Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fiber mode-locked laser
- Patent Title (中): 光纤锁模激光器
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Application No.: US09439595Application Date: 1999-11-12
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Publication No.: US06385216B1Publication Date: 2002-05-07
- Inventor: Do Il Chang , Ho Young Kim , Kyong Hon Kim , Min Yong Jeon
- Applicant: Do Il Chang , Ho Young Kim , Kyong Hon Kim , Min Yong Jeon
- Priority: KR1998-52932 19981203
- Main IPC: H01S3067
- IPC: H01S3067

Abstract:
An optical fiber mode-locked laser is disclosed. The laser comprises a gain medium doped optical fiber to achieve a population inversion between high and low energy levels by a pump light source and to oscillate optical waves in sequence, a cholesteric liquid crystal circular polarization mirror to transmit the waves from the pump light source and to be operated as a circular polarization reflection mirror for the oscillated optical waves from the gain medium doped optical fiber, a polarization controller to control the polarization state of the proceeding light which is oscillated from the gain medium doped optical fiber, a dispersion shifted fiber to give a non-linear effect to the proceeding light through the polarization controller, and an optical fiber laser output mirror which forms a resonator by putting out some portion of the proceeding light by transmission and reflecting the other portion of the light. With the present invention, one can effectively produce an ultrashort pulse with a simple structure and a few parts thereby improve an economic competence.
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