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20080212166 | FOUR-WAVE MIXING SOURCE OF SQUEEZED LIGHT FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND INTERFEROMETRY - A four-wave mixing squeezed light source includes: a mixing medium having chi(3) non-linear characteristics including two atomic ground states coupled to each other by transitions through optically-excited states; a pump beam having a polarization and a frequency, said frequency being near the ground-to-excited atomic transition but far enough from the atomic transition such that the pump beam is substantially unabsorbed; and a probe beam having a polarization that is orthogonal with respect to the pump beam polarization, the probe beam having a frequency of the pump beam frequency plus or minus a frequency splitting of the two atomic ground states. The mixing medium, the pump beam and the probe beam interact to produce a phase conjugate beam having a polarization that is orthogonal to the pump beam polarization, such that the beams are non-degenerate with the pump beam, and the probe beam is amplified. | 09-04-2008 |
20080218846 | Method For Preparing A Periodically Poled Structure - A method for preparing a periodically poled structure according to this aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a ferroelectric substrate and performing a poling process by applying a poling current to at least one portion of the ferroelectric substrate according to a current waveform. The current waveform include a major phase and a tailed phase accompanying the major phase; the major phase has at least one peak current (Ip) and terminates when the current drops substantially equal to Ip/e, and the charge delivered to the portion of the ferroelectric substrate during the major phase is larger than that delivered during the tailed phase. The nucleation phase is configured to generate nucleation sites in the portion of the ferroelectric substrate and the spreading phase is configured to increase the size of the nucleation sites. | 09-11-2008 |
20080218847 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICES - It is provided a wavelength conversion device | 09-11-2008 |
20080225382 | Enhanced continuum generation in nonlinear bulk optic materials - In accordance with the present invention, a bulk optic material (for example, silica) is processed to form a spatially microstructured element, such as a photonic bandgap (PBG) structure. An ultra-short laser pulse source is used as an input signal that is applied to the bulk optic PBG structure to generate an enhanced continuum output. The PBG structure may comprise any type of one-, two- or three-dimensional grating structure, where the selected structure will dictate the type(s) of enhancement(s) that are present in the generated continuum—generally in the form of a broadened continuum and/or the inclusion of one or peaks in the continuum. The use of a relatively small-dimensioned bulk material allows for the continuum to be generated without the need for any type of optical confinement (waveguide). In one embodiment, the bulk PBG structure may be is subjected to one or more additional processes (such as UV exposure, electromagnetic field application, etc.) to modify the nonlinearity of the bulk optic material, in one case resulting in the reduction of the inherent chromatic dispersion and enhancement of the generated continuum. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225383 | Method and Devices for Generating Stable and Tunable Light Pulses - Methods and devices for generating stable, tunable and intense output light pulses are provided. A primary beam of light pulses is used to form a filament in an interaction zone. A secondary bean of light pulses is superposed with the filament and interacts therewith to generate the output light pulses. The parameters of the primary and secondary beams in the interaction zone can be controlled to obtain targeted optical characteristics of the output pulses. Multiple secondary beaus may also be used. | 09-18-2008 |
20080231942 | MOBILE CHARGE INDUCED PERIODIC POLING AND DEVICE - Devices and methods are disclosed for realizing a high quality bulk domain grating structure utilizing mobile charges that are generated by means of photo-excitation in a substrate. An effect of light exposure (UV, visible, or a combination of wavelengths) is to generate photo-induced charges. The application of a voltage across the substrate combined with the application of light exposure causes a photo-induced current to flow through the substrate. The photo-induced charges (behaving like virtual electrode inside the material) and the photo-induced current result in both reduction of the coercive field required for domain inversion in the material and improve realization of the domain inversion pattern, which previously has not been possible at room temperature. | 09-25-2008 |
20080259436 | Laser light source device, illumination device, image display device, and monitor - A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator constituting a resonator structure with the light source; a wavelength conversion element disposed between the light source and the external resonator, and converting the wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; and a first spacing member maintaining a state in which at least the wavelength conversion element is separated from the external resonator by a predetermined distance. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259437 | TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE SAME - The present invention aims to provide a tuning light source apparatus including a multiple-optical resonator, where the resonance frequencies of the respective optical resonators in a multiple-optical resonator are exactly coincided with the set frequency, and the frequency of the output laser beam is locked within a range of about 1 GHz from the set frequency. Current is flowed to TO phase shifters based on lights detected by light receiving elements, and the resonance wavelengths of resonators are adjusted in an aim of obtaining a state in which an intensity of an oscillation light becomes a maximum and at the same time an intensity of a light from a through port becomes a minimum. | 10-23-2008 |
20080291528 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER SYSTEM, CRYSTAL STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CRYSTAL REPLACEMENT METHOD OF WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - A wavelength converter system capable of replacing a nonlinear crystal in a wavelength converter in a short time with ease is provided. The wavelength converter system includes the wavelength converter for converting a wavelength by passing light through the nonlinear crystal and a crystal storage apparatus for storing a nonlinear crystal for replacement used by the wavelength converter, wherein the wavelength converter has a first crystal holder for fixing the nonlinear crystal and a first heater for heating the nonlinear crystal and the crystal storage apparatus has a container, a second crystal holder that is in the container to fix the nonlinear crystal for replacement and interchangeable with the first crystal holder, and a second heater for heating the nonlinear crystal for replacement. | 11-27-2008 |
