.5 (>4 typ.) >3.0 (>3.2 typ.) Dual platform contains all
hardware necessary for both
femtosecond (-F) and
picosecond (-P) operation. Amplifier
Accessories
Pulse Width2,3,4 <130 fs <2 ps <130 fs and <2 ps
Tuning Range (nm)(X-Wave Optics) 700 to 1000
Repetition-Rate (MHz)(nominal) 76 Laser
Measurement
Noise5 (%) <0.1 and Control
Stability6 (%) <3 Accessories
Beam Diameter7 (mm) 0.8

Beam Divergence8 (mrad) 1.5 Accessory
Compatibility
Spatial Mode9 TEM00 Charts
Physical Dimensions 111.1 x 38.1 x 19.7 cm (43.75 x 15 x 7.75 in.)
1
Specifications apply only with Coherent Verdi-G18 pump lasers. Table
2
At 800 nm. Layouts
3
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width. Pulse width is <160 fs across specified tuning range in fs mode.
4
In fs mode, the pulses are typically 1.5x the transform limit and so can be further compressed in an external compressor.
5
6
Power drift in any two-hour period after warm-up when crystal’s cooling water is maintained at ±0.1°C.
7
1/e2 diameter (±0.2 mm) at exit port.
8
Full angle divergence (±0.3 mrad) at exit port.
9
Typical measured M2 value is 1.1.
Vitara
Automated, Hands-Free Ultrashort Pulse Ti:Sapphire Oscillator
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Vitara is the new industry standard for hands-free, tailored for seeding ultrafast amplifiers. All models of
integrated, ultra-broadband, flexible ultrafast lasers. the Vitara platform provide hands-free operation guar-
Representing the culmination of 20 years of in-house anteed by Coherent’s proprietary clean manufacturing
Amplifiers expertise with Kerr Lens mode-locking and thousands practices, our unique Optically Pumped Semiconductor
of clean-room manufactured, industrial-grade ultrafast (OPS) pump lasers and a suite of automated controls.
lasers, the Vitara family satisfies the most sophisticated In addition to its exquisite flexibility, Vitara satisfies the
Amplifier requirements for amplifier seeding, terahertz genera- most sophisticated requirement in Carrier to Envelope
Accessories
tion, attosecond studies, quantum control experiments, Phase (CEP) stabilization and external source syn-
non-linear imaging and spectroscopy applications. chronization thanks to its broad range of accessories.
Laser
Models within the Vitara family range from an ultra- Designed as a long-lasting and expandable ultrafast
Measurement broadband version generating pulses shorter than laser platform, Vitara provides reliable hands-free
and Control
Accessories 10 fs, a tunable version with user-adjustable bandwidth operation even with the most demanding applications
and sub-12 fs compressed output, a high power version and environments.
Accessory
providing 1 Watt-class average power and a version
Compatibility
Charts
Vitara-T and Vitara-T-HP Vitara-UBB

Table Typical Power vs. Bandwidth at 80 MHz Typical Pulse Duration
Layouts
1200 3
0.9
Modelocked Power (mW)
1000 0.8 2
Pulse Intensity
800 0.7 1
Phase (rad)
0.6
600 0.5 0
9 fs Measured
0.4 Transform Limit
400 Pulse Duration 1
0.3 Measured Pulse
Vitara T 0.2 Phase
200 2
Vitara T HP 0.1
0 0 3
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Bandwidth FWHM (nm) Time (fs)

Vitara
Automated, Hands-Free Ultrashort Pulse Ti:Sapphire Oscillator
• Automated for hands-free, reliable operation • Carrier-Envelope Phase (CEP) Stabilizer

• Computer controlled bandwidth • Pulse synchronization – Synchrolock-AP UF Product
Overview
• Computer tunable center wavelength • Integrated, calibrated spectrometer
• PowerTrack active optimization • Compact Pulse Compressor – CPC-II
Table of
• <8 fs to >30 fs pulsewidth capability • Second Harmonic Generator

Contents
• Low noise • Factory configurable for use with

internal or external pump laser Pump
• Integrated Verdi G pump laser Lasers
• Compact footprint
Oscillators
Specifications1,2 Vitara-T Vitara-T-HP Vitara-S7 Vitara-UBB

Power (mW)
at minimum specified bandwidth >525 >930 - - Oscillator
Accessories
at 60 nm bandwidth >450 >850 - -
at maximum specified bandwidth >425 >800 >100 >550
Bandwidth (nm) 30 to 125 40 to 100 >70 (fixed) <180 to >220
at FWHM at FWHM at FWHM at -10dB Amplifiers
Tuning Range (nm)
at minimum specified bandwidth 755 to 860 765 to 810 - -
at 60 nm bandwidth 765 to 840 775 to 825 - -
at 100 nm bandwidth 790 to 820 795 to 805 - - Amplifier
Uncompressed Pulsewidth3 (fs) <20 (typically <15) <20 (typically <15) - - Accessories
Compressed Pulsewidth3 (fs) <12 <15 <20 <108

with External Compressor (not included)
Laser
RMS Noise4 (%) <0.05 <0.05 <0.15 <0.1 Measurement
Power Stability5 (%) ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.75 ±0.5 and Control
Accessories
Repetition-Rate (MHz)(standard) 809 809 80 80
2
M (average of X & Y) <1.3 <1.3 <1.3 <1.3
Accessory
Beam Diameter6 (mm) 2 2 1 2 Compatibility
Charts
Beam Divergence (mrad) <1 <1 <1.5 <1
Polarization Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal
Electrical Voltage 100 to 240
Table
and Cooling Current Max. (A) 5 Layouts
Requirements
Line Frequency (Hz) 50 to 60
Cooling Closed-cycle chiller
Laser Head Dimensions (L x W x H) 609.6 x 427.5 x 162.4 mm (24.0 x 16.8 x 6.4 in.)
excluding handles
Beam Height 120.6 mm (4.75 in.)
1
Specifications subject to change.
2
Specifications apply at 800 nm and 80 MHz rep. rate unless otherwise stated.
3
At max. bandwidth and measured with FC Spider (APE GmbH).
4
Measured from 10 Hz to 10 MHz.
5
Measured over 2 hrs. after 30 min. warm-up at constant environmental temperature.
6
Average 1/e2 diameter measured at output.
7
Center wavelength of output from Vitara-S is fixed at 800 ±10 nm.
8
<8 fs available on request.
9
Can be factory set between 65 to 95 MHz.
Vitesse
Compact Turnkey Modelocked Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Vitesse family of one-box modelocked Ti:Sapphire is particularly suitable as a seed for ultrafast ampli-
oscillators features an integrated Verdi pump laser in a fiers, such as our Legend Elite systems and our RegA
truly hands-off sealed laser head design. Ideally suited 9000/9050 regenerative amplifier.
Amplifiers for seeding ultrafast amplifiers, or as the laser source
in a wide range of industrial applications, all Vitesse Vitesse Duo
versions use PermAlign solder-bonded optics for high This special Duo version serves as an integrated seed
Amplifier reliability and intracavity chirped optics for dispersion and green pump source for our RegA 9000/9050
Accessories
compensation. regenerative amplifier. In this configuration a 10W
Verdi CW laser internally pumps the Vitesse Ti:Sapphire
Laser
Vitesse 800 oscillator while externally pumping the RegA. The
Measurement This fixed-wavelength version operates at 800 nm combined two-box Vitesse Duo and RegA 9000/9050
and Control
Accessories and is available with Verdi 2W or Verdi 5W pump lasers. system is a compact, economical, all-solid-state
System control is via the front panel of the power solution for high repetition-rate, ultrafast amplifica-
Accessory
supply or from an external computer. The Vitesse 800 tion.
Compatibility
Charts
Vitesse 800-5 Lifetime: Pump power required to

maintain constant output power from Vitesse
Table
Layouts 6.0
5.0
Green Power (W)
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Months

Vitesse
Compact Turnkey Modelocked Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
• Compact, rugged packaging based on PermAlign solder-bonded optics technology

• Turnkey, hands-off operation with automatic modelocking UF Product
Overview
• Up to 750 mW average power at 80 MHz repetition-rate
• Less than 100 fs pulse width
Table of
• Active pointing control for long-term alignment stability

Contents
• Light-loop stabilization for long-term power stability

Pump
• Verdi pump laser provides proven reliability and low-maintenance operation Lasers
• Replaceable pump diode modules in power supply

Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications Vitesse 800-2 Vitesse 800-5 Vitesse Duo-1010

Average Power (mW) >200 >750 >100
Wavelength1 (nm) 800 Amplifiers
Bandwidth2 (nm) >10
Pulse Width3 (fs) <100
Repetition-Rate4 (MHz) 80
Amplifier
Power Stability5 (%) ±1 Accessories
Noise6 (%)(rms) <0.1
Beam Diameter7 (mm) 1.25 1.45 1.25
Beam Divergence8 (mrad) <1.2 <1.1 <1.4 Laser
Measurement
M2 <1.2 and Control
Accessories
Polarization Horizontal, >100:1
Voltage (V) 90 to 250
Current Max. (A) 13 at 100VAC Accessory
Compatibility
Frequency (Hz) 47 to 63 Charts
Cooling9 Conductively-cooled to a heat sink with a closed-cycle chiller

1
Nominal center wavelength ±1 nm.
2
Full width at half maximum. Table
3
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width. Layouts
4
Nominal repetition-rate ±0.8 MHz.
5
Measured over 2 hours after 15-minute warm-up.
6
Measured from 10 Hz to 10 MHz.
7
1/e2 at exit port, nominal beam diameter ±0.5 mm.
8
Full angle (1/e2).
9
Dependent on operational environment.
10
The Vitesse Duo is a special configuration of the Vitesse that serves as an integrated seed and pump source for the Coherent RegA 9000/9050
regenerative amplifier. It has dual output beams at 532 nm and 800 nm.
Chameleon Ultra
Integrated, Automated and Widely Tunable Ti:Sapphire Oscillator
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
More Chameleon Ultra systems are used for For example, the Chameleon Ultra II’s 680 nm to
Multi-Photon Excitation (MPE) Microscopy and other 1080 nm tuning range allows peak excitation of
non-linear imaging techniques than any other laser. any marker – from short-wavelength dyes such as
Amplifiers Indo or Fura, to new proteins like mCherry – as well
Pumped by the highest power green laser available as optimum native fluorescence excitation or SHG
on the market, Chameleon Ultra II delivers the high- imaging. Every laser in the Chameleon Ultra family is
Amplifier est power, the widest tuning range, the fastest tun- compatible and has been tested with every inverted or
Accessories
ing speed and the lowest noise of all commercially upright MPE microscope on the market.
available Ti:Sapphire lasers. Its beam quality and pulse
Laser
duration are specified to perfectly match your micro- In addition to the industry record, the integrated 18W
Measurement scope or any other femtosecond experiment. Because Verdi pump laser provides the lowest optical noise and
and Control
Accessories of these capabilities, it is possible to image more dyes longest lifetimes available.
and fluorescent proteins, and to obtain deeper images
Accessory
more quickly than with any other laser.
Compatibility
Charts
Chameleon Ultra II Typical Power
4.5
Table
Layouts 4.0 Chameleon Ultra II
3.5
3.0
Power (W)
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100
Wavelength (nm)

Chameleon Ultra
Integrated, Automated and Widely Tunable Ti:Sapphire Oscillator
• Sealed construction for hands-free operation

• Highest output power commercially available: Up to >3.5W UF Product
Overview
• Widest tuning range: Up to 400 nm
• Pulse width optimized for minimal broadening in microscope systems
Table of
• Simple menu-driven GUI or RS-232 operator interface

Contents
• On-board spectrometer with USB interface for actual wavelength monitoring

Pump
• PowerTrack active alignment and PermAlign manufacturing for long-term stability Lasers
• Ready for Chameleon Compact OPO pumping

Oscillators
Proprietary PowerTrack and PermAlign technologies A broad range of accessories, including units for pre-
ensure stable performance over the laser lifetime compensation, harmonics generation, and OPO wave-
without any adjustments. length extension, enable more advanced studies where Oscillator
Accessories
adjustable pulse duration and UV, visible or longer IR
The features of Chameleon Ultra combine to provide wavelengths are desirable.
high throughput and quiet, reliable operation for
thousands of hours, image after image. Amplifiers
Specifications Chameleon Ultra Chameleon Ultra I Chameleon Ultra II

Amplifier
Average Power1 (W) >2.5 >2.9 >3.5 Accessories
Tuning Range (nm) 690 to 1020 690 to 1040 680 to 1080
Peak Power1 (kW) >200 >250 >300
Power Specifications >500 mW at 690 nm >600 mW at 690 nm >650 mW at 680 nm Laser
Measurement
>1.4W at 710 nm >1.5W at 710 nm >1.6W at 700 nm and Control
>2.5W at 800 nm >2.9W at 800 nm >3.5W at 800 nm Accessories
>1.4W at 920 nm >1.45W at 920 nm >1.6W at 920 nm
>450 mW at 1020 nm >450 mW at 1020 nm >550 mW at 1020 nm
>300 mW at 1040 nm >200 mW at 1080 nm Accessory
Compatibility
Tuning Speed2 (nm/s) >35 >40 >40 Charts
Pulse Width1,3 (fs) 140
Noise1,4 (%) <0.15
Output Power Stability5 (%) <±0.5 Table
Layouts
Spatial Mode (M2 <1.1) TEM00
Beam Diameter1,6 (mm) 1.2 ±0.2
Beam Ellipticity1,7 0.9 to 1.1
Astigmatism (%) <10
Repetition-Rate (MHz) 80
Polarization Horizontal, >500:1
Pointing (μrad/nm) <0.5
Laser Head Physical Dimensions 65.1 x 37.0 x 19.0 cm (25.64 x 14.53 x 7.45 in.)
1
Specified at peak of tuning range.
2
Average speed measured over entire tuning range.
3
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width.
4
5
Power drift in any two-hour period with less than ±1°C temperature change after a one-hour warm-up.
6
1/e2 at exit port.
7
Ratio of major to minor 1/e2 beam diameter at exit port.
Chameleon Vision and Vision-S
Integrated, Automated and Widely Tunable Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Chameleon Vision family has been designed to Chameleon Vision-S has been designed for those
pre-compensate (pre-chirp) for the natural dispersion users who, in addition to pre-compensation, also
that occurs when femtosecond pulses pass through want to excite the sample with even shorter pulses,
Amplifiers optical elements such as lenses. but still retain the widest possible tuning range. Short
pulses maximize the ratio between peak power and
In some imaging applications, it may be useful to ex- average power, an advantage for those samples where
Amplifier cite the sample with short pulses in order to maximize linear (average power-based) damage dominates over
Accessories
the efficiency of the non-linear process (two-photon non-linear (peak power-based) damage. Chameleon
excitation or harmonic generation). To satisfy this need, Vision-S fully satisfies this requirement
Laser
Chameleon Vision I and Vision II use the same ultrafast by providing 75 fs pulses at the sample.
Measurement cavity design of the Chameleon Ultra family, with the
and Control
Accessories addition of a built-in automated, pre-compensation Built-in pre-compensation supplies also an easy way
unit. As a result, the pulse duration at the sample can to purposely change the pulse duration at the sample,
Accessory
always be optimized to match its time-bandwidth to study of the interplay of peak power, average power
Compatibility limited value (about 140 fs at 800 nm). and pulse duration on different samples. For example,
Charts
by mismatching the pre-compensation, it is possible
Table
Chameleon Vision Family Chameleon Vision Maximum
Layouts Typical Power Negative Dispersion Capability
The shaded area represents the available dispersion range
3.5 50,000
Negative Dispersion (fs2)
3.0 Chameleon Vision II

