
Wyvern Data Sheet
Wyvern Technical Notes
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The Wyvern™ single-stage regenerative amplifier system offers unprecedented and unmatched performance from a single-box single-stage amplifier system, including
rapid and simple control of pulse duration from 45fs to 135fs.
The Wyvern-7 generates up to 7µJ <50fs pulses, and operates
at repetition rates up to 100 kHz.
The Wyvern-20 generates up to 20µJ <50fs pulses, and operates
at repetition rates up to 400 kHz.
The Wyvern-500 generates up to 800µJ <45fs pulses, and
operates at repetition rates up to 50 kHz.
The Wyvern-1000, with pulses up to 5mJ and up to
10kHz repetition rates.
The single-box laser system houses the Ti:sapphire laser
oscillator, single-stage regenerative amplifier, and both pump lasers
within a single enclosure. The Wyvern's short pulses, high energy and
excellent spatial profile are exceptionally well-suited to nonlinear
optics applications, including OPA, NOPA, harmonic conversion and white
light generation.
KMLabs also sells add-on OPA and
NOPA products designed
specifically for the Wyvern series.
Select Wyvern models employ a patented downchirped pulse
amplification (DPA) platform. Now commercially available for the first
time ever, KMLabs has exclusive rights to the patent on DPA.
Downchirped pulse amplification has numerous benefits over traditional, chirped pulse amplification (CPA), among them:
•
DPA is ~45% more
efficient than traditional CPA.
• DPA is easier to align and
maintain than traditional CPA.
• DPA is less costly than
traditional CPA, upfront and over time.
• DPA preserves a superb mode
quality.
• DPA is less susceptible to spatial
chirp.
• DPA is more
compact than traditional CPA.

