EP4359863A1 - Strahlungsfeldbereitstellungsvorrichtung - Google Patents
StrahlungsfeldbereitstellungsvorrichtungInfo
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- EP4359863A1 EP4359863A1 EP22740778.0A EP22740778A EP4359863A1 EP 4359863 A1 EP4359863 A1 EP 4359863A1 EP 22740778 A EP22740778 A EP 22740778A EP 4359863 A1 EP4359863 A1 EP 4359863A1
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- G—PHYSICS
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- 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
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- G02F1/353—Frequency conversion, i.e. wherein a light beam is generated with frequency components different from those of the incident light beams
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- G—PHYSICS
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- 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
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- 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
- G02F1/3544—Particular phase matching techniques
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- 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
- G02F1/3501—Constructional details or arrangements of non-linear optical devices, e.g. shape of non-linear crystals
- G02F1/3503—Structural association of optical elements, e.g. lenses, with the non-linear optical device
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- 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
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a radiation field providing device, in which in particular an optical path for a radiation field is defined.
- the object of the invention is to improve a device for providing a radiation field.
- the radiation field providing device comprises a frequency conversion body, the frequency conversion body being partially formed from a frequency-converting medium and a reflector.
- an advantage of the invention can be seen in the fact that an incident radiation field is subject to frequency conversion by the frequency-converting medium, and a compact design is made possible with the reflector integrated in the frequency body.
- one advantage of the invention can be seen in the fact that on the reflector side behind the reflector a free installation space is made available through which the radiation field does not pass and in which therefore parts of the radiation field provision device, such as a holder and/or parts of a cooling system , can be arranged without affecting the radiation field.
- heat which arises for example as a result of parasitic effects in the frequency conversion body, can preferably be dissipated essentially by a heat sink arranged behind the reflector in relation to a propagation direction of the radiation field.
- a temperature gradient in the irradiated region of the frequency conversion body is advantageously oriented at least approximately in the same direction, and thus thermally induced interference is at least reduced.
- essentially the entire lateral extent of the frequency conversion body can be used to cool a heat sink behind the reflector without negatively affecting propagation of the radiation field, with the cooling of the Frequency conversion body is improved.
- the radiation field provision device is particularly favorable for pulsed radiation fields, for example pulsed lasers with high peak power densities and/or with high average power.
- one advantage of the invention is that the double passage through the frequency conversion body means that it can be made thinner and thermal inhomogeneities can be reduced as a result.
- a radiation field is subject to a frequency conversion in the frequency-converting medium, at least when required and adapted conditions are present, in which a radiation field component is at least is partially converted into another radiation field component with a different frequency.
- a radiation field component involved in a frequency conversion in the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body that is included in the radiation field before, in particular immediately, impinges on the frequency conversion body is at least partially converted into a radiation field component with another by the frequency conversion frequency is converted.
- the frequency conversion takes place in the frequency conversion body after striking the frequency conversion body and before leaving the frequency conversion body.
- At least one other component is generated from at least one component of the radiation field, which component has a higher frequency than the output component.
- the frequency of this portion is multiplied in at least one portion of the radiation field, in particular a frequency is doubled and/or a frequency is tripled.
- At least one other component with a lower frequency is generated from at least one component of the radiation field during the frequency conversion.
- the frequency conversion takes place in particular by non-linear processes in the frequency conversion body.
- frequency conversion is a macroscopic process that occurs through constructive interference of microscopic processes.
- At least one section of the optical path runs within the frequency conversion body.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path is thus subject to a frequency conversion at least partially along this section.
- the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body comprises one branch or several branches.
- the radiation field radiated into the frequency conversion body interacts with it along at least one branch within the frequency conversion body, so that a frequency conversion and/or a reflection of the radiation field occurs as a result of this interaction.
- the radiation field penetrates the frequency conversion body along at least one branch.
- an evanescent field of the radiation field is formed along at least one branch of the optical path in the frequency conversion body.
- the radiation field propagates in a waveguide structure at least along one branch in the frequency conversion body.
- the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body has a incident branch, which in particular impinges on the reflector, and a reflected branch, wherein in particular the incident branch merges into the reflected branch at the reflector.
- a frequency conversion takes place along at least one branch of the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body when a radiation field propagates along the optical path.
- a frequency conversion takes place at least along the reflected branch.
- the propagation of the radiation field after the reflection in the frequency conversion body is thus advantageously used in order to achieve the frequency conversion.
- the reflected branch of the optical path is aligned in the frequency conversion body in such a way that the necessary conditions for the processes bringing about the frequency conversion are met along this branch.
- a frequency conversion takes place at least along the incident branch.
- the propagation of the radiation field in the frequency conversion body before the reflection is thus advantageously used in order to achieve frequency conversion in the radiation field.
- the incident branch of the optical path is aligned in the frequency conversion body in such a way that the necessary conditions for the processes causing the frequency conversion are met along this branch.
- the frequency conversion takes place along the incident branch and along the reflected branch, so that the Frequency conversion takes place along a long section of the optical path and thus a high frequency conversion rate is achieved.
- no frequency conversion takes place along at least one branch of the optical path in the frequency conversion body, in particular along the incident branch.
- the at least one branch for example the incident branch, is aligned in the frequency conversion body in such a way that the necessary conditions for the processes causing the frequency conversion are not met along this branch, and so no frequency conversion takes place.
- the radiation field provision device can be of simpler construction, since only the output components of the radiation field have to be reflected on the reflector and it is not necessary to ensure that the frequency-converted components also have to be reflected.
- the reflector there is no requirement for the reflector to reflect the output components and the frequency-converted components in a phase-matched manner. For example, this requirement is otherwise to be met in order to avoid reverse conversion after reflection.
- the frequency-converting medium no further information has been given so far.
- the frequency-converting medium is an optically non-linear and/or optically anisotropic medium.
- the frequency-converting medium is formed by a crystal, in particular an optically non-linear and/or optically anisotropic crystal.
- the crystal is beta barium borate (BBO) and/or lithium triborate (LBO) and/or cesium lithium borate (CLBO) and/or potassium diphosphate (KDP) and/or lithium niobate (LNB).
- BBO beta barium borate
- LBO lithium triborate
- CLBO cesium lithium borate
- KDP potassium diphosphate
- LNB lithium niobate
- a photonic crystal forms the frequency-converting medium.
- the photonic crystal has a one-dimensional or two-dimensional or a three-dimensional periodic structure.
- the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body has at least one distinguished axis.
- The, in particular macroscopic, frequency conversion takes place in a radiation field which propagates at a frequency conversion angle to the axis indicated.
- the frequency conversion angle is 0°.
- the frequency conversion angle is different from 0, ie in particular greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°.
- the frequency-converting medium has a plurality of frequency conversion angles, which in particular differ only slightly, which lie in a frequency conversion angle band.
- frequency conversion takes place in the frequency-converting medium in a radiation field whose radiation field components involved in frequency conversion propagate at one of the frequency conversion angles in the frequency conversion angle band to the designated axis, with the necessary conditions for macroscopic frequency conversion being met at these frequency conversion angles.
- frequency conversion angles that are at a center of the frequency conversion angle band are frequency converted with higher efficiency than frequency conversion angles that are at an edge of the frequency conversion angle band.
- the frequency conversion angle band includes at least angles in an angle range of up to 5°, in particular of up to 2°, for example of up to 1°.
- frequency-converting processes can still take place on a microscopic scale, but there are other necessary processes Conditions for the, in particular macroscopic, frequency conversion do not exist, so that no or at least no efficient frequency conversion takes place for these radiation fields.
- the distinguished axis is an optical axis of the frequency conversion body.
- the distinguished axis is a major axis of the refractive index ellipsoid of the frequency-converting medium.
- the distinguished axis is an axis of a grating vector of the frequency-converting medium.
- the distinguished axis is in particular a crystal axis of the crystal.
- the incident branch and the reflected branch run symmetrically to the marked axis.
- the two branches run at a frequency conversion angle to the marked axis.
- the result is that the frequency conversion takes place both along the incident branch and along the reflected branch, and a high rate of frequency conversion is thus achieved.
- the conditions for the frequency conversion are preferably met at least along these branches and in particular along at least the majority of the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body, and reverse conversion is at least largely avoided.
- the incident branch and the reflected branch run asymmetrically to the marked axis.
- the two branches run at different angles relative to the marked axis.
- one advantage of this is that due to the asymmetrical orientation of the two branches, different processes take place along them and/or a process that takes place along one branch does not take place along the other branch.
- At least one branch for example the incident branch, runs at an angle to the marked axis, which deviates from a frequency conversion angle and/or is outside the frequency conversion angle band, so that the processes causing the frequency conversion do not take place along this branch , at least not on a macroscopic scale.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path is reflected by the reflector after, in particular immediately, impinging on the frequency conversion body and before, in particular immediately, leaving the frequency conversion body.
- the frequency conversion body has an entry side at which the optical path enters the frequency conversion body.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path enters the frequency conversion body on the entry side.
- the frequency conversion body has an exit side at which the optical path exits from the frequency conversion body.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path emerges from the frequency conversion body on the exit side.
- the reflector is at least partially formed on a side of the frequency conversion body that is opposite a side forming the entry side and/or the exit side.
