Passive optical nonlinear module for spectral shifting of solitons, 1550-2100 nm

Features

  • Easily tunable output wavelength
  • Wide tunability range and continuous, no-gaps tuning
  • Preservation of input pulses state of polarization
  • Preservation of input pulses coherence
  • High conversion efficiency
  • Minimum chirp introduced
  • Low loss

Applications

  • Nonlinear microscopies, multiphoton microscopy
  • Extending capabilities of femtosecond lasers
  • Sensing, gas detection
  • Nonlinear spectroscopies, e.g. CARS
  • Biomedical (e.g. deep-tissue imaging, virtual biopsy)
  • Frequency and dual-frequency comb generation
  • Selective ablation
  • Laboratory experiments

Technical parameters

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

ParameterUnitValue
Input Wavelength Rangenm1500-2100
Typ. Input Wavelength Range nm~1550, ~1950
Typ. Input Pulse Durationfs<300 1
Wavelength Shift Rangenmup to 2100 2, , 3
Typ. Conversion Efficiency%55 2
Min. Polarization Extinction RatiodB18 2
Min. Coherence%90 2
Max. Linear Insertion LossdB1.5
Default PM connector alignment Slow axis 4
Standard connector typeFC APC 4
Operating Temperature°C-10/+65

1 Efficiency of SSFS depends significantly on the pulse width

2 Dependent on specifics of the input solitons,

3 Dependent on nonlinear fiber length, less for shorter modules

4 Other types on request