Source of optical pulses
    9.
    发明授权
    Source of optical pulses 有权
    光脉冲源

    公开(公告)号:US08902496B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-02

    申请号:US13797640

    申请日:2013-03-12

    摘要: The invention can include an apparatus for producing optical pulses, comprising an oscillator for producing optical pulses at a first optical pulse repetition frequency, the optical pulses having a first frequency of light; a pulse picker for receiving optical pulses having the first optical pulse repetition frequency and operable to reduce the optical pulse repetition frequency to produce optical pulses having the first frequency and a reduced optical pulse repetition frequency that is less than the first optical pulse repetition frequency; an optical fiber receiving optical pulses having the reduced optical pulse repetition frequency and first frequency, to nonlinearly produce light that includes a frequency that is twice the first frequency; and an Ytterbium doped fiber amplifier in optical communication with the pulse picker and the optical fiber and located between the pulse picker and the oscillator.

    摘要翻译: 本发明可以包括用于产生光脉冲的装置,包括用于以第一光脉冲重复频率产生光脉冲的振荡器,所述光脉冲具有第一频率的光; 用于接收具有第一光脉冲重复频率的光脉冲的脉冲拾取器,可用于减小光脉冲重复频率以产生具有小于第一光脉冲重复频率的第一频率和降低的光脉冲重复频率的光脉冲; 接收具有降低的光脉冲重复频率和第一频率的光脉冲的光纤,以非线性地产生包括第一频率的两倍的频率的光; 和掺镱光纤放大器,与脉冲拾取器和光纤进行光通信,并位于脉冲拾取器和振荡器之间。

    Supercontinuum Pulse Source
    10.
    发明申请
    Supercontinuum Pulse Source 有权
    超连续谱脉冲源

    公开(公告)号:US20130208739A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-15

    申请号:US13792179

    申请日:2013-03-10

    IPC分类号: H01S3/10

    摘要: An optical pulse source for generating optical supercontinuum pulses comprises an optical pump laser operable to generate optical pump pulses at a pump pulse repetition rate Rf; a nonlinear optical element comprising an optical fiber for generating optical supercontinuum pulses; an optical modulator operable to selectively control the launch of pump pulses into the optical fiber at a reduced, lower repetition rate Rr=Rf/N in order to generate optical supercontinuum pulses at a selectable and lower repetition rate; an optical fiber amplifier located between the optical modulator and the optical pump laser; wherein the optical supercontinuum pulses generated by the optical fiber have a supercontinuum spanning from below 450 nm to greater than 2000 nm; wherein the optical pulse source is provided with a microprocessor configured to determine when supercontinuum pulses are delivered; and wherein the optical pulse source is configured to provide an output trigger signal.

    摘要翻译: 用于产生光学超连续谱脉冲的光学脉冲源包括可用于以泵浦脉冲重复率Rf产生光泵浦脉冲的光泵浦激光器; 非线性光学元件,包括用于产生光学超连续谱脉冲的光纤; 光学调制器,其可操作以选择性地以减少的较低重复率Rr = Rf / N控制泵浦脉冲发射到光纤中,以便以可选择和较低的重复率产生光学超连续谱脉冲; 位于光调制器和光泵激光器之间的光纤放大器; 其中由光纤产生的光超连续谱脉冲具有跨越450nm以上至大于2000nm的超连续谱; 其中所述光脉冲源设置有微处理器,所述微处理器被配置为确定超连续真空脉冲何时被传送; 并且其中所述光脉冲源被配置为提供输出触发信号。