Chameleon Vision I 40,000
Average Power (W)
2.5
2.0 30,000
1.5 20,000
1.0
10,000
0.5
0 0
650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100

• Sealed construction for hands-free operation

• Choice of 140 fs and 75 fs pulses UF Product
Overview
• Automated pre-compensation with user-adjustable tables
• Highest average output power among pre-chirped lasers (Vision II)
Table of
• Highest peak power among pre-chirped lasers (Vision S) Contents
• Widest tuning range available: 400 nm (Vision II)

Pump
• Widest range of dispersion pre-compensation (0 to 47,000 fs2) Lasers
• Simple menu-drive GUI or RS-232 operator interface for laser and pre-chirp management
• On board spectrometer with USB interface for wavelength and bandwidth monitoring Oscillators
• PowerTrack active alignment and PermAlign manufacturing for long-term stability

Oscillator
Accessories
to vary the pulse duration at the sample between the with pre-compensation. Chameleon Vision S delivers
fully compensated value of 75 fs to chirped pulse dura- the highest peak power at the sample, providing at the
tions of several hundreds of femtoseconds. same time the broadest tuning range among auto-
mated short pulse Ti:Sapphire lasers designed for non- Amplifiers
All Chameleon Vision models incorporate our propri- linear imaging. This exceptional performance enables
etary prism-based design, able to compensate the Chameleon Vision to easily manage pulse duration and
broadest range of GVD (Group Velocity Dispersion) excitation wavelength, providing brighter images and Amplifier
using the smallest system footprint commercially better sample viability. Accessories
available. The provided GVD compensation range

is wide enough to eliminate the pulse broadening The broadly adjustable GVD compensation can be used Laser
associated with the most sophisticated microscopes, to optimize image brightness even while pumping the Measurement
and Control
like ones including complex objective lenses, modula- OPO. The flexibility of the Vision family makes it ideal Accessories
tors and other optical elements. Chameleon Vision I not only for microscopy but also for time-resolved
and II deliver the highest average power, the broadest spectroscopy and Terahertz studies. Accessory
tuning range, the fastest tuning speed and the lowest Compatibility
Charts
noise available on the market among Ti:Sapphire lasers
Chameleon Vision-S Chameleon Vision-S Maximum Table

Typical Peak Power Negative Dispersion Capability Layouts
The shaded area represents the available dispersion range
50,000
500
Negative Dispersion (fs²)
40,000
Peak Power (kW)
400
30,000
300
20,000
200
100 10,000
0 0
650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050
Specifications Chameleon Vision I Chameleon Vision II

Introduction Tuning Range (nm) 690 to 1040 680 to 1080
Power Specifications - 500 mW at 680 nm
640 mW at 690 nm -
1.07 W at 710 nm 1.5W at 710 nm
UF Product 2.5W at 800 nm 3.0W at 800 nm
Overview
920 mW at 920 nm 1.35W at 920 nm
260 mW at 1040 nm 400 mW at 1040 nm
- 180 mW at 1080 nm
Dispersion Compensation Range - 0 to 47,000 fs2 at 680 nm
Table of
Contents 0 to 43,000 fs2 at 690 nm -
0 to 22,000 fs2 at 800 nm 0 to 22,000 fs2 at 800 nm
0 to 10,000 fs2 at 1020 nm 0 to 10,000 fs2 at 1020 nm
- 0 to 9,000 fs2 at 1080 nm
Pump Tuning Speed2 (nm/s) >35 >40
Lasers Pulse Width1,3 (fs) 140
Noise1,4 (%) <0.15
Output Power Stability1,5 <±0.5
Spatial Mode1 TEM00 (M2 <1.1)
Oscillators
Beam Diamater1,6 (mm) 1.2 ±0.2
Astigmatism1 (%) <10
Oscillator Repetition-Rate (MHz) 80
Accessories Polarization Horizontal >500:1
Pointing (µrad/nm) <80/100
Operating Voltage (VAC) 90 to 250 (auto ranging)
Chiller:
Amplifiers
Dimensions (L x W x H) 27 x 20 x 38 cm (11 x 8 x 15 in.)
Weight 11 kg (25 lbs.)
MRU Air Recirculator:
Dimensions (L x W x H) 46 x 43 x 8.5 cm (18 x 17 x 3 in.)
Amplifier Weight 9 kg (20 lbs.)
Accessories
1
2
Average speed measured over entire tuning range.
3
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width.
4
Laser Measured rms in a 10 Hz to 20 MHz bandwidth.
5
Measurement Power drift in any two-hour period with less than ±1°C temperature change after a one-hour warm-up.
6
and Control 1/e2 at exit port.
7
Accessories Ratio of major to minor 1/e2 beam diameter at exit port.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Table
Layouts

Specifications Chameleon Vision-S

Tuning Range (nm) 690 to 1050 Introduction
Average Power at Peak (W) 2.3

Peak Power at Peak (kW) >380
Peak Power Specifications 60 kW at 690 nm
UF Product
380 kW at 800 nm Overview
215 kW at 920 nm
50 kW at 1050 nm
Dispersion Compensation Range 0 to 43,000 fs2 at 690 nm
0 to 22,000 fs2 at 800 nm Table of
0 to 9,500 fs2 at 1050 nm Contents
Tuning Speed2 (nm/s) >25
Pulse Width1,3 (fs) 75
Noise1,4 (%) <0.15
Pump
Output Power Stability1,5 <±0.5 Lasers
Spatial Mode1 TEM00
Beam Diamater1,6 (mm) 1.2 ±0.2
Astigmatism1 (%) <10 Oscillators
Repetition-Rate (MHz) 80
Polarization Horizontal >500:1
Pointing (µrad/nm) <80/100 total
Oscillator
Operating Voltage (VAC) 90 to 250 (auto ranging) Accessories
Maximum Operating Current (A) <15 at 90 VAC (power supply)
<7 at 90 VAC (chiller)
<2 at 90 VAC (MRU x1)
System Power Consumption (W) 2300 max., 1300 typical Amplifiers
Line Frequency (Hz) 47 to 63
Operating Temperature Range 15 to 35°C (59 to 95°F)
Weight of Laser Head 52 kg (115 lbs.)
Weight of Power Supply 33 kg (73 lbs.) Amplifier
Accessories
Umbilical Length 3m (10 ft.)
Chiller:
Dimensions (L x W x H) 27 x 20 x 38 cm (11 x 8 x 15 in.)
Weight 11 kg (25 lbs.) Laser
Measurement
MRU Air Recirculator: and Control
Dimensions (L x W x H) 46 x 43 x 8.5 cm (18 x 17 x 3 in.) Accessories
Weight 9 kg (20 lbs.)
1
2
Average speed measured over entire tuning range. Accessory
3
Based on sech2 deconvolution of 0.65 times autocorrelation width. Compatibility
4 Charts
5
Power drift in any two-hour period with less than ±1°C temperature change after a one-hour warm-up.
6
1/e2 at exit port.
7
Ratio of major to minor 1/e2 beam diameter at exit port.
Table
Layouts
Chameleon Compact OPO and OPO-Vis
Synchronously-Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator Accessories
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Chameleon Compact OPO is a fully automated Optical
Parametric Oscillator tunable between 1000 nm and
1600 nm. Chameleon Compact OPO-Vis, in addition
Amplifiers to all the benefits of the Compact OPO, includes also
Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) outputs of the
Chameleon and the OPO signal wavelengths to provide
Amplifier additional seamless tuning between 340 and 800 nm.
Accessories
Designed specifically to be pumped by the Chameleon

Laser
Ultra and Vision families of ultrafast lasers, the Chame-
Measurement leon Compact OPO family offers unique benefits. The
and Control
Accessories non-linear medium is a fan-poled crystal that allows
simple and broad tunability of the OPO output over a
Accessory
wide range of pump wavelengths. This feature enables
Compatibility truly independent tuning of Chameleon and Compact
Charts
OPO output wavelengths over hundreds of nano-
meters. Thanks to the low OPO threshold and high
Table
efficiency, 20% of the Chameleon pump beam can be
Layouts split off and sent directly to the output port to provide
simultaneous user access to both the Chameleon and
the OPO output beams. This feature enables two-color

• Wavelength extension to IR (OPO) and UV/Visible (OPO-Vis)

• Sealed hands-free performance UF Product
Overview
• Designed to be pumped by Chameleon Ultra and Vision families
• Automated wavelength tuning with single optic set
Table of
• Fan-poled OPO crystal for flexible pump wavelength Contents
• Independent pump laser (Chameleon) and OPO/OPO SHG tuning

Pump
• Enables full multimodal imaging (MPE, SHG, THG and CARS) Lasers
• RS-232 and USB interface

• Filtered and dry air recirculation unit to tune across water absorption bands Oscillators
• Vis and Idler outputs available also as after-sale upgrades

Oscillator
Accessories
non-linear microscopy studies with a flexibility that, smallest footprint of Chameleon Compact OPO makes
until now, required at least two independent lasers. The it simple to add this laser to existing multiphoton
OPO-Vis extends further this flexibility by adding tun- set-ups and upgrade MPE facilities to fully multimodal
ability in the UV, visible and near IR wavelengths. operations ready for the most advanced spectral imag- Amplifiers
ing and manipulation techniques.

Both Chameleon and the Compact OPO families are
fully computer-controlled and automatically tuned. Extension into UV and visible wavelengths enables Amplifier
Their combined output offers an overall tuning range the Chameleon Compact OPO-Vis to address ap- Accessories
in excess of 900 nm, from 680 nm to 1600 nm, acces- plications beyond multiphoton microscopy, such as
sible within seconds. This broad and independently spectroscopy and non-linear optics. The optional idler Laser
accessible tuning range is useful for two-color MPE mi- output enables a unique automated tuning range Measurement
and Control
croscopy, SHG and THG microscopy, and CARS micros- between 340 nm and 1600 nm and 1750 nm to 4000 Accessories
copy of lipids. Wavelengths above 1.1 micron optimally nm, enabling also time-resolved vibrational spectros-
excite the new mFruit family of fluorescent proteins copy. Multi-user facilities will greatly benefit from this Accessory
at their excitation peaks, in wavelength regions of unprecedented flexibility while individual investigators Compatibility
Charts
minimum damage and deepest tissue penetration. The will appreciate how the many possible upgrades can
combination of the low pump threshold and the indus- follow their changing research objectives, even with
try-record high power of Chameleon guarantee plenty limited initial budgets. Table
of power at both the Chameleon and OPO outputs to Layouts
compensate for losses in complex microscope systems

and to enable deep multimodal imaging. The industry’s
Specifications Pumped by Pumped by

Introduction Chameleon Compact OPO Chameleon Ultra II Chameleon Vision II
Tuning Range1 (nm) 1000 to 1600 1000 to 1350
Pump Wavelength Range (nm) 740 to 880 760 to 880
Output Power, Signal2 (mW) >700 >7003
UF Product
Overview Pump Output Power Available4 (%)
when pumping OPO ~15
in bypass mode ~95
Pulsewidth (fs)(typical) 200
Table of
Contents M2 (typical) 1.1
Beam Diameter (mm) 2
Beam Divergence (mrad)(typical) 0.5
Pump Polarization Horizontal
Lasers
Repetition-Rate (MHz) 80, locked to pump laser
Dimensions (L x W x H) 52 x 36.9 x 15.8 cm (20.5 x 14.5 x 6.2 in.)
Additional Tuning Range1,5 (nm) 1750 to 4000
Oscillators Idler Output Power6 (mW) >100
Additional Signal Output Power7 (%) 15
1
Tuning range depends on Pump Wavelength.
2
At maximum of pump and OPO signal tuning curve.
3
Oscillator Vision Dispersion settings optimized for OPO.
4
Accessories Typical. Please refer to Chameleon datasheet for respective power specifications. Pump output not available with Max IR option.
5
In addition to OPO signal output range. All other specifications are unaffected.
6
At maximum of pump and OPO idler tuning range .
7
No access to pump beam.
Amplifiers
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Chameleon Ultra II and Compact OPO

Accessory
Compatibility
uning
Tuning R
Range
Charts
1700
Signal Wavelength (nm)
1600
Table
Layouts 1500
Compact OPO
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
720 740 760 780 800 820 840 860 880 900
Chameleon Pump Wavelength (nm)

Specifications1 OPO Bypass Mode

Introduction
Chameleon Ultra II Chameleon SHG
Tuning Range (nm) 680 to 1080 340 to 540
Output Power2 (mW) >3500 >1000
Pulse Width (fs)(typical) 140 140 UF Product
Overview
M2 (typical) <1.1 <1.1
OPO Operation
Chameleon Ultra II OPO Chameleon SHG OPO SHG
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Tuning Range (nm) 740 to 880 1000 to 1600 370 to 440 500 to 8005 Contents
Output Power3 (mW) >500 >700 >100 >110
Pulse Width2 (fs)(typical) 140 200 140 200
Polarization Horizontal Pump
Repetition-Rate (MHz) 80 Lasers
Dimensions (L x W x H) 52 x 36.9 x 15.8 cm (20.5 x 14.5 x 6.2 in.)

Idler Option Tuning Range (nm) 1750 to 40005
Idler Output Power4 (mW) >100 Oscillators
1
All specifications are shown for pumping with Chameleon model Ultra II. Other pump options available.
2
At peak of tuning curve.
3
At peak of pump laser wavelength and OPO wavelengths.
4
At maximum of pump and OPO idler tuning range.
5
Pump wavelength dependent. Oscillator
Accessories
Wavelength Output Port Output Scheme

Combination I II III IV V VI
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Chameleon Fundamental - High Power (680 nm to 1080 nm) • Amplifiers
Chameleon Fundamental - Low Power (740 nm to 880 nm) • •
Chameleon Fundamental - Depleted • • •
Chameleon SHG - High Power (340 nm to 540 nm) •
Amplifier
Chameleon SHG - Low Power • • Accessories
OPO Signal (1000 nm to 1600 nm) • •
OPO Signal - Depleted • •
OPO Signal SHG (500 nm to 800 nm) • • Laser
Measurement
OPO Idler • • • • and Control
Accessories
Chameleon Compact OPO-Vis Tuning Range

Possible wavelength combinations are in shaded area Accessory
Compatibility
1700 Charts
OPO (fundamantal or SHG)/nm
1600
1500
1400 Table
Layouts
1300
1200 Chameleon + OPO
1100 Chameleon + OPO SHG
1000 Chameleon SHG + OPO
Chameleon SHG + OPO SHG
900
800
700
600
500
400
300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Chameleon Pump (fundamantal or SHG)/nm
Mira-OPO
Synchronously-Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator Accessory
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Mira-OPO is a family of synchronously-pumped sensors are included with each unit and full electronic
optical parametric oscillators that extend the wave- control of the output wavelength is accomplished
length range of the Mira-900, Mira-HP and Vitara-T HP via either the accompanying electronics unit or a
Amplifiers ultrafast oscillators. The Mira-OPO is available in four computer with an RS-232 interface (LabVIEW program
different OPO crystal formats; Periodically Poled KTP, and RS-232 commands are supplied).
Fan-Poled KTP, Bulk KTP and Bulk CTA. The choice of
Amplifier bulk or periodically-poled crystal technology lets users FAN-PP-Automatic Version: Fan-Poled
Accessories
select the best solution – based on tuning, ease of use KTP OPO Crystal
and performance – for their specific application. For Further extending the capabilities of our PP-Automatic
Laser
maximum flexibility, any version of the Mira-OPO can OPO is a new, and truly unique, Fan-crystal option.
Measurement be upgraded to any other version. Rather than having a single fixed poling period in the
and Control
Accessories OPO gain crystal matched to one pump wavelength,
PP-Automatic Version: Periodically-Poled the crystal is poled in a fan geometry across the width
Accessory
OPO Crystal of the crystal providing a continuously variable quasi-
Compatibility This version of the Mira-OPO allows the output phase-matching period. This allows fully independent
Charts
wavelength to be tuned without changing the pump tunability between pump and OPO output wavelengths
wavelength. By taking advantage of the periodically- enabling two-color applications such as simultaneous
Table
poled, quasi-phase-matched OPO crystal, a simple MPE of different dyes, uncaging, CARS/SRS and other
Layouts electronic adjustment of the OPO’s cavity length tunes two-color pump-probe experiments.
the output wavelength. The PP crystal is designed for
pumping at a wavelength close to the peak of the Bulk KTP and CTA Crystal Versions
Ti:Sapphire gain spectrum, where the Mira output Using non-critically phase-matched crystals, the bulk
power is highest. This near fixed pump wavelength crystal version of the Mira-OPO offers high conversion
translates directly into a relatively flat power-tuning efficiency and broad tuning ranges. The OPO cavity
curve as a function of wavelength. Wavelength tuning length automatically stabilizes to maintain stability
and stabilization are achieved with a feedback loop at the chosen operation point. An optional advanced
based on a miniature spectrometer within the control scheme offers additional stabilization with
Mira-OPO head enclosure. Relative power and humidity respect to pulse width, bandwidth or power.

