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Chameleon Ti:Sapphire

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Widely tunable, high power, hands-free femtosecond lasers for multiphoton imaging, ultrafast spectroscopy, and non-linear materials studies.

With thousands of installations worldwide, Chameleon Ti:Sapphire lasers are recognized as genuine workhorses of the multiphoton imaging community. Industry leading power and tunability further expand the possibilities in other ultrafast non-linear studies.

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Chameleon Ti:Sapphire Family

A wide selection of models is available depending on your application. The wavelength coverage of Ti:Sapphire can be further extended by our range of automated Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs).

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Product Specifications

Product Name	Key Features	Output Power (W)	Tuning Range (nm)
Chameleon Ultra	Highest power and widest tuning	>2.5 at 800 nm	690 to 1020
Chameleon Ultra I		>2.9 at 800 nm	690 to 1040
Chameleon Ultra II		>3.5 at 800 nm	680 to 1080
Chameleon Vision I	Adjustable GDD precompensation	>2.5 at 800 nm	690 to 1040
Chameleon Vision II	Adjustable GDD precompensation	>3.0 at 800 nm	680 to 1080
Chameleon Vision-S	GDD precompensation and shortest (75 fs) pulse width	>2.5 at 800 nm	690 to 1050
Chameleon Compact OPO	Long wavelength extension.	>700 mW	1000 to 1600 (OPO signal) 1750 to 4000 (idler option)
Chameleon Compact OPO-Vis	Extension to visible and IR wavelengths.	>700 mW at 1100 nm >1000 mW at 400 nm	340 to 1600 1750 to 4000 (idler option)
Chameleon MPX	Wavelength extension to 1340 nm with dispersion precompensation	>750 mW	1010 to 1340
Chameleon VUE Harmonics	Harmonics generation options for Ti:Sapphire lasers	Conversion efficiency: VUE SHG: >40% VUE THG: >10%	Tuning range: VUE SHG: 340 to 540 VUE THG: 227 to 540

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