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. 2014 Aug 12;22(17):20138–20143. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.020138

Table 2. Comparison of visible sources in TPF at given average power and scanning speed.

Visible source CR-High-Q OPO (~600 nm) CR-LaserQuantum CR-Calmar

FWHM pulse-width τ 600 fs (estimated) 200 fs (typical) 17 fs (compressed) 17 fs (compressed)

Repetition rate f 80.2 MHz 80 MHz (typical) 1.000 GHz 50.2 MHz

Signal strength (τf)−1 0 dB (reference) 4.8 dB 4.5 dB 17.5 dB

SNR σ2 0 dB (reference) >25.6 dB (assumed) >25.6 dB 18.2 dB