TOPO smart
High performance CW OPO
- Economical tunable laser for mid infrared.
- Optimized for vibrational spectroscopy in the C-H stretch region.
- Narrow linewidth and fine tuning for high resolution spectroscopy.
- Hands-free, digital control.
The TOPO smart is a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator which uses a novel pumping scheme to reduce size and cost relative to typical CW OPOs. It fills a price and capability gap in the mid-IR between low power, narrowly tunable interband cascade lasers, and high power, widely tunable CW OPOs like the TOPO.
In applications like molecular spectroscopy, quantum technology, mid-IR integrated photonics, and mid-IR interferometry, researchers often have a particular target molecule, atom, or device in mind and they need only moderate tuning and power. The TOPO smart is designed to fit the needs, and the budget, of these experiments.
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Specification
TOPO smart 2700 TOPO smart 3300 TOPO smart
CustomizedTOPO smart
Wide tuning optionCoarse tuning range 2580 – 2830 nm
(3875 – 3535 cm-1)3100 – 3500 nm
(3230 – 2855 cm-1)Approx. 300 cm-1
around custom center frequency2600 – 3500 nm
(3850 - 2850 cm-1)Mode hop free tuning range > 15 GHz (0.5 cm-1) Linewidth < 4 MHz < 100 kHz Output power > 30 mW Beam quality factor M2 < 2 Control interfaces DLC pro touchscreen, PC software, Ethernet, USB, analog remote control Dimensions laser head
(H x W x D)90 mm x 192 mm x 470 mm
(TOPO smart WT needs additional seed laser: 90 mm x 150 mm x 370 mm)Dimensions control unit
(H x W x D)154 x 450 x 348 Power supply 100 .. 120 V / 220 .. 240 V AC, 50 .. 60 Hz (auto detect) Power consumption typ. 70 W PC Interface Ethernet Environment temperature 15 - 30 °C (operating), 0 - 40 °C (storage and transport) Environment humidity Non-condensing -
Options
Fiber Delivery
Fiber Delivery (FD) is optionally available with TOPTICA's patented fiber coupler FiberDock and a suitable polarization maintaining (PM) fiber. FiberDock provides highest single-mode fiber coupling efficiencies, easy alignment and at the same time highest stability.
For most lasers, we specify a PER behind fiber of >20 dB with our Fiber Delivery option. Please also inquire about Long Life and High Power fibers as well as fiber splitters. Optical isolation is mandatory for fiber coupled diode laser systems.Laser Locking Electronics A broad variety of electronic locking modules is available for frequency stabilization. -
Applications
- Molecular Spectroscopy
- Quantum Optics
- Materials Testing
- Biophotonics
- Mid-IR integrated photonics
- Downloads
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Literature
- Article: Nanosecond time-resolved dual-comb absorption spectroscopy, Nature Photonics (2023)
- Article: Degenerate optical parametric amplification in CMOS silicon, Optica (2023)
- Article: High-resolution vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of I− · H2O by single-mode CW infrared excitation in a 3D cryogenic ion trap, Molecular Physics (2023)
- Article: Leak-Out Spectroscopy, A Universal Method of Action Spectroscopy in Cold Ion Traps (2022)
- Article: High-resolution, broadly-tunable mid-IR spectroscopy using a continuous wave optical parametric oscillator, Optical Express (2021)
- Whitepaper:Enabling high-resolution spectroscopy over the molecular stretch region Physics Today (2020)
- Poster: Broadly-tunable, High-resolution Mid-IR Spectroscopy, CLEO (2020)
- Application Note: Phase and Frequency Locking of Diode Lasers
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