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Tapered Littman/Metcalf Laser - Tiger
750nm .. 1080nm | up to 500mW manual and motorized tuning | patented technologyDescription:
Monolithic Tapered Littman/Metcalf Tunable External Cavity Laser, 750nm .. 1080nm, up to 500mW, patented technology, manual and motorized wavelength tuning, hands-off operation, narrow linewidth, up to 30GHz mode-hop free tuning, free space and fiber coupled versions. Check our tapered diode stock list for availability

Wavelength
- wavelength from 750nm to 1064nm are available
High optical power
- output power up to 1000mW
- excellent quantum efficiency
- high fiber coupling efficiency
Excellent tuning behavior
- fine tuning via piezo actuator with a resolution better than 10MHz
- large mode-hop free tuning range of up to 20GHz and more
- use of in-house anti-reflection coated laser diodes
Narrow linewidth
- linewidth < 500kHz @ 1ms
- excellent side mode suppression > 50dB
Excellent frequency locking performance
- high resonance free piezo modulation
- high frequency laser current modulation
- improved temperature stability
- low acoustic susceptibility
- excellent locking stability
High flexibility
- free beam and fiber coupled versions available
- constant current and constant power operation modes
- excellent long term wavelength stability
Plug & Play configuration
- modular laser system design
- automated piezo tuning with power read-out
- remote control via GPIB, RS232 and USB
Applications
- Spectroscopy and optical process control
- Optical cooling and trapping, BEC
- Laser and OPO seeding
- Non-linear optical processes
- Characterizing of fiber optical systems
Optional Accessories
- Optical Isolator
- Single Mode PM Optical Fiber
- High-Frequency Current Modulation
- Motorized Wavelength Scans

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- US Patent 5,867,512
- US Patent 6,297,066
- US Patent 6,869,483
More Details | Wavelength | Power | Tuning (total) | Tuning (fine) | |||||
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TEC-320-0770-0500 | 750-775nm | 500mW | >20nm | >30GHz | |||||
TEC-320-0780-0500 | 770-795nm | 500mW | >20nm | >30GHz | |||||
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TEC-320-0810-0500 | 800-820nm | 500mW | >15nm | >30GHz | |||||
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TEC-320-0940-0500 | 920-945nm | 500mW | >20nm | >30GHz | |||||
TEC-320-0980-0500 | 960-985nm | 500mW | >20nm | >30GHz | |||||
TEC-320-1030-0500 | 1000-1040nm | 500mW | >25nm | >30GHz | |||||
TEC-320-1060-0500 | 1050-1075nm | 500mW | >25nm | >30GHz |
• Absorption Spectroscopy: An Introduction
• Electromagnetic Induced Transparancy (EIT)
• Raman Spectroscopy: An Introduction
• Electromagnetic Induced Transparancy (EIT)
• Raman Spectroscopy: An Introduction
Brochures
- Trade Mark: Tiger (Littman/Metcalf)Tapered Diode Laser Littman / Metcalf Cavity
Technical Drawings
- Technical Drawing - H280Laser Housing: 280mm
- Technical Drawing - H390Laser Housing: 390mm
- Technical Drawing - H600Laser Housing 600mm
Technical Documents
- Technical Note – No. 10High Power Tunable Lasers - Selection Guide to the Matching Laser Type
- Technical Note – No. 13Tunable Lasers - Littman/Metcalf vs. Littrow - Pivot Point Realisations
- Technical Note – No. 23Laser Locking Schemes
Publications
- Compact tunable diode laser with diffraction limited 1 Watt for atom cooling and trapping (PW2004)Sandra Stry, Lars Hildebrandt, Joachim Sacher, Christian Buggle, Mark Kemmann, Wolf von Klitzing, Photonics West (2004)
- Compact Tuneable Diode Laser with Diffraction Limited 500 mW and their application in BEC and CDRS (TDLS)S. Stry, R. Knispel, L. Hildebrandt, J. Sacher, TDLS, Zermatt, July 2003