Mira-OPO
• Unique Fan-Poled crystal technology for independent tunability of pump and OPO wavelengths
• IR and visible/IR versions UF Product
Overview
• Simple, fast wavelength tuning
• Low pump threshold: As low as 0.5W
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• High power visible output using highly efficient intracavity doubling

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• Access to idler wavelengths to ~4 μm using optional optics sets

Pump
• Active cavity length stabilization on all models Lasers
• Active pulse width or bandwidth stabilization (optional for Bulk Crystal version)
• Options available include: Oscillators
- Femtosecond and picosecond crystal options

- Short pulse configurations (sub-100 fs and sub-50 fs)
- Difference Frequency Generator (DFG) option extends wavelength coverage to 15 µm and beyond Oscillator
Accessories
Choice of Linear or Ring-Cavity Designs from 500 nm to 700 nm, which fills the gap between
PP-Automatic, Fan-Poled and Bulk Crystal configura- the fundamental output and the SHG output of a
tions are available in a linear or ring-cavity design. modelocked Ti:Sapphire oscillator. All versions of the Amplifiers
The linear-cavity design is the best solution for ring-cavity configuration also include optics that cover
maximum power at IR Signal and Idler wavelengths. infrared operation.
The ring cavity Mira-OPO is the preferred choice for Amplifier
applications requiring high power in the visible range. Overall, Mira-OPOs provide the industry’s most unique Accessories
The ring-cavity design with intracavity second har- range of wavelength coverage in the infrared through
monic generation (SHG) takes advantage of the high visible spectrum. The Mira-OPO is available in femto- Laser
intracavity power to efficiently generate visible output second, picosecond or long-picosecond configurations. Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Mira Fan Poled OPO Tuning Range Mira OPO Fan-Poled Power Tuning Curves Compatibility
Charts
(Linear IR Cavity Configuration)
Any combination of pump wavelength and OPO Signal
wavelength, indicated by the shaded area, is possible
T
Table
1700
OPO Signal Wavelength (nm)
1000
Layouts
1600
800
1500
OPO (mW)
600
1400 400
1300 200
1200 0
1000
880
1100 1100 850
1000 1200 835
800
OPO (nm) Pump (nm)
900 1300
775
700 750 800 850 900 950 1400 730
Pump Wavelength from Mira 900 or Mira HP (nm) 1500
Mira-OPO
Typical Tuning PP VIS PP IR

Curves for 800 wavelength extension crystal (PP775) 1200 wavelength extension crystal (PP775)
Introduction standard crystal (PP830)
Femtosecond
standard crystal (PP830)
Average Power (mW) 700
Average Power (mW)

1000
Mira-OPO 600
PP-Automatic 500
800
UF Product 400 600

Overview 300
400
200
200
100
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Contents 475 525 575 625 675 725 775 900 1100 1300 1500 1700
High Power (G18/Mira HP) standard 830 crystal
High Power (G18/Mira HP) 775 crystal option
Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) standard 830 crystal
Pump Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) 775 crystal option
Lasers Low Power (G5/Mira 900) standard 830 crystal
Low Power (G5/Mira 900) 775 crystal option
Specifications Periodically-Poled (PP-Automatic) Mira-OPO

Oscillators
Model VIS S11,2 VIS S21,3 VIS-FAN- IR S12 IR S23 IR-FAN-
740-8801 740-880
Cavity Configuration Ring cavity Ring cavity Ring cavity Linear Linear Linear
with intra- with intra- with intracavity cavity cavity
cavity SHG cavity SHG cavity SHG
Oscillator
Accessories Tuning Range (nm)
Signal SHG4,5 550 to 750 505 to 750 505 to 750 - - -
Signal4,5 1100 to 1600 1000 to 1600 1000 to 1600 1100 to 1600 1000 to 1600 1000 to 1600
Idler (option) 1750 to 3300 1750 to 3300 1750 to 4000 1750 to 3300 1750 to 3300 1750 to 4000
Amplifiers Nominal Pump 830 775 or 830 Flexible 830 775 or 830 Flexible
Wavelength (nm) 740 to 8806 740 to 8806
Average Power (mW)
Verdi G18 pumped >500 >500 500 for fs >550 >650 650 for fs
Amplifier 400 for ps 520 for ps
Accessories Mira-HP-F at 600 nm at 600 nm at 600 nm7 at 1300 nm at 1100 nm at 1100 nm7
Verdi G10 pumped >150 >150 >150 >180 >250 >250
Mira-900F at 600 nm at 600 nm at 600 nm7 at 1300 nm at 1100 nm at 1100 nm7
Laser Verdi G5 pumped >40 >40 >40 >60 >60 >75
Measurement
and Control Mira-900F at 600 nm at 600 nm at 600 nm7 at 1300 nm at 1300 nm at 1100 nm7
Accessories Pulse Width8
fs version (typical) 200 fs for 130 fs pump pulse
ps version (typical) 1.6 ps for 1.4 ps pump pulse
Accessory
Compatibility Time-Bandwidth Product (all versions)(typical) 0.6
Charts
Repetition-Rate (nominal)(MHz) 76 (other rep. rates up to 90 MHz available on request)
Pump Threshold (mW)
High power version9 <700
Table Low power version10 <500
Layouts
Noise11,12 (%) <0.5
Spatial Mode TEM00
Typical Beam Diameter (1/e2)(mm) 2.2
Typical Beam Divergence (full-angle)(mrad) 1.0
Polarization Horizontal for IR Signal and Idler (>100:1)
Vertical for VIS (>100:1)
1
VIS version can be simply modified to produce IR performance. The necessary optics are included as standard with VIS versions.
2
S1 version uses one PP crystal with a pump wavelength of approximately 830 nm.
3
S2 version uses two interchangable PP crystals with pump wavelengths of approximately 830 nm and 775 nm.
4
Second output coupler (optional) allows access up to 800 nm.
5
In picosecond configuration the pump wavelength must be adjusted slightly in order to access the entire quoted tuning range.
6
Femtosecond version requires only one Fan-Poled PP crystal to cover this range of pump wavelengths.
The picoscecond version requires two Fan-Poled PP crystals to cover this range of pump wavelengths.
7
Power specified optimized pump wavelength.
8
Assumes Gaussian pulse shape (deconvolution factor 0.71).
9
Mira OPO pumped by Verdi G10 pumped Mira 900 or Verdi G18 pumped Mira HP.
10
Mira OPO pumped by Verdi G5 pumped Mira 900.
11
RMS noise measured in 10 Hz to 1 MHz bandwidth.
12
With Verdi, noise is <0.5% rms. With argon-ion pump, noise is <2% rms.
Mira-OPO
Typical Tuning Bulk KTP VIS1 & IR1 Bulk CTA IR3
Curves for 1400 1400
Introduction
Femtosecond
Average Power (mW)
Average Power (mW)

1200 1200
Mira-OPO
1000 1000
Bulk Crystal
800 800
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600 600 Overview
400 400
200 200
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VIS 1 High Power (G18/Mira HP) High Power (G18/Mira HP) eo beam
IR 1 High Power (G18/Mira HP) High Power (G18/Mira HP) Idler option
VIS 1 Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) eo beam
IR 1 Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) Mid Power (G10/Mira 900) Idler option Pump
VIS 1 Low Power (G5/Mira 900) Low Power (G5/Mira 900) eo beam
Lasers
IR 1 Low Power (G5/Mira 900) Low Power (G5/Mira 900) Idler option
Specifications Bulk Crystal Mira-OPO

VIS 1 Low KTP CTA
Model VIS-11 IR-1 IR-3 Oscillators
Cavity Configuration Ring cavity with Linear cavity Linear cavity
intracavity SHG
Tuning Range2 (high power)(nm)
Signal SHG 525 to 660 - - Oscillator
Accessories
Signal 1050 to 1320 1050 to 1320 1350 to 1600
(1400 to 1700 option available)
Idler (option) 2200 to 3000 2200 to 3000 1600 to 1900
(1700 to 2100 option available)7
Amplifiers
Tuning Range3 (low power)(nm)
Signal SHG 530 to 605 - -
Signal 1060 to 1210 1060 to 1210 1350 to 1600
(1400 to 1700 option available) Amplifier
Accessories
Idler (option) 2300 to 2850 2300 to 2850 1600 to 1830
(1700 to 1830 option available)7
Average Power (mW)
Laser
Verdi G18 pumped Mira-HP-F >750 at 570 nm >750 at 1140 nm >750 at 1570 nm Measurement
Verdi G10 pumped Mira-900F >200 at 570 nm >240 at 1140 nm >200 at 1570 nm and Control
Accessories
Verdi G5 pumped Mira-900F >60 at 570 nm >80 at 1140 nm >60 at 1570 nm
Pulse Width4
fs version (typical) 200 fs for 130 fs pump pulse 200 fs for 130 fs pump pulse Accessory
ps version (typical) 1.6 ps for 1.4 ps pump pulse 1.6 ps for 1.4 ps pump pulse Compatibility
Charts
Time-Bandwidth Product (all versions)(typical) 0.6
Repetition-Rate (nominal)(MHz) 76 (other rep. rates up to 90 MHz available on request)
Pump Threshold (mW) <500 Table
Noise5,6 (%) <0.5 Layouts
Spatial Mode TEM00

Typical Beam Diameter (1/e2)(mm) 1.25
Typical Beam Divergence (full-angle)(mrad) 1.3
Polarization Horizontal for IR Signal (>100:1)
Vertical for Idler (>100:1)
Vertical for VIS (>100:1)
1
VIS version can be simply modified to produce IR performance. The necessary optics are included as standard with VIS versions.
2
Mira OPO pumped by Verdi G10 pumped Mira 900 or Verdi G18 pumped Mira-HP.
3
Mira OPO pumped by Verdi G5 pumped Mira 900.
4
Assumes Gaussian pulse shape (deconvolution factor 0.71).
5
RMS noise measured in 10 Hz to 1 MHz bandwidth.
6
With Verdi, noise is <0.5% rms. With argon-ion pump, noise is <2% rms.
7
Not available simultaneously with Signal.
Harmonic Generation for Ultrafast Oscillators
Second, Third and Fourth-Harmonic Accessory for Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Harmonic Generator is an extremely flexible
and adaptable wavelength extension accessory for Key Advantages
Coherent’s entire range of ultrafast oscillators (Mira,
Amplifiers Chameleon, Vitara, Mira OPO and Chameleon Compact • Magnetically indexed crystals simplifies
OPO). A wide range of non-linear crystals and configu- SHG/THG/FHG conversion
ration options are available that span second, third and • Walk-off compensator maintains good
Amplifier fourth harmonic generation of picosecond or femtosec- beam circularity
Accessories
ond pulses at input powers up to 5W.
• Delay compensator for simple in-line THG
Laser
For third harmonic generation, the unique high generation
Measurement efficiency collinear mixing design with walk-off
and Control
Accessories compensation and in-line time delay is simple to • Easily upgradable
align without the complexity of separate optical delay • Autotracker option for SHG and THG.
Accessory
lines and fundamental and SHG spatial separation Provides automatic phase matching optimi-
Compatibility and recombination. zation as input wavelength is changed.
Charts
Table
Layouts Specifications 800 nm Input Wavelength High Power Standard THG FHG-1 FHG-2 (mixing
SHG SHG (incl. Standard (SHG of SHG) fundamental &
(SHG only) SHG) (incl. Standard THG)(incl. SHG,
SHG) THG, & FHG-1)
Conversion Efficiency/Power for input wavelength of 800 nm
Mira HP-F, 18W pump 40%/1.4W 25%/875 mW 9%/315 mW Call Factory Call Factory
Mira HP-P, 18W pump 16%/480 mW 15%/450 mW 6%/180 mW Call Factory Call Factory
Mira 900-F, 10W pump 40%/560 mW 20%/280 mW 10%/140 mW 4%/45 mW2 0.1%/1.6 mW
Mira 900-P, 10W pump 15%/210 mW 10%/140 mW 4%/56 mW Call Factory Call Factory
Mira 900-F, 5W pump Call Factory 4%/30 mW 2%/13 mW Call Factory Call Factory
Mira 900-P, 5W pump Call Factory 2%/15 mW 0.8%/5 mW Call Factory Call Factory
Input Wavelength Range (nm) 680 to 1080 680 to 1080 680 to 1080 840 to 920 760 to 840
Output Wavelength Range (nm) 340 to 540 340 to 540 227 to 3601 210 to 230 190 to 210
Dimensions (L x W x H) 385 x 286 x 221 mm 580 x 410 x 221 mm
(15.2 x 11.3 x 8.7 in.) (22.9 x 16.2 x 8.7 in.)
1 2
Requires optics change. Specified at 880 nm input wavelength.
Pulse Picker
Accessory for Selecting Pulses from Modelocked Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Pulse Picker, a standalone accessory for selecting
pulses from femtosecond or picosecond Ti:Sapphire Key Advantages
oscillator, features a rugged optomechanical head
• For use with femtosecond or picosecond lasers
assembly and a versatile controller. Amplifiers
• Wavelength options covering 500 to 3000 nm

The acousto-optic Bragg cell in the head provides
• Single-pass Bragg cell for easy alignment
simple single-pass diffraction of the pulse train, while Amplifier
the controller lets the user select any repetition-rate • High diffraction efficiency and contrast ratio Accessories
by dividing the Ti:Sapphire oscillator frequency by any

• Dedicated controller with CPU
integer from 16 to 8192. By applying external control Laser
signals, rates down to even single-shot are possible. • LCD display of operational parameters Measurement
and Control
• Controller settings provide widely variable