20080310010 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting sections, a plurality of wavelength conversion elements each having a periodic polarization inversion structure, and for converting wavelengths of light beams emitted from the plurality of light emitting sections into predetermined wavelengths, a temperature control medium for controlling temperature of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements, a holding member having a housing space for housing the temperature control medium, and for holding the plurality of wavelength conversion elements, and a temperature control section for controlling the temperature of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements with the temperature control medium, and the temperature control section controls the temperature of the wavelength conversion elements so that the wavelength of the light beam emitted from at least one of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements is different from the wavelength of the light beam emitted from another of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN RF SIGNAL - An apparatus for generating an RF signal is provided includes a driver configured to generate a timing control for two optical signals. The apparatus further includes at least one optical pulse source configured to generate the two optical signals based on the timing control. In addition, the apparatus includes a photodetector configured to receive the two optical signals as input and further configured to generate an RF signal based on the two optical signals. A method for generating an RF signal is also provided. | 12-25-2008 |
20090046351 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD - A wavelength conversion device is disclosed. The wavelength conversion device includes at least a fundamental wave light source and an external resonator, where a reflectance R | 02-19-2009 |
20090052011 | ALL-OPTICAL, CONTINUOUSLY TUNABLE, PULSE DELAY GENERATOR USING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AND DISPERSION - A technique for generating variable pulse delays uses one or more nonlinear-optical processes such as cross-phase modulation, cross-gain modulation, self-phase modulation, four-wave mixing or parametric mixing, combined with group-velocity dispersion. The delay is controllable by changing the wavelength and/or power of a control laser. The delay is generated by introducing a controllable wavelength shift to a pulse of light, propagating the pulse through a material or an optical component that generates a wavelength dependent time delay, and wavelength shifting again to return the pulse to its original wavelength. | 02-26-2009 |
20090052012 | Optical antenna array for harmonic generation, mixing and signal amplification - An optical antenna collects, modifies and emits energy at light wavelengths. Linear conductors sized to correspond to the light wavelengths are used. Nonlinear junctions of small dimension are used to rectify an alternating waveform induced upon the conductors by the lightwave electromagnetic energy. The optical antenna and junctions are effective to produce harmonic energy at light wavelengths. The linear conductors may be comprised of carbon nanotubes that are attached to a substrate material, which may then be connected to an electrical port. | 02-26-2009 |
20090080062 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A POLED STRUCTURE BY USING DOUBLE-SIDED ELECTRODES - A method for preparing a poled structure by using double-sided electrodes to perform a poling process first provides a ferroelectric substrate with a first polarization direction having a top surface and a bottom surface. Fabrication processes are then performed to form an electrode structure including a first electrode and a second electrode on the top surface and a third electrode in a portion of the bottom surface between the first electrode and the second electrode. Subsequently, a poling process is performed on the electrode structure to form a plurality of inverted domains having a second polarization direction in the ferroelectric substrate, and the second polarization direction is substantially opposite to the first polarization direction. | 03-26-2009 |
20090086309 | SOURCE OF LIGHT WITH CONVERSION ELEMENT AND FIBER OPTICS, PROCEDURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE SOURCE OF LIGHT AND THEIR USE - Proposed is a light source having a conversion element ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090147349 | LASER MODULE - A laser module including a light emitter, a polarizing and filtering unit, a nonlinear optical crystal, and a first filter is provided. The light emitter emits a first beam. The polarizing and filtering unit is disposed on a transmission path of the first beam. A part of the first beam passes through the polarizing and filtering unit to become as a second beam with a specific polarization direction. The nonlinear optical crystal is disposed on a transmission path of the second beam from the polarizing and filtering unit. The nonlinear optical crystal converts a part of the second beam into a third beam. The first filter is disposed on a transmission path of the other part of the second beam and the third beam from the nonlinear optical crystal. The other part of the second beam is reflected by the first filter. The third beam passes through the first filter. | 06-11-2009 |
20090207480 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTING APPARATUS - A wavelength converting apparatus that improves output performance of laser light subjected to wavelength conversion while improving the efficiency of laser light wavelength conversion. Wavelength converting apparatus ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090237777 | ENGINEERED NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL COMPOSITES FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION - Walk-off corrected (WOC) non-linear optical (NLO) components, devices and systems including one or more engineered WOC NLO crystal doublets. Such systems and devices advantageously increase the efficiency of an OPO operation. Devices are applicable to any uniaxial and biaxial NLO crystals in a wide range of wavelengths, e.g., from far ultraviolet to visible to far infrared. Devices employing engineered WOC NLO components according to embodiments of the present invention include any conventional frequency converting architectures. Systems and methods are also provided to unambiguously determine and correct walk-off for any arbitrary uniaxial and biaxial crystal orientation. The correct crystal orientation is also experimentally confirmed. This allows the use of WOC crystal doublet assemblies for a wide range of wavelengths and NLO crystals that until now have not been used because of low efficiency due to walk-off and inability of readily correcting walk-off. | 09-24-2009 |
