ALCOR Compact High-Power Femtosecond Laser

Spark Lasers’ ALCOR is specifically designed for two-photon excitation. It offers clean femtosecond pulses with the highest guaranteed peak power on the market, in an unprecedented compact format and with fixed wavelengths at 780, 920, 1040 and 1064 nm.
The compact laser head of ALCOR incorporates the widest range of computer controlled GDD precompensation on the market and, optionally, a fully aligned and turn-key AOM for fast power modulation and power adjustment. ALCOR can also be coupled to an optical fiber to deliver femtosecond pulses as close as possible to samples. ALCOR offers air cooling and ease of integration with the possibility to install the laser head in any orientation. ALCOR’s innovative fibre-based design offers high stability, high reliability without any maintenance, making it the perfect industrial laser for scientific applications.

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ALCOR
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  • Compact
  • High power
  • Integrated GDD precompensation
  • Integrated power modulation
  • Reduced Footprint
  • Various mounting orientations
  • Air-cooled
  • Applications

    – Bio Imaging
    – Neurosciences
    – Ophtalmology
    – Life Sciences
    – Non-linear Optics
    – Instrumentation

General Specifications
ALCOR 780 ALCOR 920-1 ALCOR 920-2 ALCOR 920-4 ALCOR 1064-2 or ALCOR 1040-2 ALCOR 1064-5 or ALCOR 1040-5
Wavelength 780 nm 920 nm 1064 nm or 1040 nm
Average Power 0.8 W 1.5 W 2.5 W 4 W 2 W 5 W
Pulse duration <150 fs <100 fs <130 fs <100 fs <120 fs
Group Delay Dispersion Computer controlled from 0 to -60 000 fs²
Repetition rate 80 +/- 2 MHz
< 1.2 < 1.3 < 1.2
Option XSight (Integrated AOM for fine power control and fast power modulation)
Transmission > 85%
ON/OFF response time < 1 µs (rise or fall time < 200 ns)
Analog modulation bandwidth > 1 MHz (input : 0-5 Volts, 1 kOhm)
Power control Computer controlled from 0 to 100%, alignment mode
Option FLeX (Fiber delivery)
Fiber Length 2 meters
Transmission > 60%
Pulse duration < 150 fs < 100 fs < 130 fs < 100 fs < 120 fs
Other options
DUAL N/A 2 independently controlled laser heads operating at 920 and 1064 or 1040 nm
GDD extension Computer controlled from 0 to -90 000 fs²
Wavelength Other wavelengths on request
Repetition rate Any fixed frequency from 30MHz to 80 MHz from 40 MHz to 80 MHz
Frequency conversion N/A 460 nm 532 nm or 520 nm
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