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News Release from: Coherent | Subject: Mantis
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 01 February 2008
Oscillator generates ultra short laser
pulses
Mantis has been optimised for a single operating point (in terms of wavelength and bandwidth) enabling simplified design, increased ease of use and a tremendous cost-performance benefit to customers
The new Mantis from Coherent is described as a uniquely cost-effective oscillator for short pulse (broadband) ultrafast applications Specifically, Mantis generates over 300 milliwatts of average power at a nominal centre wavelength of 800nm and has a bandwidth over 70nm, which can be compressed to under 20 femtoseconds using the optional external CPC compact pulse compressor
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 28 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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In terms of technological innovation, Mantis is the first ultrafast laser system to incorporate a 5watt green pump laser based on monolithic OPSL (optically pumped semiconductor laser) technology rather than a traditional DPSS pump.
(OPSL technology has been widely used in demanding OEM applications such as bio-instrumentation for several years).
A major application for the Mantis is seeding short pulse amplifier/OPA systems to generate tunable high energy, sub-35 fs pulses for a wide range of pulse-probe experiments in physics and chemistry.
Typical examples include studies into molecular photodissociation dynamics and power hungry techniques such as fluorescence upconversion.
Another application area is THz spectroscopy and imaging.
Here the simple to use Mantis oscillator will generate a wider spectrum of THz radiation, because of the laser's very short pulsewidth.
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