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MOPA - Amplified Tunable Diode Laser - ServalPlus
High Power | Manual Wavelength Tuning | Automated Piezo ScanningDescription:
The TEC-420 Amplified Littman Laser System consists of a Littman/Metcalf master laser amplified by a tapered amplifier stage up to 500 .. 2500mW. It takes advantage of the beam-walk free wavelength tuning of the Littman/Metcalf design which is required for a stable amplification stage.

Wavelength
- from 670nm to 1180nm
High optical power
- output power up to 2500mW
- excellent quantum efficiency
- high fiber coupling efficiency
Excellent tuning behavior
- use of in-house anti-reflection coated laser diode
- fine tuning via piezo actuator with a resolution better than 10MHz
- manual coarse tuning up to 30nm at 780nm or 830nm
- large mode-hop free tuning range of up to 100GHz and more
Narrow linewidth
- linewidth < 300kHz
- excellent side mode suppression > 50dB
Excellent frequency locking performance
- high resonance free piezo modulation
- high frequency laser current modulation
- excellent temperature stability
- low acoustic susceptibility
- excellent locking stability
High flexibility
- free beam and fiber coupled versions available
- motorized master Littman / Metcalf laser with automated wavelength scans via remote software
- Littrow type of master laser (optional)

- constant current and constant power operation modes (optional)
- excellent laser performance and frequency stability
Plug & Play configuration
- modular laser system design
- automated piezo tuning with power read-out
- remote control via GPIB, RS232 and USB
Application
- Spectroscopy and optical process control
- Seed laser for THz generation
- Optical cooling and trapping, BEC
- Absolute distance interferometry
- Laser and OPO seeding
- Non-linear optical processes
Optional Accessories
- Upgrade from 35dB to 60dB Optical Isolator
- Single Mode PM Optical Fiber
- High-Frequency Current Modulation
- Motorized Wavelength Scans

- Contact us for more Options
- US Patent 5,867,512
- US Patent 6,297,066
- US Patent 6,869,483
General Specifications:
| Output Power | 500mW .. 3000mW |
| Wavelength | 735nm .. 1120nm |
| Linewidth (50ms) | < 0.5MHz, typ. 0.3MHz |
| Linewidth (20s) | < 5MHz, typ. 2MHz |
| Long Term Drift (24h) | typical 300MHz |
| Side mode suppression | > 40dB, typical 45 dB |
| Beam Waist (2w) | 2.5 x 2.5mm .. 3.0 x 1.5mm |
| Beam Divergence | < 2mrad |
| Beam Quality M² | M² < 1.7 |
| Coarse Tuning Range | 10nm .. 40nm |
| Fine Tuning (total / mode-hop-free) | 250GHz / 30GHz .. 100GHz |
| Polarization | Linearly > 100:1 |
| Laser Head Dimensions | 210 x 100 x 307mm |
• Caesium Spectroscopy - D1 Line
• Caesium Spectroscopy - D2 Line
• Electromagnetic Induced Transparancy (EIT)
• Rubidium Spectroscopy - D1 Line
• Rubidium Spectroscopy - D2 Line
• Caesium Spectroscopy - D2 Line
• Electromagnetic Induced Transparancy (EIT)
• Rubidium Spectroscopy - D1 Line
• Rubidium Spectroscopy - D2 Line
Brochures
- Trade Mark: Pilot PCPilot PC - Laboratory Grade Low Noise Laser Controller
- Trade Mark: Pilot PZPilot PZ - Laboratory Grade External Cavity Low Noise Laser Controller
- Trade Mark: ServalTapered Amplifier Module
- Trade Mark: Serval PlusMaster Oscillator Power Amplifier
Publications
- High-frequency tuning of high-powered DFB MOPA system with diffraction limited power up to 1.5W (PW2006)Joachim Sacher, Richard Knispel, Sandra Stry, Photonics West 2006
- Use of tapered amplifier diode laser for biological-friendly high-resolution optical trappingWei Cheng, Ximiao Hou, and Fangmao Ye, Opt. Lett. 35, 2988 (2010)
- Widely Tunable diffraction limited 1000mW external cavity diode laser in Littman / Metcalf configuration for cavity ring-down spectroscopyS. Stry, S. Thelen, J. Sacher, D. Halmer, P. Hering, M. Mürtz, Applied Physics B85, 365-374 (2006)
Technical Documents
- Technical Note – No. 10Tunable Lasers - Selection Guide
- Technical Note – No. 14Linewidth - Heterodyne Measurement
- Technical Note – No. 23Laser Locking Schemes
- Technical Note – No. 28Rubidium Absorption Spectra D1
- Technical Note – No. 29Rubidium Absorption Spectra D2
- Technical Note – No. 31Caesium Absorption Spectra D1
- Technical Note – No. 32Caesium Absorption Spectra D2

