Abstract:
An optical amplification system includes: three or more nodes; a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes; an amplification light input unit configured to input amplification light to a core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber; an amplification unit configured to amplify communication light transmitted through at least one core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber using the amplification light, the amplification unit being provided in the nodes or between the nodes; and an amplification light coupling unit configured to couple the amplification light input by the amplification light input unit to the amplification unit.
Abstract:
An adjustable array includes a plurality of optical devices. Each adjustable array device has an optical light output therefrom and is configured whereby the corresponding optical lights of the plurality of optical devices have a predefined nonequivalent relationship relative to one another with respect to an output parameter. In response to a drive signal, the plurality of optical devices are further configured to adjust the corresponding optical lights with respect to the output parameter while substantially maintaining the predefined nonequivalent relationship.
Abstract:
A laser apparatus generating frequency converted light. Embodiments of the laser apparatus described herein apply a cascade of nonlinear frequency mixer for sum frequency generation (SFG) or difference frequency generation (DFG) between two frequency components of a spectrally combined laser beam with at least two spectral components originating from two respective laser sources, SFG of two frequency components beams offers up to a factor of four amplification of output power over SHG of a single laser beam.
Abstract:
A method of irradiating an electromagnetic pulse includes specifying a position of a target having electronic equipment; setting the light-condensing point based on the position of the target; and condensing the laser beam to generate plasma in the light-condensing point such that the electromagnetic pulse generated from the plasma is irradiated to the electronic equipment. In this way, a method and system for irradiating an electromagnetic pulse are realized which can irradiate the electromagnetic pulse of a large output while restraining diffusion of the electromagnetic pulse.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an excimer laser composite cavity, comprising a laser discharge cavity, a laser output module, a line-width narrowing module, and a laser amplification module. The laser discharge cavity contains work gas for generating laser when it is activated by an excitation source. The laser discharge cavity, the laser output module, and the line-width narrowing module constitute a line-width narrowing cavity configured to narrow down a line-width of the laser generated by the work gas. The laser discharge cavity, the laser output module, and the laser amplification module constitute an amplification cavity configured to amplify power of the laser with the line-width having been narrowed down by the line-width narrowing cavity.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser that can emit an inclined beam at a larger inclination angle with a smaller loss in light. Provided is a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser comprising a laminated structure including: a two-dimensional photonic crystal (2DPC) layer 11 in which refractive index distribution is formed by two-dimensionally arranging air holes 111 in a plate-shaped base member 114; and an active layer 12 for generating light having a wavelength » L by receiving an injection of an electric current, the two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser emitting a laser beam in the direction of an inclination angle ¸ from the normal to the 2DPC layer 11, wherein the air holes 111 in the 2DPC layer 11 are modulated at respective lattice points of a basic two-dimensional lattice whose periodicity is determined such that a resonant state of the light having the wavelength » L is created by forming a two-dimensional standing wave while the light is prevented from being emitted to the outside, and a phase ¨ of the modulation is expressed as ¨=r†‘·G'†‘ by using a position vector r†‘ of each lattice point and a reciprocal lattice vector G'†‘=(g' x , g' y )=(k x ±|k†‘|(sin¸ cosÕ)/n eff , k y ±|k†‘|(sin¸ sinÕ)/n eff ), the reciprocal lattice vector G'†‘ being expressed by using: a wave vector k†‘=(k x , k y ) of the light having the wavelength » L in the 2DPC layer 11; an effective refractive index n eff of the 2DPC layer 11; and an azimuthal angle Õ from a predetermined reference line of the basic two-dimensional lattice.
Abstract:
A laser pulse generated by a fiber laser is used in a method and a device for processing materials. An optical switching element (16) arranged in the beam path of the laser beam (L) is closed at the earliest when the output power (P) of the laser beam (L) falls below a specified value.
Abstract:
An atomic oscillator includes an alkali metal cell encapsulating an alkali metal atom; a light source that emits laser light; a light detector that detects light which has passed through the alkali metal cell; and a polarizer arranged between the alkali metal cell and the light detector. A modulation frequency in the light source is controlled, according to a coherent population trapping resonance which is a light absorption characteristic of a quantum interference effect for two kinds of resonant lights, by modulating the light source to generate sidebands and injecting laser lights with the sidebands into the alkali metal cell. A magnetic field is applied on the alkali metal cell in a direction parallel to a propagating direction of the laser light, and the laser light entering the alkali metal cell has a linear polarization, which is not parallel to a polarization direction of the polarizer.
Abstract:
A power supply for laser systems is configured with a DC power source having an output source voltage, an energy accumulator operatively connected to the output of the DC power source, and a pump. Coupled between the accumulator and source is a first DC to DC switched-mode power converter operative to charge the accumulator with voltage which may be same or different from the source voltage. The power supply further includes a second DC to DC switched-mode power converter coupled between the accumulator and pump and operative to discharge accumulator to the same or different, output voltage. The DC to DC converter are configured so that current pulses at the input of the pump each have a peak value greater than the power source current.
Abstract:
Laser-induced damage in an optical material can be mitigated by creating conditions at which light absorption is minimized. Specifically, electrons populating defect energy levels of a band gap in an optical material can be promoted to the conduction band—a process commonly referred to as bleaching. Such bleaching can be accomplished using a predetermined wavelength that ensures minimum energy deposition into the material, ideally promoting electron to just inside the conduction band. In some cases phonon (i.e. thermal) excitation can also be used to achieve higher depopulation rates. In one embodiment, a bleaching light beam having a wavelength longer than that of the laser beam can be combined with the laser beam to depopulate the defect energy levels in the band gap. The bleaching light beam can be propagated in the same direction or intersect the laser beam.