公开(公告)号：WO2007123781A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-01

申请号：PCT/US2007/008040

申请日：2007-03-31

Applicant: TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION ,  SLATER, Richard Craig

Inventor： SLATER, Richard Craig

IPC: G02F1/39 ,  H01S3/08 ,  H01S3/083

CPC classification number: G02F1/39 ,  G02F2001/392 ,  G02F2201/16 ,  G02F2203/15 ,  H01S3/0816 ,  H01S3/083 ,  H01S3/115 ,  H01S3/1643

Abstract: An optical parametric oscillator (14) includes a source (10) of coherent energetic pump optical signals and an optical resonator cavity which includes a set of optical parametric amplifying (OPA) crystals (20a, 20b) and a set of optical elements (22, 24, 26) such as mirrors disposed along an optical path. The optical elements are configured (1) to direct an oscillation optical signal (28) generated by the OPA crystals along the optical path, (2) to provide input coupling of the energetic pump optical signals (12a, 12b) such that each energetic pump optical signal travels through only one of the OPA crystals to result in a corresponding depleted pump optical signal, and (3) to provide output coupling of the depleted pump optical signals (18a, 18b) to prevent each depleted pump optical signal from traveling through more than one of the OPA crystals. Resonator cavities have multiple-leg configurations, including "L" and "U" shapes, and either linear (or standing-wave) or ring architectures. The pump source may employ wavefront division or alternatively amplitude division of a single relatively high-power optical pump beam.

Abstract translation: 光学参量振荡器（14）包括相干能量泵浦光信号的源（10）和包括一组光参量放大（OPA）晶体（20a，20b）和一组光学元件（22， 24,26），例如沿着光路布置的反射镜。 光学元件被配置为（1）沿着光路引导由OPA晶体产生的振荡光信号（28），（2）以提供能量泵浦光信号（12a，12b）的输入耦合，使得每个能量泵 光信号仅穿过OPA晶体中的一个晶体，以产生相应的耗尽泵浦光信号，以及（3）提供耗尽的泵浦光信号（18a，18b）的输出耦合，以防止每个耗尽的泵浦光信号通过更多的 比其中一个OPA晶体。 谐振腔具有多支腿配置，包括“L”和“U”形，以及线性（或驻波）或环形结构。 泵浦源可以采用单个相对较高功率的光泵浦波束的波前划分或者可选的振幅分割。