EP2619858A4 - Method and system for pulse reformatting in optical amplifiers - Google Patents

Method and system for pulse reformatting in optical amplifiers

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Publication number
EP2619858A4
EP2619858A4 EP11848593.7A EP11848593A EP2619858A4 EP 2619858 A4 EP2619858 A4 EP 2619858A4 EP 11848593 A EP11848593 A EP 11848593A EP 2619858 A4 EP2619858 A4 EP 2619858A4
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Prior art keywords
reformatting
pulse
optical amplifiers
amplifiers
optical
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EP11848593.7A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2619858A1 (en
Inventor
Alvin Charles Erlandson
John Allyn Caird
Mark A Henesian
Kenneth Rene Manes
Robert J Deri
Andrew James Bayramian
Mary Louis Spaeth
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Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC
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Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC
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Publication of EP2619858A1 publication Critical patent/EP2619858A1/en
Publication of EP2619858A4 publication Critical patent/EP2619858A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/005—Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
    • H01S3/0092—Nonlinear frequency conversion, e.g. second harmonic generation [SHG] or sum- or difference-frequency generation outside the laser cavity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/353—Frequency conversion, i.e. wherein a light beam is generated with frequency components different from those of the incident light beams
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/353—Frequency conversion, i.e. wherein a light beam is generated with frequency components different from those of the incident light beams
    • G02F1/354—Third or higher harmonic generation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2203/00—Function characteristic
    • G02F2203/26—Pulse shaping; Apparatus or methods therefor
EP11848593.7A 2010-11-08 2011-11-08 Method and system for pulse reformatting in optical amplifiers Withdrawn EP2619858A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US41136010P 2010-11-08 2010-11-08
PCT/US2011/059688 WO2012082260A1 (en) 2010-11-08 2011-11-08 Method and system for pulse reformatting in optical amplifiers

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EP2619858A1 EP2619858A1 (en) 2013-07-31
EP2619858A4 true EP2619858A4 (en) 2014-01-08

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EP (1) EP2619858A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2014500979A (en)
KR (1) KR20130118337A (en)
CA (1) CA2816335A1 (en)
RU (1) RU2013126418A (en)
WO (1) WO2012082260A1 (en)

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US7400658B1 (en) * 2007-03-08 2008-07-15 Coherent, Inc. Quasi-CW UV laser with low peak pulse-power

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WO2012082260A1 (en) 2012-06-21
JP2014500979A (en) 2014-01-16
EP2619858A1 (en) 2013-07-31
KR20130118337A (en) 2013-10-29
CA2816335A1 (en) 2012-06-21
RU2013126418A (en) 2014-12-20

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