- a radiation field radiated onto the frequency conversion body at the entry side into the Frequency conversion body enters and is propagated along the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body, in particular along the incident branch, up to the reflector and reflected on it and further along the section running in the frequency conversion body, in particular along the reflected branch, in propagated further through the frequency conversion body until it emerges from the frequency conversion body on the exit side.
- the incident branch and/or reflected branch runs/run through the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector is formed at least partially on the side of the frequency conversion body that forms the entry side and/or the exit side.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path interacts with part of the reflector on the entry side and at least part of the radiation field, for example an evanescent field, enters the frequency-converting medium, so that the frequency conversion takes place there, and through a coupling of the frequency-converted radiation field component with the radiation field component interacting with the reflector, the reflected radiation field comprises at least one frequency-converted radiation field component.
- the radiation field for example an evanescent field
- modes that interact with the part of the reflector formed on the entry side and/or exit side and modes that interact with the frequency-converting medium are coupled in such a way that the reflected radiation field includes at least one frequency-converted radiation field component.
- the frequency-converting medium in particular a part of the frequency-conversion body which is formed from the frequency-converted medium, has a reflector side.
- the reflector is at least partially formed on the reflector side of the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector is arranged on the reflector side of the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector is attached to the frequency-converting medium, in particular to its reflector side.
- the reflector is bonded to the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector is formed at least partially from the frequency-converting medium.
- a lattice structure of the reflector which is explained in more detail below, is at least partially formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- the entry side and/or exit side of the frequency conversion body is formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector is formed and/or arranged on a side of the part of the frequency conversion body formed from the frequency-converting medium that is opposite the side forming the entry side and/or the exit side.
- the reflector to have an at least essentially flat reflection surface.
- the at least essentially planar reflection surface is planar or has a radius of curvature which is greater than 0.5 m, preferably greater than 1 m, in particular greater than 2 m, for example greater than 8 m.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path is reflected relative to the in particular at least essentially planar reflection surface.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path is reflected at least on a macroscopic scale relative to the reflection surface.
- a radiation field propagating along the optical path is indeed reflected at the reflector, but a beam geometry of the radiation field, for example a collimated radiation field, is at least essentially retained during the reflection.
- a slight curvature of the reflector, in particular the reflection surface, is favorable, for example, for connecting, in particular bonding, the reflector to the part formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- the at least essentially planar reflection surface extends essentially in a geometric reflection plane.
- the reflection surface in particular the geometric reflection plane, is aligned symmetrically to the marked axis in such a way that both the incident branch and the reflected branch run at a frequency conversion angle, i.e. in particular at an angle of the frequency conversion angle band, to the marked axis.
- the reflection surface, in particular the geometric reflection plane runs at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis.
- the marked axis runs obliquely to the reflection surface, in particular to the reflection plane, but symmetrically in such a way that the incident branch and the reflected branch run at a frequency conversion angle to the marked axis.
- the marked axis runs in a plane of symmetry, which runs perpendicular to a plane in which the incident branch and the reflected branch run, and which is the normal of the reflection surface, based on which the angle of incidence of the incident branch and the angle of emergence of the reflected branch Astes is measured contains.
- the reflection surface in particular the geometric reflection plane, runs asymmetrically to the marked axis in such a way that different optical conditions exist along the incident branch and along the reflected branch.
- the reflection surface in particular the geometric reflection plane, runs asymmetrically to the marked axis in such a way that a branch of the optical path, in particular the reflected branch, runs at a frequency conversion angle, i.e. in particular at an angle within the frequency conversion angle band, to the marked axis and the other branch, for example the incident branch, runs at an angle to the marked axis which is so different from a frequency conversion angle and/or lies outside the frequency conversion angle band that along this branch the necessary conditions for the processes that bring about the macroscopic frequency conversion in particular are met are not fulfilled.
- the device can be of simpler construction in that, for example, the reflector does not have to reflect the radiation field components under conditions specially adapted to the frequency conversion.
- a frequency conversion takes place along one branch and a frequency conversion and/or reverse conversion is at least largely prevented along the other branch.
- the course of the optical path through the frequency conversion body is such, in particular due to the orientation of the incident branch and/or the reflected branch and/or the reflection surface, that undesired processes, in particular parasitic processes such as absorption and/or processes causing undesired frequency conversion, reduced, in particular suppressed as far as possible.
- the reflector provides a reflected radiation field, in particular on the reflected branch, in which the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion meet conditions adapted to the frequency conversion.
- the reflector provides a reflected radiation field in which the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion have a phase relationship to one another that is adapted to the frequency conversion.
- the frequency conversion can take place, for example, along the reflected branch.
- undesired oscillations between the radiation field components and/or a reverse conversion of already frequency-converted radiation field components are at least reduced, preferably at least approximately suppressed, by conditions adapted to the frequency conversion, in particular an adapted phase relationship.
- the reflector is designed in such a way that a phase relationship between at least the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion remains at least approximately unchanged by the reflector, wherein in particular reflected radiation field components from incident radiation field components also have phase relationships with one another that are required and/or adapted for the frequency conversion have a phase relationship to one another that is required and/or adapted for the frequency conversion.
- the reflector thus impairs the frequency conversion of the radiation field components at most to a small extent; the reflector preferably imperceptibly impairs the frequency conversion.
- This property of the reflector is particularly favorable in embodiments in which the frequency conversion takes place along the incident branch and the reflected branch, since the frequency conversion is then essentially not disturbed by the reflector.
- the reflector can be designed in many different ways.
- the reflector comprises a dielectric mirror, for example designed as a dielectric mirror.
- the reflector comprises a multiplicity of layers. It is preferably built up from this multiplicity of layers.
- the layers are dielectric layers.
- At least one layer preferably at least some of the layers are formed from an amorphous material.
- At least one layer is made of SiO2 and/or Ta2O5 and/or HfC>2 and/or Al2O3 and/or Nb 2 O 5 and/or PO2.
- At least one layer preferably at least some of the layers, are made of a crystalline material.
- At least one layer or at least some layers are formed from GaAs/AlAs, in particular as a crystalline layer. These have particularly advantageous optical and/or thermal properties.
- the layers are formed from SC2O5 and/or LU2O3 and/or LuScÜ3.
- the reflector has at least one metallic layer.
- the metallic layer is preferably arranged on a side of the frequency conversion body which is opposite the side forming the entry side and/or the exit side.
- the metallic layer supports the reflection property of the reflector.
- the metallic layer has good thermal conductivity and thus improves heat dissipation.
- a particularly favorable connection of the reflector to a further body, in particular to a heat sink, is made possible with the metal layer arranged on the side opposite the incidence side, for example by metallic bonding. This advantageously enables a connection which has a low thermal resistance.
- the multiplicity of layers comprises at least one layer structure in which the layers preferably alternately have a high and a low refractive index.
- the multiplicity of layers comprises only one layer structure, in particular that it is made up of this one layer structure.
- an incoming radiation field which in particular has only a relevant radiation field component
- the reflector which is designed in particular in such a way that this one relevant radiation field component is reflected highly efficiently.
- the radiation field, in particular the one relevant radiation field component is subjected to frequency conversion along the reflected branch.
- the reflector consisting of only one layer structure offers a structurally simple solution.
- the reflector has a plurality of layer assemblies, with each of the layer assemblies being designed to be reflective for one or more radiation field portions of the radiation field portions involved in the frequency conversion.
- the reflector has a layer assembly that reflects this radiation field component.
- the reflector has at least one layer structure which is reflective for at least two of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion.
- each layer assembly is designed to reflect at least one part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion, preferably highly efficiently, i.e. in particular to reflect at least 95%, preferably to reflect at least 99%, for example to reflect at least 99.5%.
- At least some layers in particular the layers of a respective layer assembly, each have such a thickness that the optical path length through this layer corresponds at least approximately to a quarter of a wavelength of a radiation field component to be reflected.
- the reflector comprises at least one layer for a phase adjustment of at least one part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion.
- At least one layer is designed to adjust the phase of at least one portion of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion and thus, for example, to compensate for a phase shift that has occurred in this portion of the radiation field, in particular relative to other portions of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion, with the phase shift being caused, for example, by passing this portion of the radiation field through other parts of the reflector is induced.
- the reflector preferably has a plurality of layers for a phase adjustment in each case of a radiation field component involved in the frequency conversion.
- the reflector has a corresponding phase adjustment effecting layer for all but one of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion. It is preferably provided that the layers of the reflector extend at least approximately parallel to a reflection surface of the same.
- one or more layers of the reflector which is/are designed in particular as explained above, is/are formed on a side of the frequency conversion body that is opposite the side forming the entry side and/or exit side.
- the reflector comprises at least one optical grating.
- the at least one optical grating offers a wide range of possibilities for the targeted adjustment of the reflection properties.
- the one optical grating or multiple optical gratings are formed in the sub-wavelength range of the radiation field.
- a grating constant and/or a period of the at least one optical grating is smaller than the wavelengths of the radiation field components, in particular smaller than half of these wavelengths.
- the reflector comprises at least one layer, that is to say one layer or a plurality of layers which has/have a grating structure forming the optical grating.
- an optical grating is formed on the side of the frequency conversion body that forms the entry side and/or exit side. In advantageous embodiments, an optical grating is arranged on a reflector side of that part of the frequency conversion body that is formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- an optical grating is arranged on a side of the part formed from the frequency-converting medium which is opposite to the side forming the entrance side and/or the exit side.