Accessories
Two Bragg cell options are available, SiO2 for applica-
repetition-rate: 9.3 kHz to 4.75 MHz
tions demanding the highest contrast ratio for input Accessory
powers >2W, or the TeO2 cell which is recommended for Compatibility
Charts
input powers <2W and for higher diffraction efficiency.
Table
Specifications Pulse Picker Layouts
Pulse Repetition-Rate 9.5 kHz to 4.75 MHz variable by integer division of oscillator frequency.1 The unit also can
be externally triggered at any repetition-rate below 4 MHz or operated single-shot.
Diffraction Efficiency2 (%)
TeO2 Cell >60
SiO2 Cell >50
Contrast Ratio3
TeO2 Cell >500:1
SiO2 Cell >1000:1
Wavelength Range (nm) <680 to >10804,5 (other ranges available on request)
1
The Pulse Picker accepts the nominal 76 MHz input frequency from the synchronous output photodiode of the Mira 900. A 38 MHz RF clock is divided by
8 thru 4096.
2
Percentage of incident pulse energy in diffracted output pulse.
3
Main pulse to non-adjacent pulses. Main pulse to adjacent pulse is >100: 1 TeO2 cell or >200:1 SiO2 cell. Contrast ratios for high power pumped femtosecond
systems are 0.5 times the given values for the TeO2 cell.
4
For SHG operation, the fundamental output must be pulse picked first, then frequency doubled.
5
Requires optics changes.
Pulse Switch for Mira-900
Cavity Dumper Accessory
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Pulse Switch for Mira-900 ultrafast oscillators is Mira-900-F, Mira-900-P and 900-D, extends the
a compact, bolt-on accessory enabling cavity-dumped Mira-900’s cavity length to include the Pulse Switch’s
operation to produce higher pulse energy at lower acousto-optic modulator. An optional integrated
Amplifiers repetition-rates. frequency-doubling module that provides conversion
efficiencies up to 40% further extends the capabilities
Using intracavity acousto-optic modulation to switch of the Pulse Switch.
Amplifier pulses out of the Mira cavity provides a convenient way
Accessories
to both increase the output pulse energy and reduce Mira-900, with the addition of the Pulse Switch or its
the laser repetition-rate without using an amplifier optional frequency-doubler, is ideal for processes and
Laser
system. Providing repetition-rates from 9 MHz down experiments that benefit from lower duty cycle and/or
Measurement to single-shot, this configuration delivers up to 60 nJ higher pump intensity, such as time-correlated single-
and Control
Accessories of pulse energy. photon counting, non-linear optics, transient absorp-
tion spectroscopy, and pump-probe spectroscopy.
Accessory
The Pulse Switch accessory, compatible with both
Compatibility the femtosecond and picosecond cavities of the
Charts
Table
Layouts

Pulse Switch for Mira-900
Cavity Dumper Accessory
• Provides cavity-dumped operation with all Mira-900-F/P/D oscillators

• Simple to install and remove as needed UF Product
Overview
• Optional integrated SHG provides conversion efficiencies up to 40%
• Can be purged for tuning above 920 nm
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• RF overload safety circuit

Contents
• External pump configuration (optional)

Pump
• Control box (supplied) includes: Lasers
- Internal frequency divider (1:6 to 1:260,000)

- External trigger input (TTL)
- Digital and analog phase adjustment of RF pulse (360°) Oscillators
- Electronic delay
- Synchronization and RF pulse monitor outputs
Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications Mira-900 with Pulse Switch Cavity Dumper

Femtosecond Configuration Picosecond Configuration
Pulse Energy1,2,3 >75 nJ up to 50 kHz
Amplifiers
>45 nJ up to 100 kHz >65 nJ at 100 kHz
>40 nJ at 500 kHz >30 nJ at 500 kHz
Pulse Duration FWHM1,4 <150 fs (120 fs typical) <2 ps
Tuning Range 710 to 990 nm (Verdi 8W or 10W)
Amplifier
710 to 900 nm (Verdi 5W or 6W) Accessories
Contrast Ratio >500:1 (for non-adjacent pulses)
Repetition-Rate 9 MHz to 200 Hz (internal trigger) for femtosecond configuration
4 MHz to 200 Hz (internal trigger) for picosecond configuration Laser
Measurement
down to single-shot (external trigger) and Control
Accessories
1
At 800 nm.
2
Power change in any two-hour period after a one-hour warm-up is typically <9% depending on mounting surface.
3 Accessory
Mira-900 pumped by Verdi G5 or Verdi G10. Compatibility
4
Real pulse width assuming sech2 deconvolution factor of autocorrelation. Charts
Typical Cavity Dumper Performance

(Mira-900-D at 800 nm, 4.5W Verdi pump power) Table
Layouts
120
fs
100 ps
Pulse Energy (nJ)
80
60
40
20
0
0.1 1 10 100 1000 10,000 100,000
Pulse Repetition Rate (kHz)
Pulse Compressors
Pulse Compression Accessories for Coherent Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Pulse compressors are versatile accessories that

Introduction temporally compress the broadband pulses from
Mira, Vitara, Chameleon and Vitesse oscillators en-
abling operation very close to the transform limit.
UF Product
Overview By adding Group Velocity Dispersion (GVD), pulse
compressors also allow users to pre-compensate for
the dispersion introduced when downstream optics
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are added in order to shorten the pulse width at the
Contents sample.
Two types of Coherent pulse compressor accessories

Pump are available: the Compact Pulse Compressor (CPC-II),
Lasers
based on chirped-mirror technology, and the prism-
based SPO-I and SPO-II Compressors.
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications CPC-II SPO-I SPO-II

Amplifiers Oscillator
Mira <100 fs <70 fs <70 fs
Vitara <12 fs for >125 nm bandwidth N/A <12 fs for >125 nm bandwidth
<15 fs for 100 nm bandwidth
Amplifier
Accessories <25 fs for 50 nm bandwidth
<40 fs for 30 nm bandwidth
Vitesse Contact tech.sales@coherent.com for recommendations regarding your setup
Laser Chameleon For MPE applications, please refer to the Chameleon product family that offers a dedicated
Measurement
and Control pre-compensation unit for microscope setups, or contact tech.sales@coherent.com for CPC-II
Accessories or SPO combinations.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts Typical Compressed Pulse Width
from Vitara-T with CPC-II
20
Table
Layouts 18
16
Pulse Intensity
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Bandwidth FWHM (nm)

Pulse Compressors
Compact Pulse Compressor (CPC-II) Accessory
Featuring both coarse and fine adjustments, the

Compact Pulse Compressor (CPC) provides highly Introduction
accurate control of the oscillator’s final pulse width.
Using chirped-mirror technology, the CPC-II provides
an ultra-compact footprint for maximum ease-of-use.
UF Product
The input and output beam ports are in line to enable Overview
simple experimental setups.
Typical Measured Pulse from Vitara-T Table of

After Compression with CPC-II Contents
Pulse Measured Using FC Spider
1.0
0.9
Pump
0.8
Lasers
Pulse Intensity
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3 Oscillators
0.2
0.1
0
-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (fs) Oscillator
Accessories
SPO-I and SPO-II Accessory

Amplifiers
The SPO-I and SPO-II are prism-based pulse compres-

sor setups specifically designed with a larger footprint
than the Compact Pulse Compressor. Amplifier
Accessories
The SPO-I compresses the pulses of the Mira-900

and Mira-HP oscillators. It consists of an external Laser
Measurement
prism assembly head, a birefringent filter (BRF), and and Control
Accessories
a mirror-based starter galvanometer – all added to
the Mira-900 or Mira-HP laser head.
Accessory
Compatibility
The SPO-II is a pulse compressor for Mira or Vitara that Charts
consists of two, separated prism assembly heads.
Table
Layouts
Typical Autocorrelation of ~10 nm Bandwidth Pulses
from Mira 900-F with SPO-I option
Autocorrelation FWHM = 108 fs
Deconvolved Pulse FWHM = 70 fs
7
Compressed Pulse (a.u.)
6
Autocorrelation of
0
-400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400
Delay (fs)
Synchrolock-AP
Synchronization Accessory for Mira and Vitara Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Synchrolock-AP is used to accurately synchronize and high frequencies. The actuators are controlled by
two Mira or Vitara-T lasers together, or to synchronize a feedback electronics while a high-speed photodiode
Mira or Vitara-T laser to an external RF source. Oper- simultaneously monitors the laser repetition-rate.
Amplifiers ating in the femtosecond or picosecond (Mira only)
regime, the Synchrolock-AP allows smooth wavelength The Synchrolock-AP uses the 9th harmonic content
tuning while keeping the lasers synchronized. of the photodiode signal to provide a higher signal-
Amplifier to-noise ratio, which leads to tighter jitter lock. In this
Accessories
Three separate actuators operate at different locations way Synchrolock-AP provides extremely low jitter while
inside the laser head to compensate low, medium ensuring long-term stability.
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories GUI for Synchrolock-AP
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Table
Layouts

Synchrolock-AP
Synchronization Accessory for Mira and Vitara Ti:Sapphire Oscillators
• The Synchrolock-AP accessory locks the pulse repetition-rate of one “Slave” Mira or Vitara-T laser
to another “Master” Mira or Vitara-T laser, or to a “Master” external RF source
UF Product
• Femtosecond (Mira and Vitara-T) and/or picosecond (Mira only) operation Overview
• Three cavity length actuators provide jitter stabilization over a broad bandwidth and large
dynamic range Table of
Contents
• User adjustable delay between locked pulse trains of up to 13 ns with around 22 fs resolution
(for a 76 MHz cavity)
• Simple fiberoptic coupling of slave output beam to the Synchrolock-AP detection system results Pump
Lasers
in minimal losses and ease of use
• Unique feedback locking mechanism locks to the 9th harmonic of the input signal for enhanced
signal to noise performance and tighter synchronization between slave and master oscillators Oscillators
• User-friendly GUI enables automatic locking acquisition, delay control and system monitoring
Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications1,2,3,4 5 Slave Oscillator Jitter

Mira (fs) Mira (ps) Vitara-T
Master Oscillator
Amplifiers
Mira (fs) 250 250 250
Mira (ps) 250 250 250
Vitara-T 250 250 250
RF Source6,7 (low harmonic content) 550 750 550 Amplifier
Accessories
RF Source7,8 (high harmonic content) 300 500 300
1
Jitter specification is rms (.02 to 160 Hz) over 1 minute acquisition time assuming Gaussian statistics. Jitter values are in femtoseconds.
2
Jitter values are measured using the time-averaged cross-correlation between slave and master optical outputs with the Synchrolock-AP operating
Laser
in harmonic lock. Measurement
3
Specifications are based on use of isolation optical table, solid-state chillers and Verdi oscillator pumping. and Control
4 Accessories
Specifications apply to an oscillator (laser or external) synchronization signal between 70 MHz and 90 MHz.
5
Mira specifications apply to X-Wave tuning range (700 nm to 980 nm). Specifications cover mixed wavelength systems in the X-Wave range.
6
Electronic external sync signal (low harmonic content) into optional slow trigger/oscillator board.
7
Fundamental external electronic sync signal input requirements: 0 to +10 dBm amplitude into 50Ω, <-100 dBc/Hz phase noise at 1 kHz from carrier. Accessory
8
Electronic external sync signal (9th harmonic content >-20 dBm) into “COMB IN” input of the controller. Compatibility
Charts
Example showing relative jitter between pulse trains

from two synchronized Mira-900 lasers
Table
2.0 Layouts
1.5 t jitter = 55 fs
(RMS; 0.02 Hz to 1 kHz)
Relative Jitter (ps)
1.0
0.5
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time (sec)
CEP Stabilizer for Vitara
Carrier to Envelope Phase (CEP) Stabilizer Accessory for Vitara
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Vitara CEP Stabilizer is a state-of-the art Carrier-to- Vitara CEP consists of CEP actuators incorporated in
Envelope Phase stabilizer accessory designed exclu- the Vitara-T, a quasi-collinear f-to-2f interferometer
sively for Vitara-T. and a wide bandwidth electronics feedback loop. The
Amplifiers interferometer uses a photonic crystal fiber to gener-
Through the use of active feedback control, Vitara ate an octave-scanning optical spectrum. The red end
CEP locks the carrier envelope offset frequency (wo) of this spectrum is frequency-doubled and combined
Amplifier to a fraction of the repetition-rate wr. This establishes with the green end of this same broad spectrum. A fast
Accessories
a fixed phase relation between the carrier and the photodetector senses the resultant beat frequency
envelope. Maintenance of this phase relationship is of and at wo, the carrier envelope offset frequency. Our
Laser
paramount importance in experiments such as Above- feeback electronics control the fast and slow actuators
Measurement Threshold Ionization (ATI) or generation of isolated inside the Vitara-T to stabilize wo to a fraction of the
and Control
Accessories attosecond pulses. repetition-rate which is detected by a fast photodiode
in the Vitara-T.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Carrier Offset Phase CEP Self-Referencing Stabilization Scheme
Table
Layouts
SHG
beat note

CEP Stabilizer for Vitara
Carrier to Envelope Phase (CEP) Stabilizer Accessory for Vitara
• Low phase noise due to excellent common mode noise supersession in the quasi-collinear
interferometer design
UF Product
• Monolithic construction for long term stability Overview
• Requires <200 mW from Vitara-T

• Dual actuators to provide both large bandwidth and dynamic range Table of
Contents
• Typical locking times in excess of 10 hours

Pump
Lasers
Specifications CEP Stabilizer for Vitara

Optical Power Requirements 200 mW average power from Vitara
(beamsplitter included with system)
Oscillators
Input Pulse Repetition-Rate (MHz) 70 to 90
Beat Note S/N Ratio (dB in 100 kHz resolution bandwidth) >30
Offset Frequency 1/4 of the repetition frequency
Oscillator
Accessories
Amplifiers
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Vitara-T with CEP Stabilizer Compatibility
Charts
Typical Data Showing Long Term Stability of Detector Beat Note
60
Beat Note Signal To Noise
55
Table
50 Layouts
45
40
Ratio (dB)
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (hours)
Legend Elite
High-Performance, kHz Repetition-Rate, Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Legend Elite series amplifiers have become the top sell- Furthermore both the Legend Elite HE+ and Duo HE+
ing kHz, repetition-rate Ti:Sapphire regenerative ampli- are de facto CEP-ready, offering to the users the maxi-
fiers on the market due to their leading combination of mum forward flexibility through up-gradability.
Amplifiers performance, stability and reliability.
Legend Elite HE+: Highest power available from a re-
They feature an integrated Evolution pump laser, generative amplifier.
Amplifier a thermally stabilized regenerative amplifier and a
Accessories
stretcher/compressor in a single, compact enclosure. The Legend Elite HE+ now offers the highest output
power (up to >6W) available from a regen-only ultra-
Laser
The E-2 Engine, our regenerative amplifier module fast amplifier using thermo-electrical cooling of the
Measurement which is common to every Legend Elite amplifier, now rod. For lower power versions (up to 4W), the efficiency
and Control
Accessories includes our proprietary slab rod design to reliably of our proprietary slab rod design allows for a simple
provide high energy pulses with high efficiency – while and robust water cooled scheme.
Accessory
delivering a guaranteed beam quality unsurpassed by
Compatibility alternative designs. Powered by an integrated Evolution pump laser, the
Charts
legend Elite HE+ is very compact and when seeded by
In the last few years, Coherent has developed some an integrated Vitara ultrafast oscillator the small foot
Table
breakthrough passive and active technologies to print of such 2-box high-performance amplifier system
Layouts become a leader in both very high power (up to 15W) allows sophisticated experimental setups on a single
and Carrier to Envelope Phase (CEP) stabilized ultrafast optical table.
amplifiers for the most demanding advanced applica-
tions such as attosecond science. Legend Elite Duo HE+: highest kHz output power avail-
able with simple thermo-electrical cooling technology.
The new Legend Elite HE+ and Legend Elite Duo HE+ in-
tegrate these new technologies, including all CEP-grade For all the energy/power hungry applications,
hardware, to ensure unmatched level of intrinsic stabil- Coherent is now offering the Legend Elite Duo HE+
ity with best-in-class energy and pointing performance with up to >12 mJ of output energy per pulse at 1 kHz
(respectively specified at <0.5% rms and <10 µrad rms) or up to >15W of output power at 5 kHz. Compared
so every ultrafast application can benefit from these to the Legend Elite HE+, the Duo HE+ integrates an
cutting edge developments. additional single pass booster amplifier (additional

Legend Elite
• E-2 Engine, thermally stabilized regenerative amplifier platform for unsurpassed performance,
reliability, and environmental stability
UF Product
• Advanced slab rod design with simple water (up to 4W) or enhanced TE (up to 15W) cooling Overview
• Proprietary conditioning optics for optimized output beam quality

• CEP-grade components for intrinsic exceptional stability Table of
Contents
• BandMax technology in the USX series delivers reliable, sub-25 fs pulse

• Repetition-rate options available up to 10 kHz Pump
Lasers
• Integrated Evolution pump laser for compactness and stability

• Additional external pump laser for high power configurations
Oscillators
• Ready for seeding with Vitara, Vitesse or Mira oscillators for maximum flexibility and proven stability
• Multiple upgrade paths assure initial investment meets your future needs
Oscillator
Accessories
external pump laser required for some models) to CEP Stabilization:

more than double the output of its regenerative For applications requiring Carrier Envelope Phase
stage while maintaining the same output stability stability, the sub-25 fs Legend Elite USX and sub-35 fs Amplifiers
and preserving an excellent mode quality. Legend Elite USP models are available with CEP stabi-
lization, combining the benefits of regen design (un-
Pulse Width Configurations: matched mode quality, energy and pointing stability) Amplifier
All Legend Elite HE+ and Duo HE+ are available in with a world-class CEP performance (see page 70). Accessories
4 different pulse width configurations: the F models

have a pulse widths specified at <130 fs. The ultra- With pulse widths from <25 fs to the picosecond Laser
broadband input from the Vitara one-box oscillator, regime, pulse energies up to >12 mJ and output power Measurement
and Control
is the key to the performance of the USP (Ultra Short up to >15W, there is always a Legend Elite model for Accessories
Pulse) versions which feature a proprietary, mixed your ultrafast amplifier application.
grating, stretcher/compressor design for optimum Accessory
pulse width stability. This design very comfortably Compatibility
Charts
supports the sub-35 fs specification for USP systems.
For applications such as extreme ultra-violet or
attosecond pulse generation, where the shortest Table
pulses are essential, the Vitara T seeded Ultra Short Layouts
Extreme (USX) versions provide sub-25 fs pulses.