20090244694 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: a first light source unit and a second light source unit emitting light; and a wavelength conversion element converting wavelengths of lights emitted from the first light source unit and from the second light source unit. Chief ray of light emitted from the first light source unit and transmitted through the wavelength conversion element is not parallel with chief ray of light emitted from the second light source unit and transmitted through the wavelength conversion element. | 10-01-2009 |
20090251765 | COMPOSITION FOR PHOTON-ENERGY UP-CONVERSION - The present invention relates to a composition for photon energy up-conversion, a system comprising said composition and to uses of said composition and said system. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257114 | WAVELENGTH-CONVERTED LIGHT GENERATING APPARATUS AND GENERATING METHOD - A wavelength-converted light generating apparatus | 10-15-2009 |
20090284828 | Optical Comb Frequency Source - This invention relates to methods and apparatus for generating an optical frequency comb. In embodiments a passive mode locked optical waveguide comb uses electrical or optical tuning for the mode spacing frequency (df) and the carrier envelope offset frequency (f | 11-19-2009 |
20090284829 | PLASMONIC ELEMENTS - A surface plasmon element comprising an array of metal nanoparticles ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090290211 | Device for modifying the wavelength range of a spectrum of light - The present invention relates to a device for modifying, e.g. narrowing the wavelength range of a spectrum of light. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303573 | Optical antenna with phase control - An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ones of the optical antenna elements are configured to respond to the one or more waves of light. | 12-10-2009 |
20090323172 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE ADOPTING SUCH OPTICAL APPARATUS - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes: a non-linear optical crystal of an oxygen octahedral structure, having added thereto a metal ion in other components than a main component; a light source for projecting light into the non-linear optical crystal in an operation mode; and a refractive index recovery mechanism for carrying out a recovery operation for recovering a refractive index of said non-linear optical crystal as shifted overtime due to light projected into the non-linear optical crystal in the operation mode with an applied external energy into the non-linear optical crystal in a non-operation mode in which light is not injected to the non-linear optical crystal. | 12-31-2009 |
20100020387 | CHIRPED-PULSE QUADRATIC NONLINEARITY-BASED HIGH-ENERGY PULSE COMPRESSOR - A pulse compression technique for compressing femtosecond-duration high-energy pulses first linearly chirps and thus broadens an input pulse before compressing it by nonlinear soliton compression. The technique simultaneously decreases the final compressed pulse duration and improves of the compressed pulse quality. In the preferred embodiment, a linear dispersive delay ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100033806 | Wavelength Converter Manufacturing Method and Wavelength Converter - Affords a wavelength converter manufacturing method and a wavelength converter whereby the transmissivity can be improved. A method of manufacturing a wavelength converter ( | 02-11-2010 |
20100073761 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE PACKAGE - A nonlinear optical device is provided. More specifically, a wavelength conversion device package with less optical loss stabilizes optical alignment under an external environmental change, for example, in a temperature variation by providing a temperature regulating block and a temperature sensor to an optical oscillator and a wavelength modulator and fixing a flexible optical transmitter to the optical oscillator and the wavelength modulator. | 03-25-2010 |
20100103503 | OPTICAL OUTPUT CONTROLLER AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An optical output controller includes a wavelength conversion device operable to change the wavelength of pumped laser light; a heating/cooling unit operable to control the temperature of the wavelength conversion device; a temperature detector which detects the temperature of the wavelength conversion device; a temperature controller operable to control the heating/cooling unit such that the detected temperature corresponds to a target temperature; an optical output detector operable to detect the optical output from the wavelength conversion device; an optical-output maximization controller operable to determine a temperature at which the optical output is maximized according to the optical output detected by the optical output detector and from the detected temperature detected by the temperature detector and, further, outputs the temperature difference between the determined temperature and the detected temperature; and an adder which adds the temperature difference outputted from the optical-output maximization controller to the target temperature; wherein the temperature difference is added to the target temperature to correct the target temperature for maximizing the optical output. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103504 | NANO-ANTENNA ENHANCED IR UP-CONVERSION MATERIALS - Robust composite materials containing nanoscale antennae for molecules are used in the up-conversion process. Antennae can be used to locally enhance the electric fields near an upconverting phosphor or material to enhance both absorption of energy, such as with a television or radio receiver, and emission of energy, such as by the transmitter at the radio station. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110533 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A laser light source ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100128343 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD - A wavelength conversion light source apparatus includes a fundamental wave light source configured to emit a fundamental wave, a nonlinear crystal configured to convert a wavelength of the fundamental wave by being irradiated with the fundamental wave and making the fundamental wave pass therethrough, and a movement unit configured to place the nonlinear crystal thereon and continuously move the nonlinear crystal within a plane, where a phase matching condition is not violated, so that a passage path of the fundamental wave passing through the nonlinear crystal is changed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100165452 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LASER LIGHT SOURCE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY AND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - A wavelength conversion element is provided with a substrate including a nonlinear optical single crystal having a periodically poled structure, the visible light transmittance of the substrate is 85% or higher when ultraviolet light is irradiated to the substrate, and laser light having an average output of 1 W or more is outputted by shortening the wavelength of laser light having a wavelength of 640 nm to 2000 nm. By improving visible light transmission characteristics when the ultraviolet light is irradiated in this way, the breakdown of crystal can be prevented and the stabilization of output characteristics at high output can be realized. As a result, the absorption of green light induced by ultraviolet light can also be suppressed, and the saturation of output and the breakdown of crystal can be avoided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172018 | DEEP BLUE EXTENDED SUPER CONTINUUM LIGHT SOURCE - A new deep blue extended super continuum light source is provided wherein said super continuum at least extends to a low wavelength border λ | 07-08-2010 |