- At least one coating is arranged between the reflector side of the part formed from the frequency-converting medium that faces the reflector and the at least one layer forming a lattice structure.
- the at least one coating is preferably an at least partially reflective coating which is reflective at least for a portion of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion.
- the at least one coating comprises one or more layers, in particular at least one layer structure, with one or more features explained above.
- a field component that transmits the coating and/or an evanescent field of the radiation field penetrates the at least one layer forming a grating structure, in particular if the at least one coating is arranged between the frequency-converting medium and the at least one layer forming the grating structure.
- At least one buffer layer is arranged between the in particular at least partially reflective coating and the at least one layer forming the lattice structure.
- the buffer layer decouples the excitation of modes in the at least one layer forming the lattice structure and the excitation of modes in the coating.
- the buffer layer has a low refractive index.
- the buffer layer has such a thickness that the optical path length through it for at least one part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion is at least approximately in the range from half a wavelength to one wavelength, in particular the optical path length corresponds at least approximately to half the wavelength or one wavelength.
- the frequency-converting medium for example on the reflector side, at least partially forms the grating structure of the optical grating.
- the reflector side is structured according to the lattice structure.
- At least one layer ie one layer or several layers, is arranged on the structured reflector side, in which layer the grid structure of the reflector side continues.
- At least one coating in particular an unstructured coating, preferably with one or more of the features explained above, is provided on the side of the reflector facing away from the frequency-converting medium.
- the structured layers form the side of the frequency conversion body that is opposite the side forming the entry side and/or exit side.
- the structured layers are arranged directly on a substrate carrying the reflector or directly on a heat sink.
- At least one optical grating forms a waveguide for at least one part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion.
- At least one optical grating is formed in order to bring about a phase adjustment between the radiation field components that is required and/or adapted for the frequency conversion in the reflected radiation field.
- a waveguide mode is excited in at least one optical grating, the adjusted and/or required phase adjustment being brought about by its feedback into the reflected radiation field in at least one radiation field component.
- At least one optical grating is designed to be reflective for at least one part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion.
- the reflector is preferably made for the reflector to be at least partially arranged on the reflector side of the part formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector side has, for example, a flat intermediate surface, on one side of which the frequency-converting medium is arranged and on the other side the reflector.
- the intermediate surface of the reflector side runs at least essentially in one geometric plane.
- this achieves a structurally simple design of the frequency conversion body, which is easy to implement in particular for thin frequency conversion bodies.
- a reflector with a flat reflection surface can be arranged particularly favorably on the flat intermediate surface of the reflector side, in particular can be arranged directly.
- the preferably flat intermediate surface of the reflector side runs at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis of the frequency-converting medium.
- this is favorable for embodiments in which the incident branch and the reflected branch run at least approximately symmetrically to the marked axis, since on the intermediate surface of the reflector side running at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis there is a reflector with a reflection surface running at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis can be arranged particularly cheaply.
- the incident branch and the reflected branch run asymmetrically to the marked axis, this being realized in particular by a reflector comprising a grating
- the grid a grid structure, so that the angle of incidence of the radiation field along the incident branch is not equal to the angle of emergence of the radiation field along the reflected branch.
- the preferably flat intermediate surface on the reflector side runs obliquely to the marked axis.
- a reflector with a reflection surface running obliquely to the marked axis can be arranged particularly favorably on this intermediate surface.
- this design can be advantageous if the incident branch and the reflected branch are to run at different angles to the marked axis or are to run at the same angle to the marked axis, as explained in connection with the reflection surface.
- the incident branch runs from the entrance side directly to the reflector.
- the radiation field after entering the frequency conversion body, immediately propagates along the incoming branch in a straight line to the reflector and preferably runs through the frequency-converting medium at least in sections.
- the radiation field is not reflected within the frequency conversion body between entry into the frequency conversion body and impingement on the reflector.
- the reflected branch runs from the reflector directly to the exit side.
- the radiation field after being reflected at the reflector, propagates along the reflected branch in a straight line to the exit side and preferably runs through the frequency-converting medium at least in sections.
- the radiation field between the reflector and the exit from the frequency conversion body is not reflected again on the exit side within the frequency conversion body.
- the entry side and the exit side are different sides of the frequency conversion body.
- the same side of the frequency conversion body preferably forms both the entry side and the exit side.
- a surface of the frequency conversion body on the entry side and/or a surface of the frequency conversion body on the exit side runs/run at least approximately parallel to the intermediate surface on the reflector side.
- a structurally simple solution for the formation of the frequency conversion body is thus provided.
- the solution is particularly favorable with a thin frequency conversion body.
- At least the surface of the frequency conversion body on the entry side and/or at least the surface of the frequency conversion body on the exit side runs at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis of the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body. In some preferred embodiments it is provided that at least the surface of the frequency conversion body on the entry side and/or at least the surface of the frequency conversion body on its exit side runs obliquely to the marked axis of the frequency conversion medium of the frequency conversion body.
- the surface of the frequency conversion body on its entry side and the surface of the frequency conversion body on its exit side run essentially in the same geometric plane.
- the common geometric plane of the entry side and exit side runs at least substantially parallel to the geometric plane of the intermediate surface of the reflector side.
- the surface of the frequency conversion body on its entry side and the surface of the frequency conversion body on its exit side run at an angle to one another.
- the surfaces running at an angle to one another are aligned in such a way that losses, in particular reflection losses, are at least reduced at these surfaces when the radiation field propagating along the optical path enters or exits.
- the sloping surfaces can be oriented in such a way as to avoid total internal reflection and/or in such a way that along the refracted optical path, in particular along the incident branch and/or along the reflected branch, the conditions for frequency conversion are met.
- the frequency conversion body has a coating on at least one surface.
- it has a coating on its entry side and/or on its exit side.
- this coating is an anti-reflection coating.
- This preferably at least reduces losses and/or disturbances in the radiation field propagating along the optical path when entering and/or exiting the frequency conversion body.
- the frequency conversion body is a thin body.
- an extent of the frequency conversion body between the side forming the entry side and/or exit side and an opposite side is smaller, for example significantly smaller, than a lateral extent of these sides.
- the thin frequency conversion body its lateral extent, in particular along the side forming the entry side and/or exit side and/or along the opposite side and/or along, for example, the reflector side, is greater, in particular significantly greater, than a thickness measured at least approximately perpendicular thereto of the frequency conversion body.
- the thickness of at least the part formed from the frequency-converting medium, for example the entire frequency conversion body is at least 10 ⁇ m, preferably at least 20 ⁇ m, for example at least 50 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of at least the part formed from the frequency-converting medium is at least 200 ⁇ m, in particular at least 500 ⁇ m, for example at least 1000 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of at least the part formed from the frequency-converting medium is less than or equal to 25 mm, preferably less than or equal to 20 mm, for example less than 15 mm.
- the thickness of at least the part formed of the frequency converting medium is less than or equal to 10 mm, for example less than or equal to 5 mm.
- a lateral extent of the frequency conversion body is preferably greater than or equal to 50 ⁇ m, preferably greater than or equal to 100 ⁇ m, in particular greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ m.
- the lateral extent of the frequency conversion body is greater than 1 mm, in particular greater than 3 mm, for example greater than 5 mm.
- the lateral extent of the frequency conversion body is greater than a beam cross section of the radiation field, which can be up to 80 cm, for example, in other embodiments up to 50 cm or up to 30 cm.
- An upper limit for the lateral extent of the frequency conversion body is selected in particular in such a way that excessive material consumption is avoided.
- the lateral extent of the frequency conversion body is less than or equal to 1 m. In some embodiments, the lateral extent is less than or equal to 70 cm, in particular less than or equal to 40 cm.
- an extent is significantly larger or significantly smaller than another extent if these extents differ by at least a factor of five, preferably by at least a factor of ten, for example by at least a factor of twenty.
- the geometric configuration of the, in particular thin, frequency conversion body is such that at least approximately one-dimensional heat conduction takes place in it.
- heating of the frequency conversion body caused by parasitic effects is dissipated when it is irradiated with a radiation field essentially in a one-dimensional direction, so that preferably thermally induced inhomogeneous disturbances in the radiation field due to differently oriented temperature gradients are at least reduced.
- the configuration of the frequency conversion body is such that the at least approximately one-dimensional heat conduction, in particular from the part formed from the frequency-converting medium, takes place in the direction of the reflector side.
- the resulting heat can preferably be dissipated efficiently via the large-area reflector side.
- the configuration of the frequency conversion body is preferably such that the at least approximately one-dimensional heat conduction, in particular from the part formed from the frequency-converting medium, takes place in the direction of the side opposite the entry side and/or exit side.
- the radiation field providing device has at least one heat sink, which is in particular thermally conductively connected to the frequency conversion body, so that heat is dissipated from the frequency conversion body to the heat sink in a favorable manner.
- the at least one heat sink forms a heat sink.
- At least one heat sink is arranged on a side of the frequency conversion body that is opposite the entry side and/or the exit side.
- At least one heat sink is arranged on a side of the frequency conversion body on which the reflector is formed.
- the reflector is arranged between the frequency-converting medium and the heat sink.
