ADD-ONS – OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

NOPA – Non-collinear Optical Parametric Amplifier

Clark-MXR offers a variety of OPAs so you can select one most suited to your research plans and budget.

NOPA™ is a white light continuum-seeded optical parametric amplifier (OPA) capable of generating extremely short, broadly tunable pulses of light in the UV, visible and IR wavelength range. It can be pumped by an ultra-stable Clark-MXR Model CPA-Series Amplified Ti:Sapphire Amplifier (Model NOPA) or by Model IMPULSE, Yb-doped fiber oscillator/amplifier (Model iNOPA).

We set up the NOPA™, pumped by our CPA-2101 at our facility in Dexter MI, aligned it, and then drove it out to the CLEO show in Anaheim CA. We drove the van directly onto the show floor (with all the dirt and bugs plastered on the grill and windshield), parked it in our 10′ x 10′ booth, connected it up to the power supply, and had to do only minor tweaking of the beam from the CPA to optimize the performance of the NOPA!

Note that the output beam from the NOPA is being repetitively tuned electronically from deep red to blue and back again throughout the show. At the end of the show, the van was driven back to Dexter MI. The system was again tested and found to be operating. And required only minor tweaking to optimize performance!

NOPA & iNOPA DATASHEETS