20100226001 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICES AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion device | 09-09-2010 |
20100245985 | Wavelength converting devices - A wavelength converting substrate | 09-30-2010 |
20100315698 | Modular ring resonator - An optical resonator with an optical mode has a resonator block with and opening. At least one optical component is mounted on a holder that is positioned in the opening to locate the component in the mode of the resonator. The holder is contrained by the resonator block so that the orientation of the component in the plane of the resonator is substantially fixed by the opening. The component is simply aligned in the resonator by rotating the holder in the opening. The resonator block may also have a mirror reference surfaces that automatically aligns a mirror that is pressed against the surface. The resonator has a high degree of optomechanical assembly and facilitates initial component alignment and the interchange of optical components and mirrors. | 12-16-2010 |
20100321764 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE - A wavelength conversion device | 12-23-2010 |
20110007383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING FLAT OR ARBITRARY SHAPED OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS - A method and system for generating an optical frequency comb that employs a dual parallel modulator that inputs an optical signal at a center frequency of a desired optical frequency comb and an RF signal at a frequency corresponding to a desired spacing of the teeth of the optical frequency comb. The amplitudes of the teeth of the optical frequency comb are controlled by controlling the amplitudes of the two RF inputs to the DPM and the phase shift between the two RF inputs. In some embodiments, the three bias voltages for the three interferometers in the DPM are also controlled. In some embodiments, all three interferometers are all biased at the same point (e.g, quadrature). Preferably, but not necessarily, the three interferometers of the DPM are formed on a single substrate. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013263 | MEDIUM FOR PHOTON ENERGY UP-CONVERSION - The present invention relates to a medium for photon energy up-conversion, a photon-energy up-conversion device comprising said medium and to uses of said medium. The present invention also relates to a method of photon energy up-conversion using said medium or said device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013264 | QUASI NON-CRITICAL PHASE MATCHED AND CONTRA-PHASE MATCHED STRUCTURES - Adhesive-free bond non-linear optical (NLO) components, devices and systems including one or more engineered quasi non-critical phase matched or contra-phase matched NLO crystal doublets. Such systems and devices advantageously increase the efficiency of NLO frequency conversion and improve beam quality. Devices are applicable to any uniaxial and biaxial NLO crystals in a wide range of wavelengths, e.g., from far ultraviolet to visible to far infrared. Devices employing engineered AFB NLO components according to certain embodiments include any conventional frequency converting architectures. Systems and methods are also provided to unambiguously determine and correct walk-off for any arbitrary uniaxial and biaxial crystal orientation. | 01-20-2011 |
20110019266 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element | 01-27-2011 |
20110026102 | MOPA Seed Source With Wavelength Control For Resonant Frequency Conversion - A method and system for converting one frequency into another include a MOPA configuration radiating a light at a first frequency which is coupled into a frequency conversion unit. Further included are a control unit operative to monitor the other frequency and a pump unit operative to vary its output power provided that the monitored frequency does not substantially match a reference value stored in the control unit. The output power of the pump unit varies while the master oscillator scans its cavity in search for the desired resonant frequency. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026103 | CRYSTAL FOR OPTICAL CONVERSION - An efficient broadband crystal for wavelength conversion, the crystal being a quasi-phase matched non-linear crystal, having an aperiodic poled structure, each period being tuned, and wherein said tuning varies adiabatically along a length of said crystal from a first end wherein said tuning is a strong negative mismatch to a second end wherein said tuning is a strong positive mismatch or vice versa. The crystal is able to provide efficient wavelength conversion over a range of frequencies. | 02-03-2011 |
20110032597 | ELECTRIC FIELD POLING OF FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS - A method of inducing a periodic variation of nonlinearity value in a sample of ferroelectric material comprises arranging a pair of electrodes on opposite faces of the sample, one electrode defining a desired pattern of nonlinearity variation, applying a pre-bias voltage across the sample for a predetermined time using the electrodes, the pre-bias voltage being less than the coercive field of the ferroelectric material; and after the predetermined time, applying a current-controlled poling voltage across the sample using the electrodes, to produce domain inversion in the sample according to the desired pattern of nonlinearity variation. The pre-bias voltage may be 75% of the coercive field or more, and applied for a pre-determined time between 1 and 100 seconds. | 02-10-2011 |
20110032598 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes a fundamental wave laser light source ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110038031 | PULSED FIBER-MOPA WITH WIDELY-VARIABLE PULSE-DURATION - Master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) apparatus includes two seed-pulse sources coupled to a single fiber amplifier including one or more stages of amplification. One of the seed-pulse sources is a single-mode source generating pulses having a duration selectively variable between about 0.1 ns and 10 ns. The other seed-pulse source is a multi-mode source generating pulses having a duration selectively variable between about 1 ns and 10 μs. Selectively operating one or the other of the seed-pulse sources provides that the apparatus can deliver pulses selectively variable in a range between about 0.1 ns and 10 μs. | 02-17-2011 |
20110038032 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A first laser beam 1 | 02-17-2011 |