- the heat sink can thus be optimized in terms of heat dissipation and can cool the frequency conversion body in a favorable manner without negatively influencing the radiation field propagating along the optical path.
- the heat sink in particular can be made solid.
- the heat sink has good thermal conductivity and/or high specific heat.
- the heat sink is connected to the frequency conversion body over a large area, so that effective cooling is achieved and the heat is preferably dissipated essentially one-dimensionally to the heat sink.
- the radiation field provision device has a front-side, optical body, which bears against one of the sides of the frequency conversion body that forms the entry side and/or exit side.
- the front-side optical body is at least approximately transparent to the radiation field components.
- the radiation field is advantageously coupled into the frequency conversion body and/or coupled out of the frequency conversion body through the front optical body.
- this enables the radiation field to be coupled in at a Brewster angle.
- the front-side optical body allows the radiation field component propagating at a frequency conversion angle to be coupled in and/or coupled out, and total reflection on the entry side and/or exit side is avoided.
- the front-side optical body is also designed as a heat sink.
- at least one heat sink and/or the front-side optical body is connected to the frequency conversion body by gluing or bonding, for which purpose they preferably have slightly curved surfaces that make contact.
- the radiation field provision device comprises a system of optical elements which, in particular, define the optical path.
- the optical path comprises multiple branches, along which a radiation field portion or multiple radiation field portions propagate, and/or multiple sub-branches for a respective radiation field portion, for example as explained above and below.
- the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion propagate collinearly along the optical path.
- the optical path thus has corresponding sub-branches for the radiation field portions, at least along the sections in which the radiation field portions propagate offset and/or at an angle to one another.
- An angle between the respective propagation directions of the radiation field components propagating at an angle to one another is preferably smaller or the same 20°, in particular less than or equal to 10°, for example less than or equal to 5°.
- partial branches of corresponding radiation field portions thus extend to one another at an angle which is preferably less than or equal to 20°, in particular less than or equal to 10°, for example less than or equal to 5°.
- these radiation field components propagate in such a way that at least in the region of the frequency-converting medium, in particular along the incident and/or the reflected branch, the radiation field components overlap so that the frequency conversion can take place.
- above and below information on the incident branch and/or the reflected branch are each related to a corresponding partial branch of a corresponding radiation field portion.
- the optical path is defined in such a way that the radiation field propagates in only one direction along the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body.
- the radiation field when the radiation field propagates along the optical path, it enters the frequency conversion body on the entry side, interacts with the frequency-converting medium and the reflector, for example propagates at least along the incident branch to the reflector and this is reflected and propagated further through the frequency conversion body at least along the reflected branch, and emerges from the frequency conversion body on the exit side and propagates further along the optical path.
- the radiation field is supplied to an application after leaving the frequency conversion body along the optical path.
- the radiation field leaving the frequency conversion body is fed along the optical path to a radiation field amplifier of the radiation field providing device and, in particular, is then fed to an application.
- the optical path is defined in such a way that the radiation field propagates in both directions along the section of the optical path running in the frequency conversion body.
- the radiation field propagates several times through the frequency conversion body.
- At least part of the radiation field enters the frequency conversion body on the entry side and interacts with the frequency-converting medium and the reflector, for example propagating within the frequency conversion body at least along the incident branch to the reflector and is reflected by it and the radiation field propagates further in the frequency conversion body at least along the reflected branch, and exits the frequency conversion body again on the exit side and that at least part of the radiation field propagates in the opposite direction through the frequency conversion body.
- an at least partially reflecting optical element is arranged in the further course of the optical path after the frequency conversion body, which at least partially reflects the radiation field reflected and the reflected part of the radiation field propagates in the opposite direction back to the frequency conversion body and through it.
- an at least partially reflecting optical element is again arranged, which at least partially reflects the radiation field.
- the frequency conversion body is arranged between two at least partially reflecting optical elements.
- the radiation field provision device can comprise a wide variety of optical components.
- the radiation field providing device comprises a resonator or a plurality of resonators.
- the frequency conversion body is arranged outside at least one resonator, in particular is arranged behind this at least one resonator in relation to a propagation direction of the radiation field.
- a radiation field in particular a laser radiation field, is generated and/or amplified in this at least one resonator, and this radiation field from this at least one resonator is fed to the frequency conversion body along the optical path for frequency conversion.
- this at least one resonator is designed as a laser oscillator.
- the frequency conversion body is arranged within at least one resonator.
- At least one radiation field component involved in the frequency conversion is preferably resonant in the at least one resonator in which the frequency conversion body is arranged.
- the at least one resonator, in which the frequency conversion body is arranged is resonant for at least a number of radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion.
- the radiation field provision device comprises a plurality of resonators, each of which is resonant for at least one radiation field component involved in the frequency conversion, and these plurality of resonators are designed and arranged in such a way that the at least one radiation field component resonant therein is conveyed by the frequency conversion body to the frequency conversion propagated.
- At least one resonator in particular a resonator in which the frequency conversion body is arranged, has no laser-active medium.
- This at least one resonator serves in particular to increase at least one portion of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion, for example by increasing the intensity of the portion of the radiation field and/or by passing this at least one portion of the radiation field through the frequency conversion body more often, which preferably results in an increase in the frequency conversion rate.
- At least one resonator has a laser-active medium for amplification at least a part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion propagating in this.
- At least one resonator, in which the frequency conversion body is arranged has a laser-active medium.
- some embodiments provide that the at least one resonator, outside of which the frequency conversion body is arranged, has a laser-active medium.
- the radiation field providing device comprises an amplifier unit.
- the amplifier unit comprises a laser-active medium through which the optical path runs.
- the amplifier unit preferably comprises a pump device for supplying pump energy into the laser-active medium.
- the pumping device is designed for electrical or optical pumping of the laser-active medium.
- the pump device includes a radiation source for providing a pump radiation field, which introduces the pump energy into the laser-active medium.
- the wording at least approximately in connection with a feature means in particular that technically conditioned and/or technically relevant deviations from the feature are also included.
- deviations from this value of up to 5%, preferably of up to ⁇ 2%, in particular up to ⁇ 0.5%, for example up to ⁇ 0.1%, is included in this specification.
- deviations from the specified direction are up to ⁇ 2°, preferably up to ⁇ 1°, in particular up to ⁇ 0.1°, for example up to ⁇ 0.05° , included in the specification.
- a radiation field providing device in which in particular an optical path (150) is defined for a radiation field, comprising a frequency conversion body (110), wherein the frequency conversion body (110) is partially formed from a frequency converting medium and a reflector (120).
- Radiation field provision device wherein in a radiation field propagating along the optical path (150), a radiation field component involved in frequency conversion that is part of the radiation field before, in particular immediately, impinges on the frequency conversion body (110) in the frequency-converted medium of the frequency conversion body (110) is at least partially converted into a radiation field component with a different frequency by the frequency conversion.
- Radiation field provision device wherein along at least one branch (152, 154) an in a frequency conversion takes place in the section of the optical path (150) running along the frequency conversion body (110) in the case of a radiation field propagating along the optical path (150).
- Radiation field providing device wherein the section of the optical path (150) running in the frequency conversion body (110) comprises an incident branch (152) which at the reflector (120) turns into a reflected branch (154) of the in the Frequency conversion body (110) extending section of the optical path (150) in the frequency conversion body (110) merges.
- Radiation field provision device wherein a frequency conversion takes place at least along the reflected branch (154).
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein along at least one branch (152, 154) of the section of the optical path (150) running in the frequency conversion body, in particular along the incident branch (152), at one along the optical path (150) propagating radiation field no frequency conversion takes place.
- Radiation field provision device wherein the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body (110) has at least one distinguished axis (142), wherein a frequency conversion in a radiation field, the radiation field components of which are involved in a frequency conversion, at a frequency conversion angle lying in particular in a frequency conversion angle band for the distinguished Axis propagate takes place.
- Radiation field providing device according to embodiment 8 as far as it is dependent on one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the incident branch (152) and the reflected branch (154) are symmetrical to the distinguished axis of the frequency converting medium of the frequency conversion body (110).
- Radiation field providing device wherein the incident branch (152) and the reflected branch (154) are asymmetrical to the distinguished Neten axis (142) of the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body (110).
- Radiation field provision device wherein a radiation field propagating along the optical path (150) is reflected by the reflector (120) after impinging on the frequency conversion body (110) and before leaving the frequency conversion body (110).
- Radiation field provision device wherein the reflector (120) is at least partially formed and/or arranged on an opposite side of the frequency conversion body (110) forming an entry side (126) and/or an exit side (128), wherein at the entry side (126), the optical path (150) enters the frequency conversion body (110) and exits the optical path (150) from the frequency conversion body (110) on the exit side (128).
- Radiation field providing device wherein the reflector (120) is attached to the frequency-converting medium, for example bonded.
- Radiation field providing device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) is formed at least partially from the frequency-converting medium.
- Radiation field provision device wherein the reflector (120) has an at least substantially planar reflection surface (146), wherein in particular a radiation field propagating along the optical path (150) is reflected at least on a macroscopic scale relative to the reflection surface (146).
- Radiation field provision device wherein the reflection surface (146) of the reflector (120) runs at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis (142) of the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body (110).