Our proprietary BandMax technology is the key
to generating and sustaining the broad amplified
bandwidth necessary to support reliable, sub-25 fs
pulses. Picosecond models provide the short pulses
and narrow bandwidth required for both time-
resolved and spectrally-resolved experiments. Pico-
second versions are typically seeded with a femto-
second oscillator that is spectrally-masked prior
to amplification.
Legend Elite HE+
Specifications1 Legend Elite HE+

Introduction
Center Wavelength2 (nm)(nominal) 800
Repetition-Rate3 (kHz) 1, 5 or 10
Contrast Ratio10 >1000:1 pre-pulse
>100:1 post-pulse
UF Product
Overview Power Stability11,12 (%)(rms) <0.5
Beam Pointing Stability11,12 (μrad)(rms) <10
Spatial Mode TEM00, M2 <1.3
Table of Polarization linear, horizontal
Contents
Pulse Width Configuration USX USP F P
Pulse Width (fs)(FWHM) <254 <355 <1306 500 to 15006,7
Tunability8,9 (nm) NA NA 770 to 845 770 to 845
Pump Pump Configuration -I -II -III
Lasers
Pump Laser Evolution-15 Evolution-30 Evolution-45
Energy Per Pulse (mJ) >1.0 at 1 kHz >4.0 at 1 kHz >5.0 at 1 kHz
>0.3 at 5 kHz >0.8 at 5 kHz >1.2 at 5 kHz
Oscillators
>0.1 at 10 kHz >0.4 at 10 kHz >0.6 at 10 kHz
1
Specifications are given at center wavelength unless otherwise mentioned. Please contact factory for specifications at other wavelengths.
2
For other wavelengths, please contact factory.
3
Repetition-rate must be specified when ordered and will be optimized prior to shipment. Options for more than one repetition-rate available.
Please contact factory for other repetition-rates.
4
Oscillator When seeded by Vitara-T. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. An FFT of the pulse spectrum is used to calculate the transform-limited
Accessories pulse width and a deconvolution factor which is then used to determine the real pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a
Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
5
When seeded by Vitara. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. A Gaussian pulse shape deconvolution factor (0.7) is used to determine
the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
6
When seeded by Vitara, Mira or Vitesse. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. A Gaussian pulse shape deconvolution factor (0.7)
Amplifiers is used to determine the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
7
For longer pulse width, please contact factory.
8
Optics change may be required.
9
When seeded with Mira. For other seed lasers, please contact factory.
10
Contrast ratio is defined as the ratio between the peak intensity of the output pulse to the peak intensity of any other pulse that occurs greater
Amplifier than 1 ns before or after the output pulse.
11
Accessories Under stable environmental conditions.
12
Over 24 hours.
Laser
Measurement
and Control
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Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Legend Elite HE+ Legend Elite HE+ Power Stability
Long Term Power Stability (under extreme lab conditions)
6.0 35
Table
Layouts Power (0.11% rms)
Lab Temperature (°C)
Temperature
Output Power (W)
5.5
30
5.0
25
4.5
4.0 20
0 12 24 36 48 60 72
Time (hours)

Legend Elite Duo HE+
Specifications1 Legend Elite Duo HE+

Introduction
Center Wavelength2 (nm)(nominal) 800
Repetition-Rate3 (kHz) 1, 5 or 10
Contrast Ratio10 >1000:1 pre-pulse
>100:1 post-pulse
UF Product
Power Stability11,12 (%)(rms) <0.5 Overview
Beam Pointing Stability11,12 (μrad)(rms) <10

Spatial Mode TEM00, M2 <1.3513
Polarization linear, horizontal Table of
Contents
Pulse Width Configuration USX USP F P
Pulse Width (fs)(FWHM) <254,8 <355,9 <1306 500 to 15006,7,8
Pump Configuration -I -II -III
Pump Laser Evolution HE Evolution HE Evolution HE Pump
Lasers
+ Evolution 3014 + Evolution 4514
Energy Per Pulse (mJ) >8.0 at 1 kHz >10.0 at 1 kHz >12.0 at 1 kHz
>2.5 at 5 kHz >3.0 at 5 kHz
>1.0 at 10 kHz >1.2 at 10 kHz
1
Oscillators
Specifications are given at center wavelength unless otherwise mentioned. Please contact factory for specifications at other wavelengths.
2
For other wavelengths, please contact factory.
3
Repetition-rate must be specified when ordered and will be optimized prior to shipment. Options for more than one repetition-rate available.
Please contact factory for other repetition-rates.
4
When seeded by Vitara-T. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. An FFT of the pulse spectrum is used to calculate the transform-limited
Oscillator
pulse width and a deconvolution factor which is then used to determine the real pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a Accessories
Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
5
When seeded by Vitara. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. A Gaussian pulse shape deconvolution factor (0.7) is used to determine
the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
6
When seeded by Vitara, Mira or Vitesse. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. A Gaussian pulse shape deconvolution factor (0.7)
is used to determine the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator).
7 Amplifiers
For longer pulse width, please contact factory.
8
Not available in -III pump configuration.
9
<40 fs in -II and -III pump configurations.
10
than 1 ns before or after the output pulse.
11 Amplifier
Under stable environmental conditions.
12 Accessories
Over 24 hours.
13 2
M <1.5 in -III pump configuration.
14
Mounted external to amplifier enclosure.
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Near-Field Beam Profile Typical Pulse Width Legend Elite Duo HE+
(Duo HE+ USP) ~23 fs (Duo HE+ USX) Long Term Power Stability
14.0
Table
12.0 Layouts
Autocorrelation Intensity
10.0
Output Power (W)
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
Power (0.35% rms)
0
Time 0 6 12 18 24
Time (hours)
Legend Elite Cryo PA
Cryogenically-Cooled, Ti:Sapphire Power Amplifier
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Legend Elite Cryo PA is a field-proven add-on prietary vacuum cryogenic chamber, which manages
power amplifier that can increase the pulse energy the thermal conditions of the Ti:Sapphire crystal. This
output of the Legend Elite amplifiers to more than design approach minimizes beam distortion during
Amplifiers 20 mJ. Cryogenic cooling helps to produce high pump amplification. Using a single power amplifier stage
conversion efficiency and enhanced beam quality for results in a superior beam quality, simpler operation
high-power operation in various configurations with and a more compact footprint compared to traditional
Amplifier pulse widths to <30 fs and repetition-rates to 10 kHz. multi-stage configurations.
Accessories
Our integrated Evolution pump laser ensures the
system’s stable and reliable operation. The design of the pulse compressor, which is also
Laser
integral to the amplifier, is based on our experience
Measurement Operation of the Cryo PA is based on directly imaging developing terawatt amplifiers with master gratings.
and Control
Accessories the output from the Legend Elite amplifier to the This compressor design ensures high efficiency with
cryogenic amplifier without using spatial filters or minimal spatial distortion. The resultant compressed
Accessory
saturable absorbers. The Cryo PA combines the basic beam profile is highly symmetrical with typical M2
Compatibility high power amplification capabilities of cryogenically- values <1.3.
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cooled Ti:Sapphire technology with Coherent’s pro-
Table
Layouts Typical Cryo PA Power Stability Typical TOPAS OPA Output Energy Pumped by
over >10 hrs., 17.5 mJ, 1 kHz Legend Elite Cryo PA at 10.5 mJ
4500 500
4000 S+I 450
3500 NDFG1 400
NDFG2 350
3000
Energy (µJ)
300
2500
250
2000
200
1500 150
1000 100
500 50
0 0
0 4000 8000 12,000 16,000 20,000
Wavelength (nm)

Cryogenically-Cooled, Ti:Sapphire Power Amplifier
• Closed-loop, cryogenically-cooled Ti:Sapphire technology

• High pulse energy to >20 mJ UF Product
Overview
• Pulse duration options to <30 fs
• Integrated Evolution pump laser for pulse-to-pulse stability better than 0.75% rms
Table of
• Multiple interlocks for vacuum, temperature and safety provide stable system operation
Contents
and user protection

• Compact, high-efficiency, remotely-controlled optical compressor for ease of use Pump
Lasers
• Electronics ready for complete computer control
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Specifications Legend Elite Cryo PA

Center Wavelength (nm)(nominal 800
Repetition-Rate Options1 (kHz) 1, 5, or 10 Amplifiers
Pulse Duration2 (fs)(FWHM) <30 (USX model), <40 (USP model)
Energy-per-Pulse3 (mJ) Options to >20
Contrast Ratio4 (ns) >1000:1 pre-pulse; >100:1 post-pulse
Contrast Ratio (ASE) >106:1 Amplifier
Accessories
Power Stability5 (rms)(8 hrs.) <0.75
Energy Stability (60,000 pulses)(% rms) <1
Spatial Mode TEMoo, M2 <1.45 Laser
Measurement
Polarization Horizontal and Control
Accessories
Pump Laser6 Evolution-30, Evolution-HE
1
Repetition-rate must be specified when ordered and will be optimized prior to shipment.
2
When seeded by Coherent Vitara. A Gaussian pulse shape de-convolution factor (0.7) is used to determine the pulse width from an
Accessory
autocorrelator signal measured by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator). For other seed lasers, please contact factory.
3 Compatibility
Pulse energy is dependent on pre-amplifier performance and number of pump lasers used (contact factory for details). Charts
4
than 1 ns before or after the output pulse. Nanosecond contrast can be improved to >1,000,000:1 pre with <15% energy loss with optional pulse slice.
5
6
Model and number of pump lasers used dependent on Cryo PA output energy (contact factory for details).
Table
Layouts
Libra
One-Box, Ultra-Stable, kHz Repetition-Rate, Ti:Sapphire Amplifier System
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Libra is the industry-leading family of integrated, established, reliable Evolution pump laser with the E-2
one-box, computer-controlled, kHz- repetition-rate, Engine module – Coherent’s thermally stabilized, high
Ti:Sapphire amplifiers. Configured in a ruggedized, efficiency, regenerative amplifier platform that includes
Amplifiers ultra-stable, compact platform, it features high perfor- a unique, Ti:Sapphire rod geometry enabling simple, wa-
mance comparable to advanced multi-box systems. ter-only cooling on all Libra models. Finally, a compact,
The compelling, customer-value advantage and market stretcher and compressor support high power, short
Amplifier success of Libra are enabled by key design innovations pulses with unsurpassed beam quality and stability.
Accessories
throughout and the Libra concept has proven itself in
a wide range of scientific applications and demanding Libra is available with a choice of pulse energy, pulse
Laser
industrial settings. duration and repetition-rates The basic Libra offers >1
Measurement mJ at 1 kHz while the Libra-HE guarantees >4.0 mJ ,and
and Control
Accessories Long term, stable, hands-free operation is enabled by the Libra-HE+ is specified at >5.0 mJ. The Libra and
several unique elements. The Vitesse oscillator, pumped Libra-HE are available in 1, 5 and 10 kHz configurations
Accessory
by Verdi, is by far the most successful industrial-grade with pulse durations of <50 fs or <100 fs. The Libra-HE+
Compatibility Ti:Sapphire oscillator as proven in hundreds of factory is offered at 1 kHz with pulse duration options of <40 fs
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installations. For the shortest pulse duration Libra or <100 fs. All versions provide unsurpassed stability
model, the Vitara-S, our hands-free, wide bandwidth and beam quality, ideal for pumping one or more opti-
Table
oscillator is utilized. The design also integrates the well- cal parametric amplifiers.
Layouts
Typical Libra-HE Power Stability >14 hours, Typical Energy Stability
800 and 266 nm simultaneously 0.13% rms 120k shots
g 0 H D t
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2.430
2.431
2.432
2.433
2.434
2.435
2.436
2.437
2.438
2.439
2.439
2.440
2.441
2.442
2.443
2.444
2.445
2.446
2.447
2.448
2.449
2.450
2.450
2.451
2.452
2.453
2.454
2.455
2.456
2.457
2.458

Libra
One-Box, Ultra-Stable, kHz Repetition-Rate, Ti:Sapphire Amplifier System
• One-box, compact, computer-controlled system contains integrated Vitesse/Vitara seed laser,

Evolution pump laser, regenerative amplifier, stretcher and compressor
UF Product
• E-2 Engine - high performance, high reliability, regenerative amplifier module providing the Overview
highest energy and efficiency with (M2 <1.3)

• Unique Ti:Sapphire rod geometry for enhanced thermal management, enabling water-only cooling Table of
Contents
• Thermally-stabilized amplifier platform for long term stability
• Pulse energy to >5.0 mJ at 800 nm
Pump
• <40 fs, <50 fs and <100 fs pulse width versions Lasers
• Stability <0.5% rms

Oscillators
Specifications Libra Libra-HE Libra-HE+

Center Wavelength (nm)(nominal) 800 Oscillator
Repetition-Rate1 (kHz) 1, 5 or 10 1, 5 or 10 1 Accessories
Pulse Duration2 (fs)(FWHM)

F-Model <100 <100 <100
USP-Model <50 <50 <40
Amplifiers
Energy-per-Pulse (mJ) >1.0 at 1 kHz >4.0 at 1 kHz >5.0 at 1 kHz
>0.3 at 5 kHz >0.8 at 5 kHz
>0.15 at 10 kHz >0.4 at 10 kHz
Contrast Ratio3 >1000:1 pre-pulse >100:1 post-pulse
Amplifier
Energy Stability4 (% rms)(8 hrs.) <0.5 Accessories
Beam Diameter5 (mm)(1/e2)(nominal) 6 9 9

