公开(公告)号：US20190173254A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16209399

申请日：2018-12-04

Applicant: TERAXION INC.

Inventor： François TRÉPANIER ,  Pascal Deladurantaye ,  Axel Saumier-Verret ,  Sylvain Boudreau ,  René Dionne ,  Mathieu Demers ,  Jean-Thomas Landry

IPC: H01S3/00 ,  H01S3/067 ,  H01S3/04

Abstract: A bulk compressor for use in a chirped pulse amplification system (CPA) comprising a tunable pulse stretcher and an amplifier is provided. The bulk compressor includes a mounting block formed as a monolithic structure and made of solid material. The mounting block may define a plurality of mounting surfaces each forming a collar surrounding a light passage. Optical components are mounted on the mounting block in a fixed mutual spatial relationship, each optical component having a front face having a peripheral portion mounted in direct contact with the collar formed by a respective one of the mounting surfaces. The bulk compressor may be provided as a stand-alone component, a part of a stretcher-compressor pair or a full CPA system, and may be used in a method for amplifying input optical pulses.

公开(公告)号：US11349271B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16209399

申请日：2018-12-04

Applicant: TERAXION INC.

Inventor： François Trépanier ,  Pascal Deladurantaye ,  Axel Saumier-Verret ,  Sylvain Boudreau ,  René Dionne ,  Mathieu Demers ,  Jean-Thomas Landry

IPC: H01S3/00 ,  H01S3/04 ,  H01S3/067 ,  H01S3/02

Abstract: A bulk compressor for use in a chirped pulse amplification system (CPA) comprising a tunable pulse stretcher and an amplifier is provided. The bulk compressor includes a mounting block formed as a monolithic structure and made of solid material. The mounting block may define a plurality of mounting surfaces each forming a collar surrounding a light passage. Optical components are mounted on the mounting block in a fixed mutual spatial relationship, each optical component having a front face having a peripheral portion mounted in direct contact with the collar formed by a respective one of the mounting surfaces. The bulk compressor may be provided as a stand-alone component, a part of a stretcher-compressor pair or a full CPA system, and may be used in a method for amplifying input optical pulses.