- Radiation field providing device according to one of the embodiments 1 to 17, wherein the reflection surface (146) of the reflector (120) runs obliquely to the marked axis (142) of the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body (110).
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) provides a reflected radiation field in which the radiation field components (182, 184, 186) involved in the frequency conversion meet conditions adapted for the frequency conversion, in particular at least one phase relationship adapted for the frequency conversion have to each other.
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) is designed in such a way that phase relationships between at least the radiation field components (182, 184, 186) involved in the frequency conversion remain at least essentially unchanged by the reflector (120).
- Radiation field providing device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) comprises a plurality of layers.
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) has at least one layer assembly (162, 164, 166) which reflects at least one radiation field component (182, 184, 186) involved in the frequency conversion, in particular for each part involved in the frequency conversion , Incident portion of the radiation field (182, 184, 186) has a layer assembly (162, 164, 166) that reflects this portion of the radiation field (182, 184, 186).
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the reflector (120) comprises at least one phase matching layer (176, 178) for phase matching of at least one radiation field component (182, 184, 186) involved in the frequency conversion.
- the reflector (120) comprises an optical grating.
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein a part (115) of the frequency conversion body (110) comprising the frequency-converting medium has a flat intermediate surface on a reflector side (120), on which in particular the reflector (120) is arranged and/or formed directly is.
- Radiation field providing device wherein a surface of the frequency conversion body (110) on an entry side (126) at which the optical path (130) enters the frequency conversion body (110), and/or a surface of the frequency conversion body (110) on an exit side (128), on which the optical path (150) exits the frequency conversion body, runs at least essentially parallel to the intermediate surface of the part (115) comprising the frequency-converting medium on its reflector side (112).
- Radiation field providing device wherein the surface of the frequency conversion body (110) on its entry side (126), on which the optical path (150) enters the frequency conversion body (110), and the surface of the frequency conversion body (110) on its Exit side (128), at which the optical path (150) exits from the frequency conversion body, extend obliquely to one another.
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the frequency conversion body (110) has a coating on the surface on its entry side (126) and/or on the surface on its exit side (128).
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the geometric configuration of the frequency conversion body (110) is such that at least approximately one-dimensional heat conduction, in particular in the direction of the side opposite the entry side (126) and/or exit side (128), occurs in this he follows.
- Radiation field providing device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein this has at least one heat sink (191, 192).
- Radiation field provision device wherein at least one heat sink (191) is arranged on a side of the frequency conversion body (110) opposite the entry side (126) and/or exit side (128).
- Radiation field provision device wherein a front-side optical body (192) is arranged on a side of the frequency conversion body (110) forming the entry side (126) and/or exit side (128), the radiation field in particular being provided by the front-side optical body (192) is coupled into the frequency conversion body (110) and/or is coupled out of the frequency conversion body (110), with the front-side optical body (192) in particular being designed as a heat sink.
- Radiation field provision device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein it comprises a system of optical elements which in particular define the optical path.
- Radiation field providing device according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein it comprises a resonator or a plurality of resonators.
- Radiation field providing device according to embodiment 38 or 39, wherein the frequency conversion body (110) is arranged within at least one resonator.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional illustration of a frequency conversion body of a first exemplary embodiment of a radiation field providing device
- FIG. 2 shows four schematic representations of different non-linear processes effecting frequency conversion
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a reflector comprising a plurality of layers
- FIG. 4 shows three different exemplary embodiments of a reflector comprising an optical grating
- FIG. 5 shows a representation similar to that in FIG. 1 of a further exemplary embodiment in which an exit side of the frequency conversion body is bevelled.
- Fig. 6 shows a representation similar to that in Fig. 5 of a variant of
- Embodiment in which surfaces of an exit side and an entrance side of the frequency conversion body are inclined to an opposite side;
- FIG. 7 shows a representation of a further exemplary embodiment, in which a frequency conversion body has an optical grating on a side forming an entry side and an exit side;
- Fig. 8 shows a representation similar to that in Fig. 1 of another
- Embodiment in which an incident branch and a reflected branch of an optical path asymmetrical to a excellent axis of a frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body;
- FIG. 9 shows an illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a radiation field providing device which has a frequency conversion body outside of a resonator and
- FIG. 10 shows an illustration of an embodiment of a radiation field providing device, which comprises a resonator and a frequency conversion body within the resonator.
- Reflector 120 is preferably arranged on a reflector side 112 of part 115 of frequency conversion body 110 formed from the frequency-converting medium, in particular directly on this part 115, in particular fastened, for example bonded, so that part 115 forming the frequency-converting medium and reflector 120 form the frequency conversion body train 110
- the frequency-converting medium is a non-linear optical medium in which a radiation field is subject to non-linear processes that cause frequency conversion, so that at least one part of the radiation field is converted into another part with a different frequency.
- second-order non-linear processes are used for the frequency conversion, with processes of a higher order also being used, for example Order, for example third order, can be exploited in some variants.
- At least three radiation field components with frequencies w1, w2 and w3 are involved in the frequency conversion, with the conversion of these radiation field components taking place differently depending on the variant of the exemplary embodiment.
- the frequency conversion includes a sum frequency generation.
- a radiation field with at least two radiation field components which have frequencies wi and W2
- the frequencies of the first and second radiation field components are different, so that wi W2 applies.
- frequency doubling which is a special case of sum frequency generation
- a third radiation field component is generated, which has a higher frequency 003 than the two irradiated radiation field components.
- the frequency conversion includes generating a differential frequency.
- a radiation field component also known as the idler component
- 002 F wi applies here.
- a radiation field component for example a so-called idler component, of the radiation field is thus generated which has a lower frequency than at least one component, for example the pump component, of the irradiated radiation field.
- the frequency conversion includes a parametric amplification shown schematically in FIG. 2 under e).
- an irradiated radiation field component for example a so-called signal component
- parametric generation is also used to generate single or entangled photons.
- the non-linear processes do not completely convert the irradiated radiation field components, so that converted radiation field components and residual components of the irradiated radiation field components are present in the radiation field leaving the frequency conversion body 110 .
- the conditions required for the frequency conversion include that the irradiated radiation field components have a sufficiently high intensity and/or that the radiation field components propagate in a direction that enables the frequency conversion through the mostly anisotropic frequency-converting medium and/or that the phases of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion have a suitable relation to each other (so-called phase matching).
- the at least one frequency-converted radiation field component is generated with a specific phase relationship to the at least one output component.
- phase relationship is induced between the radiation field components involved.
- a favorable and adapted phase relationship between the radiation field components is therefore in particular the induced phase relationship.
- a phase shift of F3 - F2 - Fi ⁇ 7T/2 modulo between the phases of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion, in particular the phases of the pump, signal and idler components, is induced during the frequency conversion, with F3 in particular being the phase of the radiation field component with frequency 003 and F2 is the phase of the radiation field component with frequency 002 and Fi is the phase of the radiation field component with frequency wi and in particular 003 is greater than CJÜ2 and CJÜ2 is greater than or equal to wi.
- Frequency conversion body 110 is preferably a thin body, for example a thin disc, with frequency conversion body 110 extending in a lateral direction 122, which runs at least approximately along a side forming an entry side 126 and an exit side 128 for a radiation field and, for example, along reflector side 112 , is larger, for example significantly larger, than an extension of the frequency conversion body 110 from the side forming the entry side 126 and also the exit side 128 in a direction of extension 124 running at least approximately perpendicularly to the lateral direction 122 to an opposite side.
- an intermediate surface on the reflector side 112 between the frequency-converting medium and the reflector is a flat surface or at most a slightly curved surface, in particular a surface with a radius of curvature greater than 0.5 m.
- the surfaces on the entry side 126 and the exit side 128 forming Side are preferably at least approximately flat surfaces.
- the interface on the reflector side 112 and the surface on the side forming the entry side 126 and exit side 128 can be defined by a respective geometric plane 132 and 136 are described at least approximately, with these geometric planes 132 and 136 running at least approximately parallel to one another and the direction of extension 124 running at least approximately perpendicular to these planes 132, 136.
- The, in particular anisotropic, frequency-converting medium of frequency conversion body 110 has a salient axis 142, with a radiation field penetrating the medium at a frequency conversion angle to this salient axis 142, with at least one portion of the radiation field to be converted being subject to the nonlinear processes and the portion of the same to be converted being at least partially in at least a portion with a different frequency is converted.
- the conditions for the frequency conversion are satisfied at a number of angles in a frequency conversion angle band, so that there are a number, in particular similar, frequency conversion angles.
- the frequency conversion body 110 includes an anisotropic crystal constituting the frequency converting medium, and more specifically, the distinguished axis 142 is a crystal axis of the crystal.
- the marked axis 142 runs at least approximately perpendicularly to the geometric plane 132 of the reflector side 112, so that the reflector 120 arranged on the reflector side 112 also extends at least approximately perpendicularly to the marked axis 142 and, in particular, a reflector surface 146 of the reflector 120 extends at least approximately perpendicular to the marked axis 142.
- an optical path designated as a whole with 150 for a radiation field is defined, which on the entry side 126 in the Frequency conversion body 110 and along an incident branch 152 in the frequency conversion body 110 extends to the reflector 120 and at this, in particular by reflection relative to the reflector surface 146, into a reflected branch 154, which runs in the frequency conversion body 110, and the optical path 150 finally runs out of the frequency conversion body 110 again at the exit side 128 .