Spatial Mode TEMoo, M2 <1.3
Laser
Polarization linear, horizontal Measurement
and Control
Pump Laser Evolution-15 Evolution-30 Evolution-45 Accessories
1
Repetition-rate must be specified when ordered and will be optimized prior to shipment.
2
A Gaussian pulse shape de-convolution factor (0.7) is used to determine the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured
by a Coherent SSA (Single-Shot Autocorrelator). Vitara-S used as seed laser for Libra-USP-HE+ (all other versions use Vitesse). Accessory
3
Contrast ratio is defined as the ratio between the peak intensity of the output pulse to the peak intensity of any other pulse that Compatibility
occurs greater than 1 ns before or after the output pulse. Charts
4
Under stable environmental conditions, after system warm-up.
5
8 mm (nominal) for Libra-F-HE and Libra-USP-HE at 10 kHz.
Table
Layouts
Typical Warm-Up Typical Libra-HE Near Field Typical Libra-HE Far-Field
Stable Power after 15 min. 800 nm and 266 nm Beam Quality Beam Quality
4.0 0.8
3.5 0.7
3.0 0.6
THG Power (W)
IR Power (W)
2.5 0.5
2.0 0.4
1.5 0.3
1.0 0.2
IR Power
0.5 THG Power 0.1
0 0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Time (hours)
Hidra
High Energy 10 Hz Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Hidra amplifies a nanojoule pulse from a mode- In hybrid pumping, the regenerative amplifier
locked Ti:Sapphire oscillator up to terawatt peak power is pumped with an Evolution diode-pumped kHz
at 10 Hz repetition-rate. It is a multi-stage, chirped Nd:YLF laser. The multipass stage(s) are pumped
Amplifiers pulse amplifier consisting of a grating-based pulse with a lamp-pumped 10 Hz Nd:YAG laser. The main
stretcher, regenerative amplifier for first-stage ampli- advantage of hybrid pumping is improved stability.
fication, one or more power amplifier stages, followed
Amplifier by a grating-based pulse compressor. With its flexible The pulse compressor for the 10 mJ, 25 mJ and 50 mJ
Accessories
platform design and a selection of lamp-pumped and Hidra systems is contained within the Hidra enclosure.
diode-pumped solid-state lasers for pumping, all Hidra For the 100 mJ Hidra, the pulse compressor is a sepa-
Laser
configurations are upgradable to higher performance. rate unit. This external compressor for the Hidra-100 is
Measurement also available with vacuum-compatible mounts as an
and Control
Accessories Two standard pumping configurations are available: option. This version requires users to mount the entire
10 Hz-only or hybrid pumping. In 10 Hz-only pumping, compressor inside their own vacuum enclosure to sim-
Accessory
the entire amplifier (regenerative plus multipass) is plify delivery of the terawatt pulses to the experiment.
Compatibility pumped by a single 10 Hz lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser.
Charts
Table Typical Far-Field Beam Profile Typical Pulse Width ~36 fs

Layouts for Hidra-50-USP (taken on Hidra-50-USP)
Time

Hidra
High Energy 10 Hz Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
• Two-stage, high-efficiency design: regenerative amplifier plus multipass amplifier

• Seeded by Vitara, Verdi/Mira or Vitesse oscillators UF Product
Overview
• 10, 25, 50 or 100 mJ pulse energy versions
• 40 fs (USP), 130 fs (F) or 1 ps (P) versions
Table of
• Front-end repetition-rates: (10 Hz/201 Hz) or (1 kHz/5 kHz)

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• Superior pulse-to-pulse stability <3% rms

Pump
• TEM00 beam quality Lasers
• Optional Pulse Slicer for increased nanosecond contrast ratio

Oscillators
Specifications Hidra-10 Hidra-25 Hidra-50 Hidra-100

Center Wavelength (nm)(nominal) 800
Oscillator
Repetition-Rate1 (Hz) 10 Accessories
Energy-per-Pulse (mJ) >10 >25 >50 >100
Pulse Duration2 (FWHM)
USP version <40 fs
F version <130 fs Amplifiers
P version (nominal) 1 ps
Energy Stability3 (% rms)
Hybrid pump version <3.0
10 Hz pump version <3.5 Amplifier
Accessories
Contrast Ratio4
Pre-pulse >1000:1
Post-pulse >100:1 Laser
Beam Diameter at 1/e2 points (mm)(nominal) 10 15 20 35 Measurement
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Spatial Mode5 TEM00, M2 <1.5 Accessories
Polarization linear, horizontal

Seed Source2 Vitara, Mira/Verdi or Vitesse Accessory
Green Pump Energy Required6 (mJ) 150 275 400 600 Compatibility
Charts
Pulse Compressor7 Air-compatible (inside main Hidra enclosure)
1
20 Hz repetition-rate also available but with reduced specifications. First stage (regenerative amplifier) can be pumped with optional
Evolution kHz green pump laser to improve overall stability and/or provide separate kHz repetition-rate Ti:Sapphire output.
2 Table
USP pulse width specification assumes seeding with Vitara. F and P pulse width specifications assume seeding with Vitara,
Mira-F or Vitesse. For other seed lasers, please contact factory. A Gaussian pulse shape deconvolution factor (0.7) is used to Layouts
determine the pulse width from an autocorrelation signal measured with a Coherent Model SSA Single-Shot Autocorrelator. For other
pulse width specifications, please contact the factory.
3
Measured over 1000 shots under stable environmental conditions, after system warm-up. See also note 1.
4
Contrast ratio (nanosecond) is defined as the ratio between the peak intensity of the output pulse to the peak intensity of any other
pulse that occurs more than 2 ns before or after the output pulse. Contrast ratio (nanosecond) with optional Pulse Slicer increases to
>106:1 pre-pulse. Pulse energy specification must be decreased by 15% when optional Pulse Slicer is added.
5 2
M deviation is less than 0.2 between X to Y after compression
6
Pump laser must be certified for compatibility with Hidra requirements by Coherent. Beam quality for pump laser must meet
certain requirements. Contact the factory for further information.
7
The Pulse Compressors for the Hidra-10, -25 and -50 are contained within the main Hidra enclosure. The Hidra-100 is supplied
with an external pulse compressor. Please contact the factory for specific details about this external compressor. As an option,
the Hidra-100 compressor can be supplied with vacuum-compatible parts in a separate, non-vacuum enclosure. In this specific
case the customer must supply their own vacuum enclosure for the compressor.
RegA
High Repetition-Rate, Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
With repetition-rate options to >500 kHz, the RegA The electronic control box provides complete control
9000/9040/9050 provides a unique range of perfor- of pulse timing, delivering a real-time LCD display of
mance for Ti:Sapphire amplifiers. Its use of CW pump- amplifier performance. The electronics have the ability
Amplifiers ing by the market-leading Verdi DPSS laser creates to recall and reset any system parameter.
a stable, near diffraction-limited output beam with
energy to >6 μJ at 250 kHz. At high repetition-rates, The low noise of the Verdi pump laser and high repeti-
Amplifier data acquisition for scientific experiments is faster tion-rate of RegA amplifiers enable data collection with
Accessories
and throughput is higher in processing applications. high signal-to-noise ratio in applications such as four-
The wavelength range of RegA can also be extended wave mixing or up-conversion. With hundreds of units
Laser
by adding a Coherent high repetition-rate optical installed, the RegA system is a well proven ultrafast
Measurement parametric amplifier (OPA9400/9800 series). tool for advanced ultrafast research.
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Accessories
The RegA is specifically designed to amplify seed pulses
Accessory
from a Coherent Vitara, Mira or Vitesse. For oscillator/ Typical RegA Output Power and Pulse Energy
Compatibility amplifier split-pump beam configurations, the speci- Power - 12W Pump Energy - 12W Pump
Charts
fied pump laser for RegA is our Verdi G10, G12 or G18, Power - 10W Pump Energy - 10W Pump
Power - Vitesse Duo Energy - Vitesse Duo
The Vitesse Duo, which integrates the seed oscillator 1.8 10.0
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and amplifier pump laser into a single package, forms
1.6 9.0
Layouts the most compact configuration.
1.4 8.0
Three versions of RegA are available: the sub-160 fs 7.0

Output Energy (µJ)
Output Power (W)
1.2
RegA 9000, the sub-60 fs RegA 9050, and the sub-40 fs 6.0
1.0
RegA 9040. The basic RegA 9000 includes the stretch- 5.0
ing, amplification and compression functions into a 0.8
4.0
single box. The RegA 9050 and RegA 9040 both use 0.6
3.0
one unit for the amplifier and a second unit containing 0.4
2.0
a stretcher and compressor.
0.2 1.0
0.0 0.0
0 50 100 150 200 250
Rep. Rate (kHz)

RegA
High Repetition-Rate, Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
• CW-pumped regenerative amplifier (Verdi pumping)

• High repetition-rate, variable to 300 kHz standard (>500 kHz optional) UF Product
Overview
• Versatile electronic control
• Versions to sub-40 fs, >6 μJ
Table of
• Two box configuration available

Contents
• Multiple OPA pumping

Pump
Lasers
Specifications 12W Pump1 10W Pump2 Vitesse-Duo3

for System Repetition-Rate4 (kHz) 100 250 100 250 100
Configurations Pulse Energy (µJ)
Oscillators
RegA 90005 5 5 4 3 3
RegA 90006 (see note) 6 6 4 3 3
RegA 90407 6 6 4 3 NA
Oscillator
RegA 90507 6 6 4 3 NA Accessories
RegA Specifications RegA 9000 RegA 9040 RegA 9050

Pulse Width (fs)(FWHM) <160 <40 <60
Polarization linear, horizontal, 500:1
Amplifiers
Energy Stability (% rms) <1
Average Power Drift8 (% peak-to-peak) <4
Contrast Ratio >500:1 pre-pulse, >250:1 post pulse; other pulses >1000:1
Beam Quality (M2) <29 <1.3 <1.5 Amplifier
Accessories
1
Assumes full 12W of Verdi power used to pump RegA.
2
Assumes full 10W of Verdi power used to pump RegA.
3
Vitesse Duo is an integrated seed-pump source for RegA. Contains internal 10W Verdi split to pump Vitesse seed and RegA. Upper limit for repetiton rate is 150 kHz.
4 Laser
Customer adjustable from 10 kHz to 300 kHz typical.
5
RegA 9000 seeded by Mira or Vitesse. Measurement
6 and Control
RegA 9000 used with optional, external stretcher/compressor available at additional cost. Seeded with Vitara-T, Mira or Vitesse.
7 Accessories
RegA 9040 and 9050 designs incorporate external stretcher/compressor and are seeded with Vitara-T.
8
Power drift over one hour (after one-hour warm-up); crystal temperature is controlled with supplied chiller, room temperature stable <±1°C.
9
<1.3 with optional external stretcher/compressor.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Autocorrelation of RegA 9040 Pulses

Deconvolved Single-Shot Pulse FWHM = 31 fs Table
Layouts
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
-500 0 500
Time
OPerA Solo
Fully Integrated, Computer-Controlled Femtosecond Optical Parametric Amplifier Accessory
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UF Product
Overview
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Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The OPerA Solo is a fully integrated, computer-con- approach for high-performance tunable ultrafast
trolled femtosecond optical parametric amplifier applications.
(OPA) that extends the wavelength accessibility of
Amplifiers the Legend Elite and Libra amplifiers from 190 nm The OPerA Solo design incorporates well-proven TOPAS
to 20 µm. technology in the white-light seeded, pre-amplifier
followed by a power amplifier. In the sum-frequency-
Amplifier As the first unit of its kind, the OPerA Solo integrates mixing configuration the OPerA Solo uses a fraction
Accessories
all pump conditioning optics, wavelength extension of the 800 nm pump beam directly from the Legend
options and wavelength separation optics within Elite output beam for mixing with the OPA signals.
Laser
one enclosure. This makes the OPerA Solo a very This “fresh pump beam” feature enables superior
Measurement compact, easy-to-use and stable device. When pumped spatial, spectral and temporal beam quality compared
and Control
Accessories by the Legend Elite or Libra amplifier, the OPerA Solo to designs that use the “residual” portion of the
system provides a unique, compact and reliable 800 nm pump beams.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Typical OPerA Solo Tuning Curve
Legend Elite USP-1K-HE Pump (3.3 mJ)
Table 1000
Layouts Signal
Idler
SHI
SHS
Power (mW)
100 SFI
SFS
FHI
FHS
SHSFI
10 SHSFS
NDFG1
NDFG2
1
100 1000 10,000 100,000
Wavelength (nm)

OPerA Solo
Fully Integrated, Computer-Controlled Femtosecond Optical Parametric Amplifier Accessory
• Fully integrated one-box system

• Convenient computer-controlled tuning UF Product
Overview
• Options for 190 nm to 20 µm tuning
• Configurations to accommodate pulse widths from all Coherent kHz femtosecond amplifiers
(<130 fs, <50 fs, <40 fs, <35 fs, <25 fs) Table of
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• Whitelight-seeded pre-amplifier for lowest noise

• “Fresh pump” configuration for optimum spatial, temporal and spectral mixing performance Pump
Lasers
• Multiple OPAs may be pumped with a single kHz amplifier
Oscillators
Specifications1,2 Beam Wavelength Range Pulse Energy Polarization

<50 fs pump <130 fs pump
OPerA Solo4 Signal 1140 to 1600 nm 220 µJ (S+I) V Oscillator
Idler 1600 to 2600 nm 220 µJ (S+I) H Accessories
Options3 SH Package SHI 800 to 1150 nm V

SHS 580 to 800 nm >30 µJ >50 µJ V
SF Package SFI 533 to 580 nm >30 µJ >50 µJ V Amplifiers
SFS 480 to 533 nm >40 µJ >70 µJ V
FH Package FHI 400 to 480 nm H
FHS 290 to 400 nm >5 µJ >10 µJ H
Amplifier
SHSF Package SH (SFI) 266 to 295 nm H Accessories
SH (SFS) 240 to 266 nm >3 µJ >8 µJ H

NDFG Package NDFG1 2.6 to 11 µm5 >2 µJ at 4 µm >8 µJ at 4 µm H
Laser
>0.5 µJ at 9 µm >1.5 µJ at 10 µm Measurement
NDFG2 5 to 20 µm6 >1 µJ at 5 µm >4 µJ at 5 µm H and Control
Accessories
>0.1 µJ at 15 µm >0.3 µJ at 15 µm
1
All specifications are based on pumping with 1 mJ from Legend Elite or Libra systems at 1 kHz (contact factory for other pump systems).
Specifications for harmonic wavelengths pumped by Legend Elite USX and Legend Elite Duo USX models are 25% lower. Accessory
2
Energy scales linearly with pump in range 0.3 mJ to 4.5 mJ for <130 fs pump and 0.3 mJ to 4 mJ for <50 fs pump. Compatibility
3
Energies given at peak of tuning ranges. SH/SF/FH/SHSF wavelength extension options listed include all mixing crystals listed in preceding options Charts
(e.g., SHSF options includes crystals, etc., to tune from 240 to 1150 nm). Contact factory for tuning down to 190 nm.
4
Signal pulse width is (0.7 to 1.0) x pump for <130 fs pump duration, (1 to 1.5) x pump for <50 fs pump duration.
5
DFG1 tuning range is 2.6 μm to 9 μm for <50 fs pump. DFG1 pulse width is (1 to 1.5) x pump for <130 fs pump and (1.5 to 2) x pump for <50 fs pump.
6
DFG2 tuning range is 5 μm to 15 μm for <50 fs pump. DFG2 pulse width is (1 to 2) x pump for <130 fs pump. Table
Layouts
Typical OPerA Solo Beam Profile

