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3-Colour Picosecond Laser

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3-Colour Picosecond Laser

 

Features:

  • 3-Colour Picosecond Laser (450, 515, 640 nm)
  • Compact, stand alone, affordable
  • Pulsed and CW operation, fast CW switching
  • Suitable for measuring Fluorescence lifetime (ns) and Photoluminescence lifetime (µs-ms)
  • Triggerable internally and externally, up to 200 MHz
  • Fully computer controlled

 

Prima is a solution for researchers who:

  • Need more than one wavelength
  • Don’t have space in the lab
  • Measure a short decay time (ns) and a long one (µs-ms)
  • Deal with materials that have a poor luminescence quantum yield
  • Would like to avoid daily alignment and laser maintenance

 

The Prima 3-Colour Picosecond Laser can be used for various applications.

It is the ideal tool for covering most of your daily needs when it comes to exciting a broad range of samples for tasks such as:

  • Materials Science and chemical research
  • Life Science
  • Photoluminescence lifetime and quantum yield measurements
  • Fluorescence lifetime measurements
  • Time-resolved microscopy and single molecule detection (FLIM, FRET, PIE-FRET, FCS)
  • Pulsed Interleaved Excitation (PIE)
  • Detector testing
  • Antibunching
  • LiDAR

 

Red, green, and blue: the three most utilised wavelengths
Each colour can be generated individually, one at a time. These wavelengths are the three most commonly used in materials science, chemistry and life science for routine excitation in spectroscopy or microscopy applications to study a wide range of samples, including novel nanomaterials or quantum dots.

Pulsed, CW, and fast switched emission modes
Prima offers full flexibility, enabling you to perform time-resolved or steady-state measurements. Fast CW switching is a smart solution for measuring longer lifetimes in the µs to ms range. It is especially efficient for materials with a poor luminescence quantum yield. The pulsed mode can be driven either internally at selected repetition rates between 100 Hz and 200 MHz or externally, with rates ranging from single shot up to 200 MHz. Moreover, you can combine Prima with other laser diode heads to create even more sophisticated excitation patterns, such as bursts, Pulse Interleaved Excitation (PIE), or Alternative Laser Excitation (ALEX).

 

Detecting singlet oxygen luminescence

 

General specifications
Optical out
Available wavelengths [1] 450 nm 515 nm 640 nm
Max pulsed power [2] 10 mW 10 mW 10 mW
Pulse duration < 120 ps < 200 ps < 150 ps
Max CW power 50 mW 50 mW 50 mW
Beam dimension [3] 0.55 ± 0.10 mm 0.6 ± 0.10 mm 0.8 ± 0.10 mm
Beam circularity typ. > 0.5 typ. > 0.5 typ. > 0.5
Polarisation typ. linear
Polarisation Extinction Ratio (PER) typ. > 1:10 (> 10 dB)
Spectral width FWHM (pulsed) 4 nm 6 nm 2 nm
Spectral width FWHM (CW) < 1 nm

 

Repetition Rates
Internal
Range User selectable 1 kHz to 200 MHz
1000 increments of 1 kHz from 1 to 999 kHz
200 increments of 1 MHz from 1 to 200 MHz
External
Range 0 Hz to 200 MHz
Trigger level -1V … +5V into 50 Ohm
Jitter < 20 ps
Connector SMA

 

Synchronisation Output
Amplitude < -800 mV into 50 Ohm (NIM)
Connector SMA

 

Gating
Rise / Fall Time < 3 ns
ON Time Gate Freely adjustable from < 10 ns to 1 ms
OFF Time Gate
(as a factor of ON Time Gate)
Freely adjustable from 1 to 255
Impedance 10 kOhms with pull-up
50 Ohms with pull-down
Connector SMA

 

Dimensions
Size (h x w x l) 75 x 83 x 140 mm
Weight approx. 1 kg
Operation
Temperature range 15 – 35 °C
Rel. humidity < 80 % (non condensing)
Maximum power consumption < 30 W
Interface
PC interface USB 2.0
Connector USB-C
Operating system Windows™ 10
[1] Typical value in Pulsed mode. A slight shift to longer wavelengths in CW mode.
[2] This is the maximum average power at maximum intensity setting and max repetition rate. A pulse broadening up to 500 ps FWHM is possible at maximum intensity setting.
[3] Measured at 1 m distance from laser aperture.
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