- the branch 152 incident on the reflector 120 runs from the entry side 126 to the reflector 120 through the frequency-converting medium and the reflected branch runs from the reflector 120 to the exit side 128 through the frequency-converting medium.
- the reflector surface 146 preferably runs at least approximately parallel to the geometric plane 132 of the reflector side 112, and the incident branch 152 and the reflected branch 154 run symmetrically to the normal 148 of the plane 132.
- the incident branch 152 runs at an angle 144e to the marked axis 142 and the reflected branch 154 at an angle 144r to the marked axis 142, since the marked axis 142 in this exemplary embodiment runs at least essentially perpendicular to the reflector surface, the angle 144e and 144r are at least approximately the same size.
- the two angles 144e and 144r of the incident and reflected branch to the marked axis 142 correspond to the frequency conversion angle, so that a corresponding radiation field is subject to the frequency-converting processes along both branches 152, 154.
- the incident radiation field components required for the frequency conversion with different frequencies are incident on the reflector 120 coaxially along the same incident branch 152 and thus run at the same angles to the normal 148 of the plane 132. Because of the conservation of momentum, the portion of the radiation field produced during the frequency conversion also propagates through the same branches 152, 154 after it has been produced in the frequency conversion body.
- the incident radiation field components required for the frequency conversion for example the signal component and/or the idler component and/or the pump component, impinge on the reflector 120 at different angles to the normal 148 of the reflector side 112, so that their corresponding Angle of incidence 144e to the marked axis satisfies the conditions for the non-linear processes and is therefore also a frequency conversion angle.
- the frequency-converted portion that occurs during the non-linear processes then runs at a further, different angle to the normal of the reflector side, which results from the impulse behavior.
- the optical path 150 includes a corresponding incident branch 152 and reflected branch 154 for each part of the radiation field involved in the frequency conversion in the frequency conversion body 110, which can be different.
- the reflector 120 provides at least the reflected radiation field components involved in the nonlinear processes with a phase relationship that is adapted and required for the frequency conversion, so that after the reflection these radiation field components have the required and an adapted phase relationship to one another.
- the reflector 120 is designed in such a way that it has a phase relationship at least between the two non-linear processes participating radiation field components, which arrive at the reflector 120 along the incident branch 152, at least approximately.
- the reflector is preferably designed in such a way that it at least partially compensates for deviations in the phase relationship between the incident radiation field components involved in the nonlinear processes, which can occur, for example, due to disturbances in the propagation of the radiation field components.
- the corresponding radiation field components thus also have an adapted and required phase relationship to one another in the reflected radiation field, so that the desired frequency conversion can take place efficiently along the reflected branch and, in particular, the radiation field components interfere constructively.
- the reflector 120 is designed as a dielectric mirror composed of a multiplicity of dielectric layers, as is shown in FIG. 3 by way of example.
- the reflector 120 comprises three stacks of layers 162, 164 and 166 each formed from a plurality of dielectric layers of alternating high and low refractive indices.
- One of these layer assemblies 162, 164, 166 is designed as a reflector for each of the radiation field components involved in the nonlinear processes, for example layer assembly 162 for the pump component is designed to be reflective, layer assembly 164 for the signal component is designed to be reflective, and the layer assembly 166 for the idler component is designed to be reflective.
- each of the layer assemblies 162, 164, 166 have such a thickness that an optical path length through them corresponds at least approximately to a quarter of the wavelength of the radiation field component to be reflected.
- the layer assemblies 162, 164, 166 are arranged one behind the other in relation to the direction of penetration 168, with one of the layer assemblies, for example the layer assembly 162 here, being arranged closest to the frequency conversion body 110 and in particular an uppermost layer 172 on the reflector side 112 of the medium formed from the frequency converting medium Part 115 is arranged.
- the layer structure 164 and then the layer structure 166 are arranged next in the direction of the penetration direction 168 .
- a respective phase matching layer is preferably also arranged between each two layer assemblies, for example a phase matching layer 176 between the layer assemblies 162 and 164 and a phase matching layer 178 between the layer assemblies 164 and 166.
- phase-matching layers 176, 178 are designed in such a way, in particular with regard to their material with a corresponding refractive index and their thickness, to shift a phase of a corresponding portion of the radiation field relative to the phases of the other portions relevant to the nonlinear processes, so that the respective radiation field portions with a adapted to the frequency conversion phase relationship relative to each other are provided by the reflector 120.
- a radiation field portion 182e for example the pump portion of the radiation field, falls along the incident branch 152 first onto the first layer assembly 162, which is designed to reflect this radiation field portion 182, so that through this layer assembly 162 the radiation field portion as a reflected portion 182r along the reflected branch 154 further propagated.
- a further radiation field portion 184e, for example the signal portion, of the incident radiation field propagates along the incident branch 152 through the frequency conversion body 110 and first strikes the first layer assembly 162 through which this portion 184e undergoes a phase shift and in particular also through the phase matching layer 176 before this Portion 184e impinges on the layer assembly 164, which is designed to reflect precisely this portion 184 and reflects it, so that a reflected portion 184r propagates through the phase matching layer 176 and the first layer assembly 162 and finally along the reflected branch 154 through the frequency conversion body 110 onward propagates .
- the formation of the first layer assembly 162 is already defined by the fact that it has to reflect the portion 182, so that the portion 184 experiences a predetermined phase shift by passing through the first layer assembly 162 twice, but this phase shift is compensated for by the phase matching layer 176 , which is also penetrated twice by the portion 184 and is designed such that the phase shift of the second portion 184 relative to the first portion 182 has the adjusted phase relationship for the non-linear processes and the efficient frequency conversion.
- a third radiation field component 186e involved in the nonlinear processes impinges on the reflector 120 and first penetrates the first layer assembly 162 and, for example, the first phase matching layer 176 and the second layer assembly 164 and, for example, the second phase matching layer 178 before this Portion 186 impinges on the third layer assembly 166, which is designed to reflect exactly this portion 186 and reflects this portion, so that a reflected portion 186r in turn affects the second phase-matching layer 178, the second layer assembly 164, for example the first phase-matching layer 176 and the first Layers assembly 162 penetrates and further propagates on the reflected branch 154 through the frequency conversion body 110.
- the configurations of the layer assemblies 162 and 164 for reflecting the respective portions 182 and 184 are already predetermined and the configuration of the phase matching layer 176 for the phase matching of portion 184 is predefined, so that portion 186 has a predetermined phase shift as a result of the double propagation through these layer assemblies 162, 164 and the phase-matching layer 176, the phase-matching layer 178 now being designed in such a way to compensate for the predetermined phase shift induced by the other layers, so that the reflected portion 186r leaving the reflector 120 has the phase relationship adapted for the non-linear processes and for efficient frequency conversion to the other two portions 182 and 184.
- a cooling system is preferably also provided for the unit, the cooling system comprising at least one heat sink 191 which is arranged on the rear of the frequency conversion body 110 so that the reflector 120 is arranged between the frequency-converting medium and the heat sink 191.
- the frequency conversion body 110 with the reflector 120 is arranged directly on the heat sink 191, in particular the third layer structure 166 is arranged on the heat sink 191.
- the heat sink 191 is preferably a solid body, in particular a much larger body compared to the frequency conversion body 110 .
- a lateral extent of the heat sink 191 is greater than the lateral extent of the frequency conversion body 110.
- the heat sink is made of a particularly good thermally conductive material.
- a front-side optical heat sink 192 for example a further heat sink, is arranged on the side of the frequency conversion body 110 that forms the entry side 126 and the exit side 128. Since this front-side optical body 192 is penetrated by the radiation field before and after the passage through the frequency conversion body 110, this front-side optical body 192 is made of a material that is at least approximately transparent to the radiation field, which preferably influences the propagation of the radiation field to the least possible extent.
- the front optical body 192 rests with one side 193 on the frequency conversion body 110, in particular on its side forming the entry side 126 and the exit side 128, and lateral sides 195 of the front optical body extend away from the adjacent side 193.
- the front optical body 292 has an opposite side 194 to the adjacent side 193 , the adjacent side 193 and the opposite side 194 being connected by lateral sides 195 .
- the front-side optical body 192 is cuboid or truncated pyramid-shaped or trapezoidal in cross-section running from the adjacent side 193 to the opposite side 194 .
- the front body 192 is designed in the shape of a triangular prism.
- a section of the optical path 150 runs through one of the lateral sides 195 and from there to the side 193 adjacent to the frequency conversion body 110, where the optical path 150 enters the frequency conversion body 110 in the further course and has the section with the incident branch 152 .
- the optical path 150 has a further section from the side 193 in the front-side optical body 192 adjacent to the frequency conversion body 110, which runs to a further lateral side 195, with this section in the front-side optical body 192 extending in the course of the optical path 150 to the reflected branch 154 having section of the optical path in the frequency conversion body 110 connects.
- angles 144 of the branches 152, 154 to the marked axis 142 can also be realized, at which a total reflection would take place at a transition from the frequency conversion body 110 to air.
- the optical path 150 enters with one section on the side 194 lying opposite the frequency conversion body 110 and exits with a further section.
- the front-side optical body 192 is preferably also designed as a further heat sink, and cooling of the frequency conversion body is improved as a result.