20110038033 | PHOTON PAIR GENERATING APPARATUS AND PHOTON PAIR GENERATING METHOD - In a photon pair generating apparatus for generating a pair of correlated photons by hyper-parametric scattering, a light-shaping section irradiates an optical resonator with two beams of light of equal wavelength from different directions, and the optical resonator is configured to emit two correlated photons of different wavelengths in one direction as a pair of correlated photons. This makes it possible to provide a photon pair generating apparatus capable of achieving generation of a pair of correlated photons by a simpler configuration. | 02-17-2011 |
20110051226 | STABILIZED LIGHT SOURCE - A light source including a light emitting unit, a nonlinear medium, and a resonant grating. The light emitting unit is arranged to emit a first light into the nonlinear medium. The nonlinear medium is arranged to generate a second light such that an optical frequency of the second light is higher than an optical frequency of the first light. The resonant grating is arranged to stabilize an optical frequency of the first light by providing optical feedback to the light emitting unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110075251 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FREQUENCY OPTIMIZING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH AMBIENT HEAT CONVERSION DEVICE - A device comprising a conversion channel including: a first end configured to accept ambient electromagnetic radiation, the ambient electromagnetic radiation having an initial frequency, a second end configured to allow the ambient electromagnetic radiation to exit, and at least two opposing walls connecting the first end and the second end, wherein the at least two opposing walls include one or more crystals, the at least two opposing walls being separated by at least one-half of a wave length; wherein when the ambient electromagnetic radiation interacts with the one or more crystals of the at least two opposing side walls, the initial frequency of the ambient electromagnetic radiation being repeatedly increased to an optimal frequency is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided | 03-31-2011 |
20110096390 | Methods for Controlling Wavelength-Converted Light Sources to Reduce Speckle - A method for operating a wavelength-converted light source includes directing a pump beam having a fundamental wavelength from the laser source into an input facet of the wavelength conversion device such that a wavelength-converted output beam is emitted from an output facet of the wavelength conversion device in the field of view of an optical detector. A physical property of the wavelength conversion device is varied within individual ones of a succession of consecutive speckle reduction intervals having durations less than the integration time of the optical detector. The physical property of the wavelength conversion device is varied by an amount that is sufficient to change in a phase-matched (PM) wavelength of the wavelength conversion device. The fundamental wavelength of the pump beam is thereafter adjusted based on the change in the PM wavelength to maintain an efficiency of the wavelength conversion in the wavelength conversion device. | 04-28-2011 |
20110102882 | BLUE EXTENDED SUPER CONTINUUM LIGHT SOURCE - A new blue extended super continuum light source is claimed. When pulses of partly coherent monochromatic “pump” radiation of essentially constant amplitude is propagating through a microstructure fibre medium within a region of anomalous dispersion of the medium, then, provided the medium has a finite nonlinear coefficient of the index of refraction, the pump pulse is subject to a modulation instability. This instability results in the generation and exponential growth of sidebands, the two closest to the “pump” frequency being the dominant ones. The modulation frequency is proportional to the square root of the power in the carrier wave. In the time domain this leads to that the interaction between the medium and the radiation results in contraction of the width of the amplitude peaks, which results in formation of a train of narrow pulses with Tera Hertz repetition rate. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102883 | HIGH-POWER WHITE LEDS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting apparatus has a radiation source for emitting short wavelength radiation. A down conversion material receives and down converts at least some of the short wavelength radiation emitted by the radiation source and back transfers a portion of the received and down converted radiation. An optic device adjacent the down conversion material at least partially surrounds the radiation source. The optic device is configured to extract at least some of the back transferred radiation. A sealant substantially seals a space between the radiation source and the optic device. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102884 | HIGH-POWER WHITE LEDS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting apparatus has a radiation source for emitting short wavelength radiation. A down conversion material receives and down converts at least some of the short wavelength radiation emitted by the radiation source and back transfers a portion of the received and down converted radiation. An optic device adjacent the down conversion material at least partially surrounds the radiation source. The optic device is configured to extract at least some of the back transferred radiation. A sealant substantially seals a space between the radiation source and the optic device. | 05-05-2011 |
20110122481 | INTEGRATED DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An integrated device includes an optical element and an electrical element that are implemented on a substrate. The optical element and the electrical element are bonded by surface-activated bonding technology to a bonding portion that is formed on the substrate and made of metal material. | 05-26-2011 |
20110128611 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE WITH CRYSTAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR COLOR TEMPERATURE TUNING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a white light source, and particularly to a white light source with crystal fiber and a method for color temperature tuning thereof. The white light source of the present invention comprises a pumping source for providing a first-color light, and a gradient index lens for coupling the first-color light into a crystal fiber. The crystal fiber absorbs a portion of the first-color light and generates a second-color light and a third-color light, and a white light with high color rendering index can be obtained. The crystal fiber is made of a first rare earth element oxide and a second rare earth element oxide co-doped yttrium aluminum garnet. The color temperature of the white light can be tuned by adjusting the position of the focus of the pumping light on the end section of the crystal fiber. | 06-02-2011 |
