CA965176A - Laser system for producing wavelength-tunable optical radiation - Google Patents

Laser system for producing wavelength-tunable optical radiation

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CA965176A
CA965176A CA134,892A CA134892A CA965176A CA 965176 A CA965176 A CA 965176A CA 134892 A CA134892 A CA 134892A CA 965176 A CA965176 A CA 965176A
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laser system
optical radiation
tunable optical
producing wavelength
wavelength
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CA134,892A
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CA134892S (en
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Clarence F. Dewey (Jr.)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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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
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/094034—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light the pumped medium being a dye
    • 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
    • G02F1/3534—Three-wave interaction, e.g. sum-difference frequency generation

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
CA134,892A 1971-07-12 1972-02-15 Laser system for producing wavelength-tunable optical radiation Expired CA965176A (en)

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CA (1) CA965176A (cs)
DD (1) DD102522A5 (cs)
DE (1) DE2231744A1 (cs)

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EP0148266B1 (en) * 1983-07-08 1991-03-27 AT&T Corp. Wavelength division multiplexing optical communications systems
US4710635A (en) * 1986-04-14 1987-12-01 Becton, Dickinson And Company Dual laser excitation from single laser source
US5363388A (en) * 1991-10-18 1994-11-08 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Continuously tunable solid state ultraviolet coherent light source
US5412674A (en) * 1992-10-26 1995-05-02 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Compact rapidly modulatable diode-pumped visible laser
US5408481A (en) * 1992-10-26 1995-04-18 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Intracavity sum frequency generation using a tunable laser containing an active mirror
US5375132A (en) * 1993-05-05 1994-12-20 Coherent, Inc. Solid state laser with interleaved output
US5790303A (en) 1997-01-23 1998-08-04 Positive Light, Inc. System for amplifying an optical pulse using a diode-pumped, Q-switched, intracavity-doubled laser to pump an optical amplifier
DE102004033050A1 (de) * 2004-07-08 2006-01-26 International University Bremen Gmbh Photostabilisierung von Fluoreszenzfarbstoffen

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US3636474A (en) * 1968-11-27 1972-01-18 United Aircraft Corp Ultrashort optical pulse generation utilizing laserpumped lasers
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