- the radiation field enters frequency conversion body 110 on entry side 126 and is subject to nonlinear processes at least on one branch 152 of optical path 150, since branch 152 is at angle 144, which corresponds to a frequency conversion angle, to marked axis 142 through the frequency-converting medium of the Frequency conversion body 110 runs and thus arises along the branch 152 from at least one portion of the radiation field at least one other portion with different frequency by the non-linear processes.
- the radiation field with the various components impinges on the reflector 120, which in particular runs at least approximately perpendicularly with a reflector surface 146 to the marked axis 142, so that the reflected radiation field along the reflected branch 154 is also at the angle 144 corresponding to the frequency conversion angle to the marked axis 142 propagated through the frequency-converting medium of the frequency conversion body 110 and therefore a frequency conversion of at least one portion into at least one further portion of the radiation field also takes place on the reflected branch 154 .
- the frequency conversion takes place particularly efficiently, since the reflector 120 is designed in such a way that the phase relationship between the various components of the radiation field, which is adapted for the nonlinear processes and induced by these processes, is retained and is therefore also present in the reflected radiation field on the reflected branch 154. and thus the frequency conversion takes place at least approximately only in the desired direction from at least one radiation field portion into at least one other radiation field portion and oscillation of energy back and forth between the different radiation field portions is at least approximately suppressed.
- the radiation field emerges from the frequency conversion body 110 on the exit side 128 and is ready for further use at least one frequency-converted component inside or outside the radiation field providing device.
- Frequency conversion body 110 is preferably cooled efficiently by heat sink 191 arranged along at least approximately the entire lateral extent thereof, with the radiation field not having to propagate through heat sink 191 since reflector 120 is arranged between the frequency-converting medium and heat sink 191. Quality losses in the radiation field associated with a penetration of the heat sink 191 are thus avoided.
- frequency conversion body 110 is, in particular, a thin body whose extent in lateral direction 122 is greater than in extension direction 124, so that heat dissipation in frequency conversion body 110 is preferably at least approximately one-dimensionally transverse, in particular at least approximately perpendicular, to lateral direction 122 from the frequency-converting medium through the reflector 120, for example, to the heat sink 191.
- a direction of a temperature gradient within the frequency conversion body 110 is advantageously oriented at least approximately in the same direction and in particular at least approximately perpendicular to the lateral direction 122 . Due to the essentially homogeneous orientation of the temperature gradient, locally different temperature-induced disturbances, for example thermally induced lens effects, are advantageously at least reduced or even largely avoided in the radiation field.
- the reflector 120 of the frequency conversion body 110 has a grid structure 196.
- the reflector 120 comprises a coating applied to the reflector side 112 of the part 115 formed from the frequency-converting medium, which is reflective for at least one or for at least some of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion.
- coating 197 extends at least approximately parallel to and/or in the geometric plane of reflector side 132.
- the coating 197 preferably comprises a plurality of layers which, in particular, alternately have a high and a low refractive index.
- the coating 197 comprises a plurality of layers, with a respective layer structure being designed to be reflective for a radiation field component in each case.
- the resonator 120 has a further layer 198 which forms the lattice structure 196 .
- this layer 198 comprises, for example, sections with an alternating refractive index, these sections extending in the layer 198 in a row next to one another.
- a direction of extent of these sections runs parallel to the geometric plane 132 and in a direction that also runs to the geometric plane 132 and runs at least approximately perpendicular to the direction of extent, the sections are arranged next to one another.
- the grating structure 196 in the layer 198 is formed in such a way that it forms a waveguide for at least one radiation field component.
- the layer 198 having the grating structure 196 is arranged on a side of an at least partially reflective coating 197 that faces away from the frequency-converting medium and is arranged in particular on a side of the frequency conversion body 110, which is the entry side 126 and exit side 128 training side opposite.
- the reflective coating 197 is at least partially reflective for all radiation field components involved in a frequency conversion and the grating structure 196 is designed in such a way that the reflected radiation field components receive the phase relationship to one another that is adapted for the frequency conversion due to its excited waveguide mode.
- a buffer layer 199 is also provided between the coating 197 and the layer 198 having the grating structure 196 , so that essentially the waveguide mode in the grating structure 196 is excited separately from the modes in the coating 197 .
- the buffer layer is preferably made of a material with a low refractive index and in particular has a thickness such that the optical path length through this buffer layer corresponds at least approximately to half or a whole wavelength of the radiation field component to be excited.
- the reflector with a lattice structure 196 which is shown by way of example in FIG.
- the lattice structure 196 is formed from a plurality of layers 198, with these plurality of layers 198 extending at least substantially and at least approximately parallel to the geometric plane 132 of the reflector side 120.
- these multiple layers 198 have an alternating high and low refractive index.
- the respective layers have raised and recessed areas in a direction running at least approximately perpendicularly to the geometric plane 132, with a raised area of one layer engaging in a volume-filling manner in a recessed area of the next adjacent layer.
- the lattice structure 196 is formed by these, in particular, periodically arranged raised and recessed areas.
- the coating 197 at least partially reflects all radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion and a field component that transmits through the coating 197 penetrates the grating structure 196 and the phase adjustment adapted for the frequency conversion is brought about by excitation of the waveguide mode in the reflected radiation field components .
- the coating 197 is designed for the reflection of at least one or some of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion and the lattice structure is designed for both the remaining radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion reflected and also causes the phase adjustment by excitation of the waveguide mode.
- a buffer layer 199 is also provided in some variations of this variant of the exemplary embodiment.
- a reflector 120 with a lattice structure 196 which is shown by way of example in Fig. 4c, the part 115 formed from the frequency-converting medium has a reflector side 112 which extends essentially in a geometric plane 132, with this one of the lattice structure 196 has corresponding structuring.
- the fact that the reflector side extends essentially in the geometric plane 132 means that, in relation to the macroscopic reflection of the radiation field, the reflector side 112 extends in the geometric plane 132 and, for example, in relation to the normal to the geometric Plane 132 the angle of incidence of the incident radiation field is equal to the angle of emergence of the reflected radiation field.
- the reflector 120 has a multiplicity of layers 198 which form the lattice structure 196 together with the structured reflector side 112 of the part 115 formed from the frequency-converting medium.
- the layers 198 which extend essentially parallel to the geometric plane 132, preferably have raised and recessed areas in a direction running at least approximately perpendicularly to the geometric plane 132, with the raised areas each extending into the recessed areas of the next adjacent layer intervene in a volume-filling manner.
- the part 115 formed from the frequency-converting medium also has corresponding raised and recessed portions on its reflector side 112 Areas, wherein the raised areas engage in recessed areas of the next adjacent layer 198 volume-filling.
- the recessed areas in the part 115 formed from the frequency-converting medium are formed by grooves extending parallel to the geometric plane 132, the grooves being etched, for example.
- the structure formed in the reflector side 112 is continued correspondingly in the subsequent layers 198 .
- the layers 198 alternately have a high and a low refractive index.
- the grating structure 196 is designed to reflect at least the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion and to provide them with the adjusted phase relationship to one another.
- the grating structure 196 is formed in all of these variants in the sub-wavelength range of the radiation fields involved in the frequency conversion.
- a frequency conversion body 110 comprises a part 115 formed from a frequency-converting medium and a reflector 120, so that a radiation field propagating through the frequency-converting medium along an incident branch 152 occurs on the reflector 120 and is reflected by it, so that the reflected Radiation field propagated along a reflected branch 154 through the frequency-converting medium.
- an entry side 126a in which the radiation field enters frequency conversion body 110 along the defined optical path
- an exit side 128a on which the radiation field exits frequency conversion body 110 along the defined optical path
- extension direction 124 runs at least approximately perpendicular to a lateral extension of frequency conversion body 110.
- the surfaces on the entry side 126a and on the exit side 128a run at an angle to one another.
- the surface on entry side 126a, through which the radiation field enters frequency conversion body 110 extends at least approximately in a geometric plane 136, which runs at least approximately parallel to a geometric plane 132 of reflector surface 146.
- the surface on the exit side 128a, through which the radiation field emerges from the frequency conversion body 110 extends at least approximately in a geometric plane 138a, which runs obliquely to the geometrical planes 136 of the entry side 126a and the geometrical plane 132 of the reflector side 112.
- the surface of the exit side 128a runs in such a way that losses when the radiation field passes through this surface are reduced, for example the geometric plane 138a runs at least approximately perpendicular to the propagation direction of the exiting radiation field.
- the surface on the entry side 126a in particular a geometric plane in which this surface essentially extends, runs obliquely to the geometric plane 132 of the reflector side 112 and/or obliquely to the direction of extension 124, in particular in such a way that losses upon entry of the radiation field at entry side 126a.
- this surface in particular the geometric plane 136, runs at least approximately perpendicular to the propagation direction of the incoming radiation field.
- the surface on the entry side 126a and the surface on the exit side 128a run on a common side of the frequency conversion body 110 and these surfaces run obliquely to the surface on the opposite side of the frequency conversion body 110.
- the surface forming the surfaces on the entry side 126a and on the exit side 128a runs at a small angle to the surface on the opposite side, which for example is less than or equal to 5° and/or greater than or equal to 0.5°.