20110128612 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - In a wavelength conversion element in which a periodic poled crystal that converts an input laser light into a laser light of a predetermined wavelength is provided on a thick-film resistance substrate including a heating unit, a heat spreader having a predetermined thermal conductivity, which equalizes a temperature distribution of the periodic poled crystal, is provided between the thick-film resistance substrate and the periodic poled crystal, and the thick-film resistance substrate and the heat spreader, and the heat spreader and the periodic poled crystal are adhered by an adhesive member having a predetermined thermal conductivity. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134509 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element having an improved property-maintaining life and a method for manufacturing the wavelength conversion element are provided. A wavelength conversion element | 06-09-2011 |
20110170172 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion laser device includes a laser light source which emits a laser beam, two reflective surfaces which reflect therefrom a laser beam, a wavelength converter provided between the two reflective surfaces, which converts a laser beam into a wavelength-converted laser beam, and condensing optics which condense the laser beams to be injected between the two reflective surfaces, wherein at least one of the two reflective surfaces has a curvature for reflecting a laser beam to be re-injected into the wavelength converter between the two reflective surfaces repeatedly while forming multi paths of laser beams injected into the wavelength converter at different incident angles, and the condensing optics are arranged to disperse beam waists of the laser beams in the wavelength converter, which reciprocate between the two reflective surfaces. | 07-14-2011 |
20110194171 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical wavelength conversion element includes: a wavelength conversion waveguide that has a periodic polarization reversal structure having alternately and cyclically formed domains of which polarization directions are inverted, that guides light as a fundamental wave corresponding to the periodic polarization reversal structure, and performs a wavelength conversion of the guided fundamental wave; a first clad that is made of a dielectric having a refractive index lower than that of the wavelength conversion waveguide and is provided in contact with the domains; a second clad that is made of a dielectric having a refractive index lower than that of the wavelength conversion waveguide and is provided in contact with the domains such that the second clad is opposed to the first clad film; a first conducting unit that electrically connects the domains in parallel via the first clad; and a second conducting unit that electrically connects the domains in parallel via the second clad. | 08-11-2011 |
20110205618 | Device for generating or receiving terahertz radiation - A device for generating or receiving electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range from 10 GHz to 100 THz is provided. The device includes a housing and a wave guide fiber leading into the housing. The wave guide fiber is adapted for guiding pulsed laser light with a first central wavelength. Within the housing, a terahertz converter is provided for generating or receiving the electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz range. The device also includes a frequency converter for converting the light exiting from the wave guide fiber to a second central wavelength being arranged between the end of the wave guide fiber and the terahertz converter in such a way that the terahertz converter is impinged by the frequency converted light. | 08-25-2011 |
20110242642 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION DEVICE - A terahertz wave generating apparatus | 10-06-2011 |
20110242643 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING TIME DISTORTION GENERATED IN LIGHT PULSES BY A NONLINEAR OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER SYSTEM - A device for reducing time distortion generated in light pulses by an optical frequency converter including at least one nonlinear optical component ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110255149 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A wavelength conversion laser light source | 10-20-2011 |
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20110267682 | PROXIMITY COUPLED ATHERMAL OPTICAL PACKAGE COMPRISING LASER SOURCE AND COMPOUND FACET WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE - Particular embodiments of the present disclosure bring an SHG crystal, or other type of wavelength conversion device, into close proximity with a laser source to eliminate the need for coupling optics, reduce the number of package components, and reduce package volume. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an optical package is provided comprising a laser source and a wavelength conversion device. The laser source is positioned such that the output face of the laser source is proximity-coupled to a waveguide portion of the input face of the wavelength conversion device. The input face of the wavelength conversion device comprises an α-cut facet and β-cut facet. The α-cut facet of the input face is oriented at a horizontal angle α, relative to the waveguide of the wavelength conversion device to permit proximity coupling of the output face of the laser source and the input face of the wavelength conversion device. The β-cut facet of the input face is oriented at a horizontal angle β, relative to the waveguide of the wavelength conversion device to cooperate with the horizontal tilt angle of the device to reduce back reflections from the input face of the wavelength conversion device into the laser source. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
20110317254 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE USING NONCENTROSYMMETRIC CUBIC MATERIALS FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION - This invention is directed to a new class of nonlinear optical device (NLO). For this purpose, in one aspect of this invention, a nonlinear optical device including a first nonlinear optical grating is presented. According to one version of the invention, the first nonlinear optical grating comprises a plurality of adjacent nonlinear optical units arranged in series. Each NLO unit has a single crystal segment and a polycrystalline segment. The single crystal segment is composed of a nonlinear optical crystal material and has its length adapted to provide the nonlinear optical effect. The polycrystalline segments are adapted in length to compensate the phase mismatch among the waves that occur in the single crystal segment. | 12-29-2011 |
20120033291 | ADVANCED SHIFTING ALGORITHM FOR PROLONGING THE LIFE OF AN OPTICALLY NONLINEAR CRYSTAL - In a shifting algorithm for an optically nonlinear crystal arranged to frequency-convert beam of radiation, the location of one or more defects in the crystal is recorded as an exclusion zone. The location of the beam is stepped incrementally over a surface around a closed or open loop path in increments less than a beam dimension. The path is arranged such that the beam does not enter the exclusion zone. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038973 | STABLE MOUNTING OF NON-LINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL - A nonlinear optical crystal can be mounted to a mounting block configured to receive the crystal. The crystal can be mounted to the mounting block with a face of the crystal abutting a surface of the mounting block. An adhesive secures the crystal to the mounting block by adhering to the bottom and/or sidewall of the channel and to at least corresponding a portion of the bottom and/or side face of the crystal proximate an edge of the crystal. | 02-16-2012 |
