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Tsunami Ultrafast Lasers

Industry’s widest tuning range of 700 to 1080 nm
Average output power >3 W
High peak power >450 kW at 800 nm (typical)

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The Tsunami^® mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser provides the widest pulse width range, the broadest wavelength coverage and the highest power levels of any ultrafast oscillator on the market. It also offers the best long-term stability and reliability in both femtosecond and picosecond domains.

Key Features

Broadest pulse width coverage (<35 fs to 100 ps) of any commercial mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser
Output power >3 W for high-power harmonic generation and OPO pumping
Proprietary broadband optics cover 700–1080 nm
Uses Millennia^® series all-solid state pump lasers (5–15 W)
Regenerative mode-locking for long-term stability, prevention of pulse dropouts, broadest wavelength coverage, and long picosecond pulse width capability
Low thermal expansion, Invar based resonator design
Gimbaled mirror mounts with three-point ball-bearing registry of all optics
Small footprint
Accessories include Lok-to-Clock^® synchronization, harmonic generators, OPOs, kHz regenerative amplifiers, OPAs, and more

Applications

Multiphoton microscopy
Time-resolved fluorescence
Pump-probe experiments
Nonlinear spectroscopies
Optical-computed tomography (OCT)
Surface second harmonic generation (SHG)
Amplifier seeding
Terahertz imaging
Materials processing
Ultrafast ultrasonics

Tsunami HP Specifications¹

Output Characteristics	Tsunami HP fs 15 W P	Tsunami HP ps 15 W P	Tsunami HP fs 10 W P	Tsunami HP ps 10 W P
Tuning Range	700–1080 nm²	700–1000 nm	700–1050 nm	700–1000 nm
Average Power³	>2.7 W at 800 nm	>2.9 W at 800 nm	>1.4 W at 800 nm	>1.5 W at 800 nm
Pulse Width^{3, 4}	<100 fs	<2–100 ps	<100 fs	<2–100 ps
Peak Power³	>337 kW at 800 nm	-	>170 kW at 800 nm	-
Pulse Energy	~34 nJ	~36 nJ	~15 nJ	~19 nJ
Tsunami HP Models	3960C-15HP 3941C-15HP	3950-15HP 3960C-15HP⁵	3960-10HP 3960C-10HP 3941-10HP 3941C-10HP	3950-10HP 3960C-10HP⁵

Tsunami Broadband Specifications¹

Output Characteristics	Tsunami Broadband fs	Tsunami Broadband ps	Tsunami Broadband fs	Tsunami Broadband ps
Tuning Range	700–1000 nm	700–1000 nm	710–980 nm	710–980 nm
Average Power³	>1.4 W at 800 nm	>1.5 W at 800 nm	>0.7 W at 800 nm	>0.7 W at 800 nm
Pulse Width^{3, 4}	<100 fs	<2–100 ps	<100 fs	<2–100 ps
Peak Power³	>170 kW at 800 nm	-	>85 kW at 800 nm	-
Pulse Energy	~14 nJ	~15 nJ	~8 nJ	~8 nJ
Tsunami Broadband Models	3960-X1BB 3941-X1BB	3950-X1BB 3960-X1BB⁵	3960-M1BB 3941-M1BB	3950-M1BB 3960-M1BB⁵

Standard Tsunami Specifications¹

Output Characteristics	Tsunami-S fs 10 W Pu	Tsunami-S ps 10 W Pu	Tsunami-S fs 5 W Pum	Tsunami-S ps 5 W Pum	Tsunami-X fs 10 W Pu	Tsunami-X ps 10 W Pu
Tuning Range	720–850 nm	720–850 nm	720–850 nm	720–850 nm	970–1080 nm	970–1080 nm
Average Power³	>1.1 W at 800 nm	>1.3 W at 800 nm	>0.7 W at 800 nm	>1.0 W at 800 nm	>0.25 W at 1050 nm	>0.25 W at 1050 nm
Pulse Width^{3, 4}	<100 fs	<2–100 ps	<100 fs	<2–100 ps	<100 fs	<2–100 ps
Peak Power³	>170 kW at 800 nm	-	>85 kW at 800 nm	-	>170 kW at 800 nm	-
Pulse Energy	~15 nJ	~15 nJ	~8 nJ	~8 nJ	~8 nJ	~8 nJ
Standard Tsunami Models	3960-X1S 3941-X1S	3950-X1S 3960-X1S⁵	3960-M1S 3941-M1S	3950-M1S 3960-M1S⁵	3960-X1X 3941-X1X	3950-X1X 3960-X1X⁵

Short Pulse Tsunami Specifications¹

Output Characteristics	Sub 30 Tsunami 10 W	Sub 30 Tsunami 5 W P	Ultra Short Pulse Ts	Ultra Short Pulse Ts
Tuning Range	780–820 nm	780–820 nm	720–850 nm	720–850 nm
Average Power³	750 mW at 800 nm	400 mW at 800 nm	900 mW at 800 nm	500 mW at 800 nm
Pulse Width^{3, 4}	<30 fs	<30 fs	<50 fs	<50 fs
Peak Power³	>310 kW at 800 nm	>160 kW at 800 nm	>225 kW at 800 nm	>125 kW at 800 nm
Pulse Energy	~9 nJ	~5 nJ	~11 nJ	~6 nJ
Tsunami Short Pulse Models	3941-30-X1S	3941-30-M1S	3960-X1S-USP 3941-X1S-USP	3960-M1S-USP 3941-M1S-USP

1. Due to our continuous product improvement program, specifications may change without notice. Specifications only apply when the specific Tsunami model is pumped by a Spectra-Physics Millennia Pro 15 W, 10 W or 5 W solid state laser and the entire Tsunami Environmental Package is installed.
2. Requires Lok-to-Clock. Tuning range without Lok-to-Clock is 700–1050 nm.
3. Specification applies to 800 nm only.
4. A sech² pulse shape (0.65 deconvolution factor) is used to determine the pulse width as measured with a Newport PulseScout^®.
5. The Tsunami model 3960 requires additional components to run in picosecond mode (sold separately).

General Tsunami Specifications

General Characteristics
Repetition Rate (nominal)¹	80 MHz
Noise²	<0.2
Stability³	<5%
Spatial Mode	TEM₀₀
Beam Diameter (1/e²)	<2 mm
Beam Divergence, full angle	<1 mrad
Polarization	>500:1 vertical

1. Laser operation is specified at a nominal repetition rate of 80 MHz.
2. Specification represents rma noise measured in a 10 Hz to 2 MHz bandwidth.
3. Percent power drift in any two-hour period with <±1°C temperature change after a one-hour warm up.

Data Sheets

Tsunami Data Sheet (1.1 MB)
Ultrafast Laser Brochure (2 MB)

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Tsunami Ultrafast Lasers

Key Features

Applications

Tsunami HP Specifications1

Tsunami Broadband Specifications1

Standard Tsunami Specifications1

Short Pulse Tsunami Specifications1