Infrared pulsed laser recommendation

[Gustavo Quintas Glasner de Medeiros]

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Dear List,

I was curious to know about your experience with infrared pulsed lasers. I am looking for one to perform experiments in living systems, and am focusing on searching for a system which could deliver at least around the following specifications :

-1W maximum average power (or more)
-200 fs long pulses (or less)
-~ 50 MHz repetition rate
-~ 1000 nm wavelength (+-100nm)
 -preferrably air cooled
- preferrably of small form factor (width and depth around an A4 size, for example)

With this in mind, would you recommend any specific company /laser model? Any tips/ideas would be very much appreciated!

Kind regards,
Gustavo Medeiros

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Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
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[Michael Giacomelli]

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Hi Gustavo*,*

There are a lot of ytterbium fiber lasers in that range+size due to their
simplicity and relatively low component cost.  We have used the OneFive
(now owned by NKT) Origami, and we were very happy with the performance for
tissue imaging.  They're small, air cooled and very stable. They will also
customize the rep rate.

Without amplification you would be limited to a few hundred milliwatts at
most, so to get 1W, you are looking at an amplified system which is more
expensive and a bit larger.

There are a lot of vendors though, so it is worth shopping around.

Mike


On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 6:00 AM, Gustavo Quintas Glasner de Medeiros <
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> Dear List,
>
> I was curious to know about your experience with infrared pulsed lasers. I
> am looking for one to perform experiments in living systems, and am
> focusing on searching for a system which could deliver at least around the
> following specifications :
>
> -1W maximum average power (or more)
> -200 fs long pulses (or less)
> -~ 50 MHz repetition rate
> -~ 1000 nm wavelength (+-100nm)
>  -preferrably air cooled
> - preferrably of small form factor (width and depth around an A4 size, for
> example)
>
> With this in mind, would you recommend any specific company /laser model?
> Any tips/ideas would be very much appreciated!
>
> Kind regards,
> Gustavo Medeiros
>
> --
> Postdoc
> Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
> Basel​
> e: [hidden email]
>

[Zdenek Svindrych-2]

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Hi Gustavo,
as suggested by Mike, an amplified fiber lasers are robust and compact
enough to come close to your specs.

You can look here:

http://www.toptica.com/fileadmin/Editors_English/11_brochures_datasheets/
toptica_BR_Ultrafast_Fiber_Lasers.pdf

to see what's available...

Some directly diode pumped Ti:S lasers are appearing on the market, viz:

https://kmlabs.com/product/stryde-blue-direct-diode-pumped-ultrafast-
tisapphire-oscillator/


These should be more robust than the good old 532nm-pumped ones, but the
power is lower and they cannot reach 1000 nm yet...

(no commercial interest)


Best, zdenek

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Research Associate - Imaging Specialist
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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Dear List,

I was curious to know about your experience with infrared pulsed lasers. I
am looking for one to perform experiments in living systems, and am focusing
on searching for a system which could deliver at least around the following
specifications :

-1W maximum average power (or more)
-200 fs long pulses (or less)
-~ 50 MHz repetition rate
-~ 1000 nm wavelength (+-100nm)
-preferrably air cooled
- preferrably of small form factor (width and depth around an A4 size, for
example)

With this in mind, would you recommend any specific company /laser model?
Any tips/ideas would be very much appreciated!

Kind regards,
Gustavo Medeiros

--
Postdoc
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Basel​
e: [hidden email]
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