DE69718960D1 - Wellenlängenabstimmbarer Laser - Google Patents

Wellenlängenabstimmbarer Laser

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DE69718960D1
DE69718960D1 DE69718960T DE69718960T DE69718960D1 DE 69718960 D1 DE69718960 D1 DE 69718960D1 DE 69718960 T DE69718960 T DE 69718960T DE 69718960 T DE69718960 T DE 69718960T DE 69718960 D1 DE69718960 D1 DE 69718960D1
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tunable laser
wavelength tunable
wavelength
laser
tunable
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Kazuyuki Akagawa
Satoshi Wada
Hideo Tashiro
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RIKEN Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
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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
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • 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
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/106—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating by controlling devices placed within the cavity
    • H01S3/1068—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating by controlling devices placed within the cavity using an acousto-optical device
    • 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
    • G02F1/01—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 for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/11—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 for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on acousto-optical elements, e.g. using variable diffraction by sound or like mechanical waves
    • G02F1/116—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 for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on acousto-optical elements, e.g. using variable diffraction by sound or like mechanical waves using an optically anisotropic medium, wherein the incident and the diffracted light waves have different polarizations, e.g. acousto-optic tunable filter [AOTF]
    • 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
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/08—Construction or shape of optical resonators or components thereof
    • H01S3/081—Construction or shape of optical resonators or components thereof comprising three or more reflectors
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
DE69718960T 1996-04-30 1997-04-29 Wellenlängenabstimmbarer Laser Expired - Lifetime DE69718960T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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JP13285396A JP3421194B2 (ja) 1996-04-30 1996-04-30 波長可変レーザーにおける波長選択可能なレーザー発振装置

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DE69718960D1 true DE69718960D1 (de) 2003-03-20
DE69718960T2 DE69718960T2 (de) 2003-06-18

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US (1) US5923685A (de)
EP (1) EP0805530B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3421194B2 (de)
KR (1) KR100451116B1 (de)
CN (1) CN1100375C (de)
CA (1) CA2203733C (de)
DE (1) DE69718960T2 (de)

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US7170913B2 (en) * 2003-06-19 2007-01-30 Multiwave Photonics, Sa Laser source with configurable output beam characteristics
US7197208B2 (en) * 2004-04-13 2007-03-27 Agilent Technologies Wavelength tunable light sources and methods of operating the same
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EP2467906B1 (de) 2009-08-20 2017-12-13 Newport Corporation Winkelstrahleinstellungssysteme und -verfahren für lasersysteme

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EP0805530B1 (de) 2003-02-12
EP0805530A3 (de) 1998-01-28
KR100451116B1 (ko) 2004-12-04
CA2203733C (en) 2008-07-08
CN1100375C (zh) 2003-01-29
CA2203733A1 (en) 1997-10-30
JPH09298331A (ja) 1997-11-18
KR970072571A (ko) 1997-11-07
CN1180952A (zh) 1998-05-06
US5923685A (en) 1999-07-13
DE69718960T2 (de) 2003-06-18
JP3421194B2 (ja) 2003-06-30
EP0805530A2 (de) 1997-11-05

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