Rincon 800 third-order scanning cross-correlator for aligning 20 Terawatt Ti:Sapphire laser
High- dynamic-range measurements of optical pulse contrast are of great interest for high-energy laser pulse characterization
Customer inquiry:
We have a commercial 20-TW Ti:Sapphire laser, and recently due to a major
re-alignment of our laser system we are interested in Rincon for contrast
measurement. The factory spec is 105 at 5ps and 2*106 at
ns (but it is probably worse now). The other specs of our laser are pretty
"standard", and it has 10 Hz rep rate, 35fs pulse duration, and ~30nm bandwidth
centered at ~800nm.
From your website I noticed that there are several different sub-models of
Rincon, could you please advice the one which is most suitable for our laser,
and provide us a price quote? We would appreciate if you can also provide me
some additional materials, such as user's manual, to help us have more
understanding on your product. Thank you.
Del Mar Photonics offer:
Rincon 800 third-order scanning cross-correlator -
request a quote
Wavelength, nm: 800
Dynamic range: 1010
Temporal range, ps: 950
Input radiation energy (pulse 40-50 fs), µJ: 6-30
Pulse duration, fs: >20
Repetition rate, kHz: <10
Input polarization, linear: horizontal
Resolution: 100 fs
Interface: USB
Power supply: 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz ± 10%
Dimensions, mm:
Optical unit - 470 x 320 x 155
Control unit - 280 x 195 x 70
Acquisition and analysis software included
Rincon brochure - Rincon 800-5 manual
Del Mar Photonics - Rincon cross correlator brochure
Rincon Third Order Cross-Correlator (TOCC)
Each Rincon is optimized for customer laser system and required range of
measurements.
The complete setup geometry, dimensions of non-linear crystals and some essential optics
are all function of laser parameters and user-chosen tradeoffs between
sensitivity, time resolution, time window, overall size etc.
We need the following information to set the tradeoffs and get all critical
data necessary for the design which is optimized for your system:
1. What is wavelength of you laser system?
2. What is the repetition rate?
3. What is the normal pulse energy and beam diameter?
4. Is the laser pulse chirped?
5. What is the spectral bandwidth?
6. What is the pulsewidth?
7a. What is the expected (or estimated) contrast ratio as a function of delay from peak
7b. What is the minimum necessary contrast ratio as a function of delay from peak
8. What is beam quality (i.e. beam divergence relative to diffraction-limited one)
The third order cross-correlator Rincon has been specifically developed for
measuring a wide array of output parameters from ultrafast laser systems
including: contrast ratio of laser pulses, determining pulse pedestal, pre- and
post-pulses, and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) in femtosecond systems. It
also provides information about the third-order cross-correlation function of
pulse intensity on a femtosecond scale and can be used for alignment of high
power femtosecond lasers.
Cross-correlator includes opto-mechanical assembly and electronics with USB
interface. System is easy to operate and includes a full set of user friendly
software tools for data collection and analysis.
To request a quote for Rincon cross-correlator please e-mail sales@dmphotonics.com with detailed answers to the questions above.
Product Data Sheets
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Trestles femtosecond
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femtosecond lasers system integrated with DPSS pump laser
Wedge Ti:Sapphire multipass amplifier
Multi-Terawatt Ti:Sapphire lasers
Femtosecond Two-stage Amplifier System Wedge-XL
Operation wavelength: 800 ± 10 nm
Output pulse duration: < 70 fs
Output energy: 100 mJ
Pulse repetition rate: 10 Hz
Femtosecond Terawatt Ti:sapphire Laser System Teahupoo MPA-XL
Output pulse wavelength: 810 ± 10 nm
Pulse width after compressor: <40 fs
Recommended maximum pulse energy after air compressor: 60 mJ (1.5 TW at 40 fs)
Maximum pulse energy of amplified stretched pulses: 0.2 J
Pulse repetition rate: 10 Hz
Output spectral bandwidth: 30 nm
Output beam diameter: 15 mm
Output beam quality: M2<2
Contrast: >106 for ns time scale
Compressor efficiency: 65%
Output beam polarization: Horizontal
CORTES-E-1 Table –Top Terawatt repetitive rate
laser system
Peak Power > 1TW
Pulse duration < 50 fs
Output pulse energy ≥ 50 mJ
Repetition rate 10 Hz
Wavelength Around 800 nm (fixed)
Energy stability Better than 5%
Beam quality M² ≤ 1.6
ns prepulse contrast ratio ≥ 105 : 1
ps prepulse contrast ratio ≥ 10³ : 1 @ 1 ps
≥ 105 : 1 @ 5 ps
≥ 10 6 : 1 @ 10-20 ps
Polarization of the final output beam Linear, Ellipticity < 10-2
Table Top Ultra High Intensity Ti:Sapphire Laser
Cortes-E
Pulse Length: < 60 fs
Energy per pulse: 100 mJ
Repetition rate: 10 Hz
Contrast ratio: > 106:1
Stability: < 3 %
Tuning range: 790-810 nm fro 50 fs pulses
Gaussian beam: M2 < 1.1
Beam diameter: 4 mm after focusing
Cortes-800 40 Terawatt Laser
System
The new Cortes-800 amplification system provides terawatt peak
power in
a compact package. Seeded with our compact Trestles Ti:sapphire oscillator,
the Cortes-800 consists of three chirped pulse amplification (CPA)
stages that fit on a single optical table. Pulse energies of greater than 1.5
J are achieved before compression in a vacuum chamber. Active feedback
and pulse shaping allows the Cortes-800 to produce extremely high contrast
ratios, and sub 30 fs output pulses with peak powers greater than 40
terawatts. Fully integrated timing and control software make the Cortes-
800 a perfect tool for the study of high energy laser- matter interaction.
The initial stage of the system consists of the
TRESTLES-20 femtosecond oscillator
pumped with a 532 nm, 6 W DPSS
laser. Generated 20 fs pulses are
temporally stretched with Offner
triplet technology to 400 ps. To
pre-correct for spectral changes
incurred as pulses pass through
the system, the stretched pulses
pass through an acousto-optic
programmable dispersive filter.
The AOPDF compensates for gain
narrowing and wavelength shifting in
the amplification stages and for dispersion
due to propagation through system components.
Before insertion into the first amplification
stage, a PISMO Pockels cell pulse picker is used
to gate single pulses at a repetition rate of 10 Hz
from the oscillator pulse train. The stretched,
shaped and picked pulses are then amplified by
a WEDGE-10 multi-pass amplifier, providing
high contrast ratio.
After the initial amplification stage the pulses
pass through a spatial filter to increase the beam
diameter and improve the spatial quality of the
beam.
A second PISMO Pockels cell is
used to increase the temporal
contrast ratio and to
protect STAGE-1 from
back reflections. The
spatially expanded
pulses pass through
STAGE-2, a 5-pass
multi-pass amplifier.
Another spatial filter
is used to clean the
beam before the final
amplifying stage, STAGE-
3. The 4-pass power amplifier
increases the pulse energy to
1,500 mJ per pulse.
Pulse compression takes place within
a sealed vacuum chamber with a
dielectric grating compressor. Grating
position, and thus final pulse
duration, are adjusted with the help
of computer controlled motorized
stages. A deformable mirror (DM)
coupled with a Shack-Hartmann
wavefront sensor is used to correct
wavefront distortions, resulting in a
0.8 Strehl ratio.
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