Cavity thickness compensated etalon filter
    2.
    发明授权
    Cavity thickness compensated etalon filter 失效
    腔厚校准标准具过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US5710655A

    公开(公告)日:1998-01-20

    申请号:US571283

    申请日:1995-12-12

    IPC分类号: G02F1/21 G02F1/03

    CPC分类号: G02F1/21 G02F1/216

    摘要: A cavity thickness compensated etalon filter. A tuning medium is placed in a Fabry-Perot etalon cavity. The index of refraction of the tuning medium varies as a function of voltage applied across the medium. The etalon is formed of two generally flat substrates disposed substantially parallel to one another. Each substrate has a layer of conductive material within the cavity adjacent the substrate. Each substrate also has a layer of reflective material within the cavity adjacent the substrate. At least one layer of reflective material is only partially reflective so as to enable light to pass into and out of the cavity. Liquid crystal material may be used as a tuning medium in the cavity. In the case of liquid crystal material, the etalon also comprises an alignment layer disposed within the cavity adjacent each substrate to pre-order the liquid crystal material. Means are provided for selectively varying the profile of the voltage across the tuning medium so as to compensate for variation in flatness and separation of the etalon substrates. Means are also provided to the render the filter polarization insensitive.

    摘要翻译: 腔体厚度补偿标准具过滤器。 调谐介质放置在法布里 - 珀罗标准具腔中。 调谐介质的折射率随着施加在介质上的电压的函数而变化。 标准具由基本上彼此平行设置的两个基本平坦的基板形成。 每个衬底在邻近衬底的腔内具有一层导电材料。 每个衬底还具有邻近衬底的空腔内的反射材料层。 至少一层反射材料仅是部分反射的,以便使光能够进入和离开空腔。 液晶材料可以用作空腔中的调谐介质。 在液晶材料的情况下,标准具还包括配置在邻近每个衬底的腔内的取向层,以预订液晶材料。 提供了用于选择性地改变调谐介质上的电压分布的装置,以补偿标准具基板的平坦度和分离的变化。 还提供了使滤光器偏振不敏感的手段。

    Ultra-short optical pulse source
    3.
    发明授权
    Ultra-short optical pulse source 失效
    超短脉冲源

    公开(公告)号:US5014015A

    公开(公告)日:1991-05-07

    申请号:US446515

    申请日:1989-12-05

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00 H01S5/00 H01S5/062

    摘要: An ultra-short optical pulse source uses a gain-switched laser diode with a dispersive delay line to compress the optical pulse output from the laser diode, the gain-switched laser diode having particular spectral characteristics. The gain-switched laser diode may be tested by energizing it with a continuous wave signal at or near the lasing threshold level. The resulting spectrum is examined for the presence of satellite spectral intensity features. Those gain-switched laser diodes that exhibit a spectrum having all satellite spectral features below a predetermined level with respect to the intensity of a principal spectral component are selected for use in the ultra-short optical pulse source.