Near Field 500 nm Sum Frequency Generation Far Field
TOPAS
Computer-Controlled, Modular Optical Parametric Amplifier Accessory
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Overview
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Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
TOPAS* is a computer-controlled optical parametric TOPAS employs a modular design with external
amplifier (OPA) used to extend the tuning range of beam-conditioning optics and wavelength extension
the Legend Elite, Legend Elite Cryo PA, Hidra, and Libra options to extend the standard tuning range from
Amplifiers ultrafast amplifiers. Femtosecond and picosecond 190 nm to 20 µm.
models are available and high energy versions can
accommodate pump energies of more than 10 mJ. The
Amplifier whitelight seeding technology in the TOPAS is featured
Accessories
on all Coherent femtosecond kHz models to ensure
the lowest output noise performance. OPA picosecond
Laser
systems use superfluorescence seeding for maximum *TOPAS is a registered trademark of Light Conversion.
Measurement efficiency at narrow bandwidths.
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Accessories
Typical Tuning Curve

Accessory
Compatibility (pumped by 1 mJ, 1 kHz, 800 nm Legend Elite)
Charts
1000
Signal (1180 to 1620 nm)
Idler (1620 to 2484 nm)
Table
Pulse Energy (µJ)
Layouts 100 NDFG (2.4 to 11 µm)

SHI (810 to 1180 nm)
SHS (590 to 810 nm)
10 SFI (533 to 590 nm)
SFS (478 to 533 nm)
FHI (405 to 478 nm)
1 FHS (295 to 405 nm)
SHSFI (266.5 to 295 nm)
SHSFS (239 to 266.5 nm)
0.1
100 1000 10,000 100,000
Wavelength (nm)

TOPAS
• Computer-controlled tunable output

• Energy conversion >30% to 35% to parametric light UF Product
Overview
• Low output noise due to whitelight seeding
• Modular option for extended tuning from 190 nm to 20 µm: Standard tuning is from 1150 nm
to 2600 nm Table of
Contents
(<130 fs, <50 fs, <40 fs, <35 fs, <25 fs)
Pump
• Multiple OPAs can be pumped with one Ti:Sapphire amplifier Lasers
• High energy (HE) models available: Up to 10 mJ for Legend Elite Cryo PA and Hidra amplifiers
• Picosecond models available Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories

TOPAS-800-fs4 Signal 1140 to 1600 nm 250 μJ (S+I) V Amplifiers
Idler 1600 to 2600 nm 250 μJ (S+I) H
Options3 TOPAS-800-fs-VIS SHI 800 to 1150 nm V
SHS 580 to 800 nm >30 µJ >80 µJ H
Amplifier
SFI 533 to 580 nm >30 μJ >60 μJ V Accessories
TOPAS-800-fs-BLUE SFS 480 to 533 nm >40 μJ >90 μJ V
TOPAS-800-fs-UV1 FHI 400 to 480 nm H
Laser
FHS 290 to 400 nm >5 μJ >15 μJ V Measurement
TOPAS-800-fs-UV2 SH (SFI) 266 to 295 nm H and Control
Accessories
SH (SFS) 240 to 266 nm >3 μJ >8 μJ H
TOPAS-800-fs-IR5,6 DFG1 2.6 to 11 μm >2 μJ at 4 μm >8 μJ at 4 μm H
>0.5 μJ at 9 μm >1.5 μJ at 10 μm H Accessory
Compatibility
DFG2 5 to 20 μm6 >1 μJ at 5 μm >4 μJ at 5 μm H Charts
>0.1 μJ at 15 μm >0.3 μJ at 15 μm H
1
Specifications for harmonic wavelengths pumped by Legend Elite USX and Legend Elite Duo USX models are 25% lower.
2 Table
Energy scales linearly with pump in range 0.3 mJ to 4 mJ for <130 fs pump and 0.3 mJ to 3.5 mJ for <50 fs pump. Layouts
3
Energies given at peak of tuning ranges. VIS/BLUE/UV wavelength extension options listed include all mixing crystals listed in preceding options
(e.g., TOPAS-UV2 options includes crystals, etc., to tune from 240 to 1150 nm). Contact factory for tuning down to 190 nm.
4
5
6
DFG2 tuning range is 5 μm to 15 μm for <50 fs pump. DFG2 pulse width is (1 to 2) x pump for <130 fs pump.

TOPAS-Prime
Introduction
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Overview
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Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
TOPAS*-Prime is a computer-controlled optical para- The standard TOPAS-Prime model accepts pulse ener-
metric amplifier (OPA) providing the ability to extend gies up to 3.5 mJ, input pulse energies up to 5 mJ can be
the tuning ranges of the Legend Elite and Libra ultra- achieved with the TOPAS-PrimePlus model.
Amplifiers fast amplifier families. All of the best features from
the TOPAS-800-fs are retained in the TOPAS-Prime
including white light seeding for lowest output noise
Amplifier performance. In addition, TOPAS-Prime employs a
Accessories
monolithic housing for improved mechanical stability.
TOPAS-Prime uses a modular design and wavelength
Laser
extension packages to achieve a tuning range of *TOPAS is a registered trademark of Light Conversion.
Measurement 190 nm to 20 µm.
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Accessories
Typical Tuning Curve

Accessory
Compatibility (pumped by 1 mJ, 1 kHz, 800 nm Legend Elite)
Charts
1000
Signal (1180 to 1620 nm)
Idler (1620 to 2484 nm)
Table
Pulse Energy (µJ)
Layouts 100 NDFG (2.4 to 11 µm)

SHI (810 to 1180 nm)
SHS (590 to 810 nm)
10 SFI (533 to 590 nm)
SFS (478 to 533 nm)
FHI (405 to 478 nm)
1 FHS (295 to 405 nm)
SHSFI (266.5 to 295 nm)
SHSFS (239 to 266.5 nm)
0.1
100 1000 10,000 100,000
Wavelength (nm)

TOPAS-Prime
• Monolithic housing for mechanical stability

• Computer-controlled tunable output UF Product
Overview
• Energy conversion >30% to 35% to parametric light
• Low output noise due to whitelight seeding
Table of
• Optional fresh pump channel for improved sum frequency performance

Contents
• Modular option for extended tuning from 190 nm to 20 µm: Standard tuning is from 1150 nm
to 2600 nm Pump
Lasers
(<130 fs, <50 fs, <40 fs, <35 fs, <25 fs)
• Multiple OPAs can be pumped with one Ti:Sapphire amplifier Oscillators
• High energy (HE) models available: Up to 10 mJ for Legend Elite Cryo PA and Hidra amplifiers
Oscillator
Accessories

TOPAS-Prime4 Signal 1140 to 1600 nm 250 μJ (S+I) V Amplifiers
Idler 1600 to 2600 nm H

Options3 TOPAS-Prime-VIS5 SHI 800 to 1150 nm >30 µJ >80 µJ V
SHS 580 to 800 nm H Amplifier
Accessories
SFI 533 to 580 nm >30 μJ >50 μJ V
TOPAS-Prime-BLUE5 SFS 480 to 533 nm >40 μJ >70 μJ V
TOPAS-Prime-UV1 FHI 400 to 480 nm H Laser
FHS 290 to 400 nm >5 μJ >15 μJ V Measurement
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TOPAS-Prime-UV2 SH (SFI) 266 to 295 nm H Accessories
SH (SFS) 240 to 266 nm >3 μJ >8 μJ H

TOPAS-Prime-NDFG1/2 DFG1 2.6 to 11 μm6 >2 μJ at 4 μm >8 μJ at 4 μm H Accessory
>0.5 μJ at 9 μm >1.5 μJ at 10 μm H Compatibility
Charts
DFG2 5 to 20 μm7 >1 μJ at 5 μm >4 μJ at 5 μm H
>0.1 μJ at 15 μm >0.3 μJ at 15 μm H
1
Specifications for harmonic wavelengths pumped by Legend Elite USX and Legend Elite Duo USX models are 25% lower. Table
2
Energy scales linearly with pump in range 0.3 mJ to 4 mJ for <130 fs pump and 0.3 mJ to 3.5 mJ for <50 fs pump. TOPAS-PrimePlus model extends Layouts
pump energy input to 5 mJ for both <50 and <130 fs models.
3
Energies given at peak of tuning ranges. VIS/BLUE/UV wavelength extension options listed include all mixing crystals listed in preceding options
(e.g., TOPAS-Prime-UV-2 options includes crystals, etc., to tune from 240 to 1150 nm). Contact factory for tuning down to 190 nm.
4
5
With optional fresh pump package. Specifications for non-fresh pump option are unchanged at <50 fs and for <130 fs; SFI = >60 uJ, SFS = >90 uJ.
6
7
DFG2 tuning range is 5 μm to 15 μm for <50 fs pump. DFG2 pulse width is (1 to 2) x pump for <130 fs pump.
SHBC/TOPAS-400
Computer-Controlled, Line Narrowed, Optical Parametric Amplifier Accessory
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
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Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The combination of SHBC and TOPAS*-400 provides converts the wide bandwidth beam at 800 nm
a unique accessory for generating narrow-band from the femtosecond ultrafast amplifier (purchased
(<20 cm-1) , tunable radiation when pumped with separately) to a narrow bandwidth beam at 400 nm.
Amplifiers the 800 nm output from a femtosecond Legend This 400 nm beam is then used to pump the TOPAS-
Elite or Libra amplifier. When used in conjunction 400-ps-WL picoseond OPA model to generate tunable,
with an additional standard femtosecond OPA, it narrow bandwidth beam from 480 nm to 2600 nm.
Amplifier offers the potential to provide both femtosecond
Accessories
and picosecond tunable beams simultaneously
using a single femtosecond amplifier. The SHBC
Laser
(Second Harmonic Bandwidth Compressor), *TOPAS is a registered trademark of Light Conversion.
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
TOPAS-400-ps-WL Typical Tuning Curve

Accessory
Compatibility (pumped by output from SHBC)
Charts
240
Signal + Idler
220 Signal
200 Idler
Table
Layouts Pump:
180 SHBC, 400 nm, 7.5 cm 1, 0.85 mJ
160 SHBC pump, Legend Elite
800 nm, ~100 fs, 1.6 mJ
Energy (µJ)
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
50 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Wavelength (nm)

SHBC/TOPAS-400
Computer-Controlled, Line Narrowed, Optical Parametric Amplifier Accessory
• Converts 800 nm femtosecond pump beam to tunable narrow-band output

• Potential for simultaneous femtosecond and picosecond beams using one femtosecond, UF Product
Ti:Sapphire amplifier Overview
• Computer-controlled tunable output 480 nm to 2600 nm

• <20 cm-1 bandwidth Table of
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• Energy conversion >20% conversion to parametric light

Pump
Lasers
Specifications SHBC
Pump Laser1 Legend Elite, Libra
Output Wavelength (nm)(nominal) 400 Oscillators
Conversion Efficiency (%) >25
Spectral Width (cm-1) <10
Energy Stability2 (% rms) <3
Oscillator
Polarization linear, horizontal Accessories
TOPAS-400-ps-WL
Pump Laser SHBC
Wavelength Range3 (nm) 480 to 2600 Amplifiers
Pulse Energy4 (signal + Idler at peak, µJ) >50
Pulse Duration (0.5 - 1) x pump pulse width
Spectral Width (cm-1)(500 nm to 730 nm, 870 nm to 2400 nm) <20
Amplifier
Energy Stability2 (% rms)(500 nm to 700 nm, 900 nm to 2000 nm) <6 Accessories
Polarization
Signal linear, vertical
Idler linear, horizontal Laser
1
Pump with 0.3 mJ to 2 mJ, 35 fs to 200 fs from Legend Elite or Libra at 1 kHz (contact factory for other systems). Measurement
2 and Control
3 Accessories
Some energy and spectrum modulation possible in the range 730 nm to 870 nm.
4
Assuming 250 µJ, 400 nm pump from SHBC. Scales linearly with pump in range 0.3 mJ to 1 mJ.
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
SHBC Output Spectrum TOPAS-400-ps-WL Output Spectrum
1.0 Table
1.0 Wavelength: 480 nm Layouts
FWHM: 0.33 nm
(14.3 cm-1)
0.5 0.5
0 0
399.4 399.6 399.8 400.0 400.2 400.4 400.6 479.0 479.5 480.0 480.5 481.0
Harmonic Generator System (HGS)
Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Harmonic Accessory for Ti:Sapphire Amplifiers
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The HGS accessory provides extremely convenient
second-, third- or fourth-harmonic output for kHz Key Advantages
Legend Elite and Libra Ti:Sapphire amplifiers, and
Amplifiers 10 Hz Hidra Ti:Sapphire amplifiers. Second- (HGS-D) • Simple collinear mixing configurations
and third- (HGS-T) harmonic outputs are accessible • Compatible with Coherent 35 fs to 130 fs,
from a single compact unit. A second enclosure is and 0.5 ps to 2 ps Ti:Sapphire amplifiers
Amplifier added for fourth-harmonic (HGS-F) generation.
Accessories
The HGS employs collinear mixing in high-damage- • High-damage-threshold, high-conversion-
threshold BBO crystals for high efficiency and ease efficiency BBO crystals
of use. Crystal rotation and optical delay stages are
Laser
Measurement manually adjustable, and all crystals, focussing op- • Includes wavelength separation mirrors,
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Accessories tics, dichroic wavelength separation mirrors, etc., are waveplates, focusing optics, etc.
included. The near-diffraction limited beam quality and • Standalone enclosure – two enclosures are
Accessory
demonstrated stability of both pulse width and beam required for fourth harmonic
Compatibility pointing from Coherent amplifiers ensure optimum
Charts
performance at the harmonic wavelengths.
Table
Layouts
Specifications HGS-D HGS-T HGS-F

Conversion Efficiency (%, from 800 pump, fsec) 35 15 1
Power Stability (%, rms) 1.5 2.5 3.5

Single-Shot Autocorrelator (SSA)
Pulse Width Measurement Accessory for Ultrafast Amplifier Systems
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The SSA accessory is designed for use over a broad
range of energies and wavelengths. Available in config- Key Advantages
urations to measure femtosecond or picosecond pulses,
this is an accurate and versatile tool compatible with • Measures temporal width of amplified pulses Amplifiers
both commercial amplifier systems – Legend Elite, Libra • Broad pulse width range: from 20 fs to 2 ps
and Hidra – and with home-built amplifier systems.
• Wavelength coverage in femtosecond Amplifier
Two femtosecond models are available (SSA-F and Hi- operation from 680 nm to 1100 nm Accessories
Res SSA) depending on the pulse lengths to be mea-

sured. The picosecond option (SSP) is available with the • Indexed internal mirror allows beam to be
SSA-F model . sampled without disrupting experiments Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
The SSA splits laser pulses into two beams that are
then non-colinearly frequency-doubled in a non-linear available for display on an oscilloscope or as a measure- Accessory
crystal. In the femtosecond configuration the relative ment by a computer DAC card. Compatibility
Charts
wavefront tilt produces a spatial time delay in the
frequency-doubled signal, which results in an autocor- The SSA’s indexed internal mirror configuration allows
relation of the temporal intensity profile. In picosecond convenient sampling of pulses without disrupting Table
operation one mirror is replaced with a diffraction grat- experiments. The compact and rugged SSA also can be Layouts
ing for additional wavefront tilt. In both operations the left in place after initial installation for accurate in-line
autocorrelation signal is detected by a CCD array and is measurements.
Specifications SSA Femtosecond Picosecond

SSA-F Hi-Res SSA SSA-F w/SSP
Wavelength (nm) 680 to 1100 680 to 1100
Sampling Rate (Hz) 100 100
Pulse Length (fs) 50 to 500 20 to 50 500 to 2000
Range (ps) 2 34 at 800 nm1
Resolution (fs) 5 2 8.5 at 800 nm1
1
In picosecond mode, the range and resolution are wavelength-dependent. Contact factory for details.
OPA 9400/9450 and 9800/9850
Optical Parametric Amplifiers for RegA 9000/9050 Regenerative Amplifier Accessory
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The OPA 9400/9450 and OPA 9800/9850 family of
optical parametric amplifiers extends the wavelength Key Advantages
coverage of the RegA 9000/RegA 9040 and RegA 9050
Amplifiers high repetition-rate (250 kHz) regenerative amplifiers • Variable repetition-rate
into the visible and infrared spectral ranges. • Multiple synchronized output beams
Amplifier These OPAs are highly efficient and easy-to-use passive • Whitelight continuum seed for
Accessories
devices. Pulses from the RegA amplifier are split into ease of tuning
two beams. One beam produces whitelight continuum
to seed the parametric amplification process while • Difference-frequency generation (DFG)
Laser
Measurement the other beam pumps the BBO non-linear crystal. options extend tuning to the mid-IR region
and Control
Accessories
To allow access to both visible and near-infrared
Accessory
output the OPA 9400/9450 is pumped with the Multiple outputs are available to provide signal and
Compatibility second harmonic (400 nm) from the RegA, while idler beams from the parametric process, as well as
Charts
the OPA 9800/9850 is pumped with the RegA’s residual beams from the whitelight continuum and
800 nm beam. RegA pump beams.
Table
Layouts
Specifications1 OPA 9400 OPA 9450 OPA 9800 OPA 9850
Repetition-Rate (kHz) 250
Pulse Energy (nJ) 80 160
Average Power (mW) 20 40
Signal Output (nm) 480 to 700 1200 to 1600
Idler Output (nm) 933 to 2300 1600 to 2400
Pulse Width <225 fs AC See Note4 <225 fs See Note4
Noise2 (%) ±2.0
Stability3 (%) ±2.0
M2 <2.0
1
Specifications based on output of one OPA, 10W Verdi pumping a RegA 9000/9050, and either Mira/Verdi or Vitesse seeding.
Same specifications apply for two simultaneously pumped OPAs at 100 kHz.
2
Peak-to-peak noise measured in one hour at 10 Hz to 100 Hz.
3
Power drift over one hour (after 15-minute warm-up); crystal temperature controlled with supplied chiller; room temperature stable <±1°C.
4
Compressible to pump pulse width using external pulse compressor (not provided).

