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Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses
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A p p l i c a t i o n K i t s 275 Email: sales@spectra-physics.com • Web: spectra-physics.com Application Kits Educational Kits Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses • Compensates for material dispersion that can cause pulse broadening of femtosecond pulses • Three different choices of prism materials • Fast adjustment of prism separation • Designed to work with Spectra-Physics Ti:Sapphire ultrafast lasers, OPA and OPO • All parts tested and certified to work and fit together Applications • Multiphoton Microscopy • Supercontinuum Generation • Terahertz Generation • Ultrafast Spectroscopy The Newport Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Pulses is an easy to assemble setup to deliver the shortest pulse to your sample or device. A typical femtosecond pulse can have anywhere from 5 to 100 nm of bandwidth around the center wavelength of the laser. When a femtosecond pulse with that much bandwidth passes through any optical material such as a lens, beam-splitter, or Faraday isolator, it will experience pulse broadening due to group velocity dispersion (GVD). The good news is that the pulse broadening effects of GVD can be reversed and recompressed by using pairs of prisms, gratings or chirped mirrors. The Newport Prism Compressor kit is based on prism pair setup. This kit allows the user to assemble the pre-selected and certified off the shelf components and put them together for a cost effective dispersion compensation solution. The Application Note that describes the kit had detailed information on how to assemble the kit and choose critical distances most suitable for your application. All of the mounts and optics in this kit have been certified by our scientists in the Newport Technology and Applications Center to be compatible with the Spectra-Physics MaiTai™, Tsunami™, Spitfire ultrafast Ti:Sapphire lasers, OPAL OPO and OPA. Due to the polarization selectivity of the Brewster’s angle cut prisms, this kit is designed for the horizontal polarization. For vertically polarized laser beam such as output from Tsunami, a periscope or half wave-plate will be needed to rotate the polarization by 90º. The MPD-TS-KT kit and associated application note have been prepared based on development activities and experiments conducted in Newport’s Technology and Applications Center and the results associated therewith. Actual results may vary based on laboratory environment and setup conditions and the type and condition of actual components and instruments used and user skills. Ordering Information Model Description PC-MT-KT Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses, MaiTai M-PC-MT-KT Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses, MaiTai, Metric PC-TS-KT Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses, Tsunami M-PC-TS-KT Prism Compressor for Ultrashort Laser Pulses, Tsunami, Metric

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