20120087004 | OPTICAL COMB GENERATOR - Provided is an optical comb generator including a light source, a first waveguide region, a modulation region, and a second waveguide region. The light source is configured to output single-mode light. The first waveguide region divides an output of the light source into first light and second light. The modulation region includes a first modulator and a second modulator modulating the first light and the second light respectively. The second waveguide region combines outputs of the first modulator and the second modulator to output an optical comb. Here, the first modulator and the second modulator respectively include a first quantum well and a second quantum well having an asymmetric structure with respect to each other. The light source, the first waveguide region, the modulation region, and the second waveguide region are integrated into one substrate. | 04-12-2012 |
20120105943 | Laser ray wavelength modification apparatus - A laser ray wavelength modification apparatus that includes a semiconductor laser element, a fundamental wave light reflecting element, a wavelength modification element, a selective reflection member and a dichroic mirror. The selective reflection member permits fundamental wave light among light rays emitted from the wavelength modification element to pass through to the fundamental wave light reflecting element while reflecting the wavelength modification light. The dichroic mirror is arranged between the semiconductor laser element and the wavelength modification element. The dichroic mirror transmits the fundamental wave light and removes by reflection out the wavelength modification light. | 05-03-2012 |
20120134011 | OPTICAL FIBER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING OPTICAL SHORT PULSES AND OPTICAL FIBER DELIVERY METHOD - The optical fiber delivery system for delivering optical short pulses includes: a chirped pulse source ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120162747 | TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE GENERATOR - A terahertz continuous wave generator includes: an optical intensity modulator configured to modulate an optical signal into DSB optical signals; a local oscillator configured to generate a modulation signal for modulating the optical signal inputted to the optical intensity modulator into DSB optical signals; a notch filter configured to filter an optical signal with a specific frequency; an optical fiber amplifier configured to amplify an output signal of the optical intensity modulator; an optical circulator configured to transmit the optical signal inputted to the optical fiber amplifier to the notch filter and transmit the optical signal reflected from the notch filter to an input of the optical intensity modulator; an optical coupler configured to apply the optical signal to the optical intensity modulator; and an OE converter configured to photomix the DSB signals outputted through the notch filter. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170109 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL FREQUENCY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for controlling optical frequency (F | 07-05-2012 |
20120200911 | HIGH-POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC SUM FREQUENCY GENERATOR SYSTEM - A High-power sum frequency generator system including a first electromagnetic source for generating a first fundamental field and a second fundamental field emitted along a propagation path, and a first nonlinear component and a second nonlinear component arranged in series along the propagation path. The first nonlinear component generates a first sum frequency field from the first fundamental field and the second fundamental field, the first sum frequency field having a first polarization. The second nonlinear component generates a second sum frequency field from the first and second fundamental fields, the second sum frequency field having a second polarization. The system has an output that includes the first sum frequency field and the second sum frequency field, and a direction of the first polarization forms a mutual angle with a direction of the second polarization such that the two polarizations are non-parallel. | 08-09-2012 |
20120218624 | HIGH-POWER WHITE LEDS - A light emitting apparatus has a radiation source for emitting short wavelength radiation. A down conversion material receives and down converts at least some of the short wavelength radiation emitted by the radiation source and back transfers a portion of the received and down converted radiation. An optic device adjacent the down conversion material at least partially surrounds the radiation source. The optic device is configured to extract at least some of the back transferred radiation. A sealant substantially seals a space between the radiation source and the optic device. | 08-30-2012 |
20120229886 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR - An optical device comprising a tunable optical frequency comb generator. The comb generator includes an interferometer, and an optical feed-back loop waveguide and an electronic controller. | 09-13-2012 |
20120268807 | System for Continuously Generating Polychromatic Light By Means of Doped Microstructured Optical Fibre - A system for generating polychromatic light, which includes: an optical pumping device suitable for continuously or quasi-continuously emitting a monochromatic or quasi-monochromatic radiation according to a pumping wavelength; a device for guiding light arranged such as to emit polychromatic radiation continuously or quasi continuously, at the output thereof, and a device for coupling between the pumping and coupling device. In the system, the guiding device, includes a microstructured optical fiber in which the core is at least partially doped with a material having a high intrinsic non-linear response, and the geometry of the optical fiber and the doping rate of the core thereof are predetermined such as to adapt the zero dispersion length of the optical fiber to the pumping wavelength. | 10-25-2012 |
