公开(公告)号：US11201448B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US17109471

申请日：2020-12-02

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Yannick Morel ,  Peter Budni ,  Peter Ketteridge ,  Michael Lemons ,  Kevin T Werner

IPC: H01S3/00 ,  G02F1/39 ,  G02F1/355 ,  G02F1/35 ,  H01S3/16

Abstract: The system and method of producing a first path comprising a pulse stretcher for a mid-wave infrared (MWIR) signal, an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) amplifier, and a MWIR compressor for producing a first beam in a MWIR portion of the spectrum and a second path comprising a pulse stretcher for a long wave infrared (LWIR) signal, an OPCPA amplifier, and a LWIR compressor for producing a second beam in a LWIR portion of the spectrum. Each beam, on its own, is configured to produce laser-matter interactions at long range (100s of meters), having nonlinear effects and favoring supercontinuum generation spanning multiple octaves, that is temporally and spatially overlapped with the fundamental laser beam.