- run geometric planes 136, 132 in which at least approximately, the surfaces of the entry and exit side or the run opposite side, at the small angle, which is in particular less than or equal to 5 ° and / or greater than or equal to 0.5 °.
- one advantage of this is that undesirably reflected radiation propagates on the entry side 126a in a different direction than the radiation field propagating along the optical path and exiting on the exit side 128a, so that these radiation fields are spatially separated.
- a frequency conversion body 110b has a lattice structure 196b on a side forming an entry side 126b and an exit side 128b, and preferably, in relation to an incidence direction of incident radiation field components involved in a frequency conversion, For example, radiation field portions 182e and/or 184e and/or 186e, a waveguide structure 201 is formed behind the grating structure 196b.
- the grating structure 196b has sections with a high and low refractive index arranged alternately next to one another in the lateral direction 122 of the frequency conversion body 110b, the sections with a low refractive index being formed at least partially from longitudinally extending depressions, for example.
- longitudinally extending depressions formed at least in the frequency-converting medium form the lattice structure 196b at least partially.
- the lattice structure comprising one layer or multiple layers is applied to the frequency-converting medium.
- a reflector 120b is formed at least essentially by the lattice structure 196b, with incident radiation field components being caused by the interaction with the lattice structure 196b are reflected and are subjected to frequency conversion by penetrating the frequency-converting medium, so that frequency-converted radiation field components are contained in the reflected radiation field.
- a reflective layer 203 is also formed behind the frequency-converting medium with respect to a direction of incidence, which also forms the reflector 120b, so that radiation field components penetrating the frequency-converting medium are at least also reflected by the reflective layer 203. It is therefore provided that the frequency-converting medium is arranged between the grating structure 196b and the reflective layer 203 .
- the interaction of the incident radiation field with the frequency conversion body 110b is such that, at least on a macroscopic scale, the radiation field is reflected with respect to an at least essentially planar reflector surface 146b and the radiation field is therefore at least not significantly widened during the reflection or is centered on a focal point.
- An optical path is also defined in this exemplary embodiment, with a radiation field entering a frequency conversion body 110" along this optical path on an entry side 126 and propagating through a frequency-converting medium along an incident branch 152" and hitting a reflector 120 of the frequency conversion body 110" and is reflected there and the radiation field propagates along a reflected branch 154" through the frequency-converting medium and finally emerges again from the frequency conversion body 110" at an exit side 128".
- the frequency conversion body 110" is designed in such a way that a marked axis 142" of the frequency-converting medium of the same runs at an angle to a normal 148" of a reflector surface 146 of the reflector 120 such that the incident branch 152" is at an angle 144"e to the distinguished axis 142", which is different from the angle 144"r at which the outgoing branch 154" extends to the distinguished axis 142".
- the frequency converting medium formed part 115'' is formed of a nonlinear optical crystal which is cut such that the surface of the crystal on the reflector side 112 runs at least approximately in a geometric plane 132, this surface and the geometric plane 132 running obliquely to the marked axis 142".
- the design of the frequency conversion body 110 and the section of the optical path 150" through it, in particular an entry angle on the entry side 126 and an exit angle on the exit side 128, is designed in such a way that the angle 144"r between the reflected branch 154" and the excellent axis 142" corresponds to a required frequency conversion angle.
- the angle 144"e between the incident branch 152" and the marked axis 152" preferably deviates from a frequency conversion angle in such a way that the non-linear processes do not take place in the radiation field propagating along this incident branch 152" and no frequency conversion takes place.
- the reflector 120 is in turn designed as a dielectric mirror comprising a multiplicity of layers or as a reflector comprising a grid.
- the reflector 120 Since it is provided in this exemplary embodiment that no frequency conversion takes place along the incident branch 152", it is not necessary for the reflector 120 to maintain a phase relationship between different radiation field components, since the frequency conversion only takes place after the reflection.
- the reflector can therefore be of simpler design be, since in particular there is only the requirement to effectively reflect the irradiated portions.
- the other elements and features are designed as in one of the exemplary embodiments explained above, so that with regard to the design of the same, for example the design of the frequency conversion body as a thin body and/or the Configuration of the entry side 126 and the exit side 128 and/or a front-side optical body 192 and/or a cooling system with at least one heat sink 191, 192 reference is made in full to the statements in connection with the exemplary embodiments explained above.
- the surface on the entry side 126 and the surface on the exit side 128 are essentially in the same surface, which is preferably in a geometric plane 136, which in particular is at least approximately parallel to the geometric plane 132 of the intermediate surface of the reflector side.
- the surfaces of the entry side 126 and the exit side 128 run obliquely to one another, with some variations running one of the two surfaces at least approximately parallel to the intermediate surface on the reflector side 112 and in other variations both surfaces running obliquely to the intermediate surface on the reflector side 112 run.
- a coating is preferably provided on the entry and exit sides 126, 128 of the frequency conversion body.
- an anti-reflection coating is provided in order to at least reduce losses when the radiation field enters and exits.
- the radiation field propagates along an optical path 150 defined by the radiation field providing device 210, for which, for example, the radiation field providing device 210 comprises a system of optical elements.
- the radiation field propagating along the optical path 150 enters the frequency body 110 at an entrance side, propagates through the frequency converting medium, is reflected at the reflector 120, further propagates through the frequency converting medium, and finally exits the frequency conversion body 110 again.
- the radiation field provision device 210 comprises a plurality of radiation sources 212, specifically one radiation field source 212 each, which generates a respective radiation field component required for the frequency conversion, for example generates incident radiation field components 182e and 184e.
- the radiation field provision device 210 thus comprises two radiation field sources 212, one generating a signal component and the other an idler component, or one generating a pump component and the other a signal component.
- the radiation field providing device 210 comprises only one radiation field source 212 which generates the required pump portion.
- the one radiation field source 212 or the multiple radiation field sources 212 each include a resonator and thus generate an amplified radiation field, in particular a laser radiation field, which propagates along the optical path 150 to the frequency conversion body 110 and penetrates it.
- the frequency conversion body 110 is thus penetrated by the corresponding radiation field components, the radiation field components overlap in the frequency conversion body 110 and a common enforcement area is created.
- a frequency conversion thus takes place at least on one branch of the optical path, as discussed in the exemplary embodiments explained above.
- the generated frequency-converted radiation field component for example a radiation field component 186, propagates through the frequency conversion body 110 at a different angle to the normal 148 and there is no further separation of the radiation field components which propagate in different directions, necessary to further use the frequency-converted radiation field component.
- a radiation field provision device 210' which is shown by way of example in Fig. 10, it comprises a frequency conversion body 110, which is designed in particular in accordance with one of the exemplary embodiments explained above, and at least one resonator 222.
- a portion of an optical path 150 is defined by a system of optical elements, for example the system of optical elements comprises at least two end mirrors 224 and 226 between which the optical path within the resonator 222 is defined.
- the frequency conversion body 110 is arranged within the resonator 222 , ie for example in the section of the optical path running between the two end mirrors 224 and 226 .
- the radiation field provision device 210' comprises at least one radiation field source 212 for at least one radiation field component required for the frequency conversion, in particular for a pump component and/or a signal component of the Radiation field, this radiation field component generated by this radiation field source being introduced into the resonator 222, for example through a partially transparent end mirror 224.
- resonator 222 also includes a decoupling element, for example one of the two end mirrors, here end mirror 226, is partially transparent, so that the generated frequency-converted radiation field component can be at least partially decoupled from resonator 222 and made available for further use.
- a decoupling element for example one of the two end mirrors, here end mirror 226, is partially transparent, so that the generated frequency-converted radiation field component can be at least partially decoupled from resonator 222 and made available for further use.
- this radiation field provision device 210' is particularly favorable for parametric generation.
- this is designed for other types of frequency conversion, in particular for one of the frequency conversion processes described at the outset.
- a frequency conversion body is also arranged in a resonator, the resonator being resonant for at least one of the radiation field components involved in the frequency conversion, i.e. for example for the pump component and/or for the idler component and/or for the signal component of the radiation field.
- one advantage of this is that the intensity of the at least one resonant radiation field component is increased and/or the resonant radiation field component passes through the frequency conversion body more often and a frequency conversion rate can thus be increased.
- a resonator 222' is also provided, in which a laser-active medium 232 and a frequency conversion body 110 are arranged.
- FIG. 11 shows an example of such an arrangement for such a radiation field supply device 210'''.
- the resonator 222''' is resonant for at least one radiation field component involved in the frequency conversion.
- At least one radiation field component involved in the frequency conversion is generated and/or amplified by means of the laser-active medium 232.
- the resonator 222'' has two end mirrors 224, 226, as in the exemplary embodiments explained above, with at least one of these end mirrors being a partially transparent end mirror as the decoupling element.
- a pumping device 236 is also provided for pumping the laser-active medium 232.
- the pumping device 236 is designed for electrically pumping the laser-active medium 232 or for optically pumping the laser-active medium 232.
- All other elements and features of these exemplary embodiments of the radiation field provision device are preferably, in particular with regard to the configuration of frequency conversion body 110, the configuration of part 115 comprising the frequency-converting medium and of reflector 120, the configuration of the section of optical path 150 running through frequency conversion body 110, and for example a cooling system at least partially as in any of the above in particular in connection with FIGS. 1 to 8, so that reference is made in full to the above statements.
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