Abstract:
A coating (10) between a nonlinear crystal (5) and a silicon prism coupler (9), prevents transmission of radiation scattered within the crystal (5) by filtering out frequencies outside the silicon bandgap to avoid free carrier absorption, but transmits THz frequencies that correspond to the bandgap.
Abstract:
An intra-cavity optical parametric oscillator. The oscillator includes means (30) for providing a non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations.
Abstract:
An optical parametric oscillator comprising: an optical cavity; a semiconductor gain- medium (14) located within the optical cavity, such that together they form a semiconductor laser, and a nonlinear material (24) located within the cavity such that the nonlinear material continuously generates down- converted idler- and signal-waves in response to a pump-wave continuously generated by the semiconductor gain-medium, wherein the pump wave is resonant within the optical cavity and one or other but not both of the down-converted waves is resonant within the pump wave cavity or a further optical cavity. Brewster plates (40) ensure singly resonant OPO and a birefringent filter (30) is used for frequency setting. Coupled cavities alllow for setting the photon lifetime in the cavity that relaxation oscillations are prevented.
Abstract:
A parametric device having a non-linear material (4) for generating an idler wave and a signal wave (16) in response to a pump wave (14), the pump, idler and signal waves being non-collinear, the device having a cavity (10, 11) resonant at the pump wavelength and means for varying the angle between the propagation directions of the pump and idler waves.
Abstract:
A back scatter absorption detector/imager having an optical parametric device for generating sensing radiation, the optical parametric device having a nonlinear medium (NLC) and a pump wave laser source, the nonlinear medium (NLC) being able to generate a signal and an idler wave in response to being stimulated with the pump wave, thereby to generate sensing radiation, and a detector (D) for detecting any sensing radiation back-scattered from a target area, characterised in that the pump wave laser source and the nonlinear medium (NLC) are provided in the same optical cavity.
Abstract:
A method of optimising parametric gain in a nonlinear optical crystal that in response to application of a pump beam generates through a parametric generation process signal and idler beams, wherein the signal beam is non-collinear with the pump beam and the signal beam is subject to absorption due to the nonlinear material, the method involving shaping the pump beam to have an elliptical cross section, wherein the method further involves determining the width w of the pump beam depending on the absorption co- efficient of the optical crystal.
Abstract:
An intra-cavity optical parametric oscillator. The oscillator includes means (30) for providing a non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations.
Abstract:
A frequency comb generator (10) comprising a non-linear material (16), such as a non-linear crystal, that produces two or more down-converted waves when optically stimulated using an optical pump (14). The generator (10) has two optical cavities (18, 28), the first (18) being a pump wave cavity in which radiation from the pump is resonant, the second being a down converted wave cavity (28) in which one or more of the down-converted waves is resonant. The non-linear material (16) is included in the pump cavity. Included in the down-converted cavity (28) is a phase modulator (12).
Abstract:
A communications system comprising at least one light source, a side-emitting fibre light rope into which light emitted from the light source is coupled, and means for sending at least one data carrying optical signal along the light rope.