Calmar Laser has expanded its Mendocino femtosecond fiber laser (FPL) portfolio with the launch of a high intensity 780 nm FPL called FPL-05RFF0.
FPL-05RFF0 femtosecond fiber laser
The FPL is packed in a laser-pointer-design housing that measures 3x3x13.5 cm. It provides a pulse width of 150 fs and an output power greater than 500 mW.
The FPL-05RFF0 generates a 50 MHz train of femtosecond laser pulses with better pulse-to-pulse constancy and a near pedestal-free form. Its output beam has M2 less than 1.1 and roundness more than 90%, resulting in maximum spatial resolution when utilized in combination with microscope systems. The laser is cooled by air and thus eliminates the need of a chiller.
The fiber laser has pulse widths as low as 0.15 ps and pulse energy of up to 10 nJ. It is a passively mode-locked, second-harmonic-generation laser operating in the C-band. It provides low timing jitter of 60 fs and radio-frequency synchronization and linearly polarized output. Its operating temperature range is between 15°C and 35°C and spectral width is nearly 10 nm. It has front panel control knobs to tune the output power.
According to Calmar Laser, the turnkey equipment is about 300 fold smaller than femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser systems currently available in the market. Its tiny head allows easy incorporation into bioinstrumentation and microscope systems. The all-fiber structure is cost-effective and offers improved durability and stability.
The FPL-05RFF0 is ideal for free-space communication, optical metrology, micromachining, terahertz radiation, nonlinear materials characterization, biomedical imaging and multiphoton microscopy.