DFG 9800/9850
Difference-Frequency Generators for the OPA 9800/9850 Accessory
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The DFG 9800/9850 are wavelength extension
accessories for the OPA 9800 and OPA 9850 Optical Key Advantages
Parametric Amplifiers. Both the 9800 DFG and the
9850 DFG extend the tuning of Coherent OPAs into • Tunable solid-state source for mid-IR Amplifiers
the mid-infrared range from 2.55 µm to >10 µm. operation

This level of operation makes the DFG 9800/9850 • Compatible with OPA 9800 and OPA 9850
the industry’s only high repetition-rate sources for optical parametric amplifiers Amplifier
ultrafast spectroscopy in the mid-IR range. Accessories
• Repetition-rates up to 300 kHz

Ease of tuning is achieved by simple adjustment of
external control knobs. • Ease of wavelength tuning Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Accessory
Compatibility
Charts
Table
Layouts
Specifications DFG 9800/9850
Pump Power 12W (split from Verdi G18) 10W, Verdi
DFG Conversion Efficiency at 4 μm1 >2%, 250 kHz >1.5%, 100 kHz
DFG Unit (L x W x H) 58.4 x 35.6 x 18.4 cm (23 x 14 x 7.25 in.)
Input Beam Height 12 cm (4.75 in.) above table
Output Beam Height 11.2 cm (4.40 in.) above table
1
Conversion efficiency from signal beam at 1330 nm based on 10W or 12W pump power from Verdi into RegA. Output specified at 4 µm only.
CEP Stabilizer for Legend Elite
Carrier to Envelope Phase (CEP) Stabilization Accessory for Legend Elite
Introduction
UF Product
Overview
Table of
Contents
Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
The Legend Elite CEP Stabilizer is a state-of-the-art At the heart of the Legend Elite CEP is a separate
Carrier-to-Envelope Phase stabilizer accessory designed phase detection module which includes an f-to-2f
exclusively for the Legend Elite amplifiers. interferometer. An octave-spanning optical spectrum is
Amplifiers generated by focusing a small part of the Legend Elite
Applications such as High Harmonics Generation and beam on a sapphire plate. The red end of this spectrum
Attosecond Science require CEP stabilized ultrafast is frequency-doubled and colinearly combined with the
Amplifier pulses, generated by the Vitara oscillator, to be ampli- blue end of this same broad spectrum. The resulting
Accessories
fied up to the millijoule level of energy by Legend Elite spectral interference fringes are measured, on every
amplifiers while conserving the CEP stability. shot, by an analog detector which generates a signal
Laser
to stabilize and control the Carrier- Envelope Phase by
Measurement The Legend Elite CEP stabilizer includes an active feed- making adjustments in the Legend Elite amplifier.
and Control
Accessories back control to lock the phase velocity of the oscillating
light field to the group velocity of the phase envelope. With the CEP stabilized Verdi pumped Vitara and
Accessory
Thus, for ultra-short pulses consisting of only a few Evolution pumped Legend Elite, Coherent is the first
Compatibility optical cycles, the peak of the oscillating electrical field and only company to offer a complete CEP stabilized
Charts
can be maximized under the phase envelope. ultrafast amplifier system designed and built by a
single manufacturer.
Table
Layouts

CEP Stabilizer for Legend Elite
Carrier to Envelope Phase (CEP) Stabilization Accessory for Legend Elite
• RMS CEP stability typically sub-200 mrad (10 shots integration)

• f-to-2f collinear interferometer in separate module UF Product
Overview
• Seeded by our Verdi pumped Vitara CEP
• Regenerative amplifier technology for superior mode quality, beam pointing
and output energy stability Table of
Contents
• Complete CEP amplifier system from a single manufacturer

• Available for Legend Elite USX and USP models Pump
Lasers
GUI for Legend Elite CEP

Oscillators
Oscillator
Accessories
Amplifiers
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
and Control
Accessories
Legend Elite CE Phase Stability Accessory

Compatibility
Charts
3
2
154 mrad (rms) Table
CE Phase (rad)
Layouts
1
-1
-2
-3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)
Laser Measurement and Control Accessories
Matrix of Recommendations
Below and on the following page are recommendations for selecting the power and energy
Introduction measurement tools for your ultrafast setup. Our power sensors measure the output of all
Coherent pump lasers, amplifiers and oscillators, while our pulse energy measurement systems
are designed for pump sources or oscillators having repetition-rates less than 10 kHz. And our
energy sensors give you immediate feedback when peaking the output of your ultrafast system.
UF Product
Overview All Coherent power and energy measurement products offer superior performance for applica-
tions requiring the precise pulse energy specifications.
Table of
Contents
Meter, Sensor Laser Power Meter Power Sensor Energy Meter Energy Sensor
and Accessory Pump Lasers
Compatibility Verdi G2, G5, G7, G8 FieldMaxII-TO PM10 - -
Verdi G10, G12, G15, G18 FieldMaxII-TO PM30 - -
Pump
Lasers Evolution-15/30 FieldMaxII-TO PM30 LabMax-TOP J-25MT-10KHZ1
Evolution-45 FieldMaxII-TO PM150 LabMax-TOP J-50MT-10KHZ2

Evolution-HE FieldMaxII-TO PM150 - -
Oscillators
Oscillators Vitara FieldMaxII-TO PM10 or PS103 - -
Mira-900 FieldMaxII-TO PM10 - -
Mira-HP FieldMaxII-TO PM10 - -
Oscillator Chameleon FieldMaxII-TO PM10 - -
Accessories Vitesse FieldMaxII-TO PM10 or PS103 - -
Oscillator Accessories
Mira-OPO FieldMaxII-TO PS10 - -
Chameleon Compact OPO/OPO-Vis FieldMaxII-TO PS10 - -
Amplifiers
Amplifiers4
Legend Elite HE+(F, P, USP, USX) FieldMaxII-TO PM10 LabMax-TOP J-25MT-10KHZ
Legend Elite Duo HE+ (F, P, USP, USX) FieldMaxII-TO PM30 LabMax-TOP J-25MT-10KHZ1
Amplifier Legend Cryo PA FieldMaxII-TO PM30 LabMax-TOP J-25MT-10KHZ1
Accessories
Libra FieldMaxII-TO PM10 LabMax-TOP J-25MT-10KHZ1
RegA 9000/9050 FieldMaxII-TO PS10
Laser Hidra FieldMaxII-TO PM10V1 FieldMaxII-TOP J-50MB-YAG
Measurement
and Control Amplifier Accessories
Accessories OPerA Solo FieldMaxII-TO PM10 or PS103 LabMax-TOP J-10MT-10KHZ
(<1 mJ pump)
J-10MB-HE
Accessory (>1 mJ pump)
Compatibility
Charts TOPAS/TOPAS-Prime FieldMaxII-TO PM10 or PS103 LabMax-TOP J-10MT-10KHZ
(<1 mJ pump)
J-10MB-HE
(>1 mJ pump)
Table 1
Layouts With medium heat sink.
2
With large heat sink.
3
The PS10 is recommended when making higher resolution or low power measurements.
4
See above for sensors to measure pump lasers.

Accessory Compatibility Charts
Ultrafast Accessory Mira 900 Mira HP Vitara-T/ Vitara-S Vitesse Chameleon

Oscillators Vitara-T HP Introduction
Accessory Harmonic Generator X X X X X X
Compatibility
Chart Mira-OPO X X X
Pulse Picker X X X X X X UF Product
Overview
Pulse Switch Cavity Dumper X
Compact Pulse Compressor (CPC) X X X X X X
Pulse Compressors (SPO1/SPO2) X X X X X X Table of
Contents
Chameleon PreComp X X X
Synchrolock-AP X X X
Vitara CEP X Pump
Lasers
Oscillators
Ultrafast Accessory Legend Elite/ Legend Elite Duo Hidra RegA
Amplifiers Elite HE/Libra
Accessory Harmonic Generators (HGS) X X X
Compatibility
Chart OPerA Solo X X
1
Oscillator
Accessories
TOPAS X X
1
X
TOPAS-HE X X
OPA 9400/9450 and 9800/9850 X
Amplifiers
DFG 9800/9850 X
Single-Shot Autocorrelator (SSA) X X X
1
Up to 3.5 mJ pump beam.
Amplifier
Accessories
Laser
Measurement
Ultrafast Accessory Vitara-S Vitara-T Vitara-T HP Vitesse Mira F Chameleon and Control
Amplifiers Accessories
Legend Elite USX X
Seed
Compatibility Legend Elite USP/Hidra USP X X X
Accessory
Chart Legend Elite F/Hidra F X X X X X X1 Compatibility
Charts
Legend Elite P/Hidra P X X X X X
RegA 9000 Call Call Call X X
Factory Factory Factory
Table
RegA 9050/9040 X X X Layouts
1
At <180 fs.
Ultrafast Table Layouts
Sample Configurations*
Vitara + Hidra 50 Hybrid + Evolution 15 + YAG Pump Laser Vitara + Legend Elite + TOPAS
Introduction
Vitara
10Hz YAG Pump Laser
Vitara
Table of
Contents
Legend Elite HE+
Hidra 50
Hybrid
Evolution 15
UF Product
Overview
Topas-C
5' X 10' 4' X 8'
Pump
Lasers Vitara + Legend Elite + HGS Vitara + Legend Elite DUO + Evolution 30/45 (optional)
Vitara
Vitara
Oscillators

Legend Elite HE+
Oscillator HGS
Accessories
Evolution 30
Amplifiers 4' X 8' 4' X 8'
Vitara + Legend Elite + OPerA Solo Vitara + Legend Elite DUO + 2X OPerA Solo
Amplifier Vitara
Accessories Vitara

Laser
Measurement
and Control Legend Elite HE+ OPerA Solo OPerA Solo
Accessories
OperA Solo
Accessory 4' X 10'

Compatibility
Charts
4' X 8'
Table
Layouts
Vitara + Legend Elite + Cryo PA
Vitara
Legend Elite HE+
4' X 12'
*Contact Coherent for additional table layout configurations.

Ultrafast Table Layouts
Sample Configurations*
Vitara + RegA 9050 + OPA 9850 + DFG 9850 Vitara + Hidra 50 + YAG Pump Laser
Introduction
Vitara EC 9150
10 Hz YAG Pump Laser

Verdi G
Vitara Table of
Contents
RegA 9050
OPA 9850 UF Product
Hidra 50
Overview
4' X 8'
Pump
Verdi G + Mira + Legend Elite Lasers
5' X 8'
Mira
Libra + 2 x OPerA Solo
Oscillators
OPerA Solo
Legend Elite HE+
Verdi G
Libra Oscillator
Accessories
OPerA Solo
4' X 8' Amplifiers
Verdi G + Mira + PP 9200 + THG 9300

4' X 8'
Amplifier
Accessories
Vitesse Duo + RegA 9000 + OPA 9400
Laser
Measurement
Verdi G
and Control
Accessories
Mira Vitesse Duo

SHG/THG Accessory
PP 9200 Compatibility
Charts
RegA 9000 OPA 9400
4' X 8'
Verdi G18 + Mira HP + 2 x Mira OPO Table

Layouts
4' X 8'
Mira OPO
Verdi G18
Mira HP Mira OPO
4' X 8'
*Contact Coherent for additional table layout configurations.
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Ultrafast Laser Systems

2013 Product Catalog

Superior Reliability & Performance

Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

Better Ultrafast, Every Day.

Pulse Compressors Pulse Compressors

Mira-OPO DFG Mira-OPO DFG

2 Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

OPAs, Harmonics and Other Accessories Accessory

OPA Harmonic Generator Carrier-Envelope Phase

TOPAS/TOPAS-400/ Second Harmonic Bandwidth Single-Shot

Ultrafast Laser Systems

4 Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

Laser Measurement and Control Accessories

Accessory Compatibility Charts 73 Oscillator

Ultrafast Table Layouts 74-75

Visit the Coherent Website Inside Back Cover

Table Verdi G10 Verdi G

0.025 1.0 3.0

Ellipticity Diameter (mm)

0.005 0.25 1.5

6 Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

Key Advantages Introduction

• 2W to 20W specified power at 532 nm • Established PermAlign and vertically

Output Power (W) 2, 5, 7, 82 102 12, 15, 18, 202

Beam Waist Diameter (mm)(FW, 1/e2) 2.25 ±10%

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Key Advantages Introduction

• Excellent beam quality

• Typically <0.4% rms pulse-to-pulse energy stability

• Side or front beam exit port options

• Pump diode lifetimes average in excess of 10,000 hours

Typical Evolution-30 Power Stability Typical Evolution-HE Power Stability Accessory

Power at 527 nm (W)

Specifications Evolution-15 Evolution-30 Evolution-45 Evolution-HE

10 Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

Far-Field Beam Profile Measured at Focus of

Evolution HE Lifetest Data

Time (hours) Compatibility

Typical X-Wave Power Curves Typical X-Wave Power Curves

Output Power (W)

5W Verdi pump 5W Verdi pump

12 Superior Reliability & Performance • www.Coherent.com • tech.sales@coherent.com

Key Advantages Options and Accessories Introduction

operation • 2nd, 3rd and 4th harmonic

and control • Synchrolock-AP

and full wavelength coverage compressors

• Auxiliary CW cavity for general setup and continuous-

Beam Diameter8 (mm) 0.8

Table of 900-P fold mirror M8 GVD prism P1

Pump input C GVD prism P2 Pump focus lens

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CW detector galvo Oscillator

Power monitor detector

Beam path for femtosecond cavity

Beam path extension for picosecond cavity

Beam path extension for CW cavity

Typical X-Wave Power Curve Typical X-Wave Power Curve

Output Power (W)

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Key Advantages Options and Accessories Introduction

• Simple, stable Kerr lens modelocking for greater • Mira-OPO synchronously-pumped

from less than 700 nm to more than 1000 nm generation