20130063807 | UP -CONVERSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITHIN A WAVELENGTH RANGE - Prior art techniques for converting the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation by non-linear interactions such as sum frequency generation SFG produces blurred images when applied to polychromatic images. The invention provides an improved arrangement ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130088770 | SPECTRAL WIDTH NARROWING METHOD, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for narrowing a spectral width that can also be adapted to an ultrashort optical pulse emitted from a wavelength tunable light source, and that can provide an output optical pulse with a narrow spectral width and a low noise component, and an optical element and a light source device that use the method for narrowing a spectral width. The method includes using an optical waveguide member ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130135710 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND LASER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a wavelength conversion device and others. The wavelength conversion device is provided with an input port, a beam homogenizer, a wavefront aberration compensating element, and a nonlinear conversion element of a nonlinear optical crystal. The beam homogenizer forms a flat-top light intensity distribution of an output laser beam at a position different from a beam waist position thereof. Thereafter, the wavefront aberration compensating element outputs the laser beam coming from the beam homogenizer, as a phase-aligned collimated beam to the wavelength conversion element. | 05-30-2013 |
20130148189 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL CdSiP2 CRYSTAL FOR USE IN SURGICAL LASER | 06-13-2013 |
20130155491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGENERATING AND RESHAPING OF OPTICAL SIGNALS - A method and an apparatus for processing an optical signal are disclosed wherein an input optical signal having an amplitude profile is combined by means of Bragg scattering with a first pulsed pump signal having a first waveshape and a second pulsed pump signal having a second waveshape. The combined optical signal is input in a nonlinear optical material for frequency converting the input optical signal thereby obtaining an idler signal wherein the first pulsed pump signal co-propagates with the input optical signal and the second pulsed pump signal co-propagates with the idler signal. The idler signal produced has a peak amplitude proportional to the peak amplitude of the input optical signal and a shape corresponding to the second pump waveshape. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155492 | METAMATERIALS WITH ENHANCED NONLINEARITY - Embodiments provide metamaterials having an enhanced nonlinear response to light. The metamaterials are artificially manufactured materials having a nonlinear response to light greater than that typically found in naturally occurring materials. A two-dimensional periodic metal-dielectric array can be mathematically mapped as an effective uniform dielectric slab with enhanced optical nonlinearity. The enhanced nonlinearity is controlled by the geometry of the array. Further, the configuration of the array can be applied to form three-dimensional structures having an enhanced nonlinear response to light. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163070 | PARAMETRIC GENERATOR - A method of optimizing parametric gain in a nonlinear optical crystal that in response to application of a pump beam generates through a parametric generation process signal and idler beams, wherein the signal beam is non-collinear with the pump beam and the signal beam is subject to absorption due to the nonlinear material, the method involving shaping the pump beam to have an elliptical cross section, wherein the method further involves determining the width w of the pump beam depending on the absorption co-efficient of the optical crystal. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION AND DETECTION OF ROGUE WAVES - Methods and systems are provided for generation and detection of rogue waves, including hydrodynamic rogue waves and optical rogue waves. A method for generating an optical rogue wave comprises the steps of generating an input pulse into a nonlinear optical medium, and perturbing the input pulse by directing a narrow-band seed radiation into the input pulse. The seed radiation has a frequency and timing to generate broadband radiation within the nonlinear optical medium. | 06-27-2013 |
20130188240 | IR FIBER BROADBAND MID-IR LIGHT SOURCE - A method of generating a supercontinuum in chalcogenide fiber with a pump light comprising a short pulse fiber laser or diode laser operating with a wavelength of | 07-25-2013 |
20130188241 | Flexible and Stable Supercontinuum Source - Optical pulse source comprising optical pump laser for generating optical pump pulses at repetition rate Rf; a nonlinear optical element comprising an optical fiber for generating supercontinuum pulses; a gating device provided operable to selectively control the launch of pump pulses into the optical fiber at a reduced, lower repetition rate Rr=Rf/N in order to generate supercontinuum pulses at different user selectable repetition rates lower than the pump pulse repetition rate; first and second optical amplifiers; wavelength tunable optical bandpass filter; wherein the optical fiber can generate supercontinuum pulses having a supercontinuum spanning from below 450 nm to greater than 2000 nm; and wherein said optical pulse source comprises an all-fiber source wherein said optical pump laser comprises a fiber oscillator, said gating device comprises a fiber coupled optical modulator, and the optical pump pulses are launched into the optical fiber without the use of free space optics. | 07-25-2013 |
20130215494 | BURST OSCILLATION METHOD IN LASER SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Disclosed is a burst mode oscillation method for burst mode oscillation by controlling the peak output of light pulses in a laser system. The burst mode oscillation apparatus includes a seed beam generator which receives electrical input signals having different pulse widths, modulates pulse widths and amplitudes of outputs in output light according to the received electrical input signals, and outputs the modulated pulse light, an amplifier which amplifies the modulated pulse light and outputs amplified pulse light, and a non-linear wavelength converter which can control wavelength-converted output light according to the amplitudes of the peak output changed through the pulse widths of the amplified pulse light. | 08-22-2013 |
20130293945 | LIGHT GENERATION DEVICE AND LIGHT GENERATION METHOD - A terahertz light generation device | 11-07-2013 |
20130314766 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION CRYSTAL, AND A LIGHT SOURCE COMPRISING THE SAME - A nonlinear crystal includes a plurality of poled zones implemented in a nonlinear material. The crystal has a first region and a second region. In the first region, the local average of a length of a period of the poled zones substantially increases with increasing distance from an origin. In the second region, the local average of the length of the period of the poled zones substantially decreases with increasing distance from the origin. The origin is located at an end of the crystal. | 11-28-2013 |
20140002890 | EFFICIENT FREQUENCY CONVERSION | 01-02-2014 |
20140002891 | Electromagnetic Wave Radiation Element and Method for Producing Same | 01-02-2014 |
20140016183 | RECONSTRUCTION OF NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016184 | HIGH-POWER OPTICAL FIBRE LASER - A high-power optical fibre laser includes: an oscillator ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140043673 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING OPTICAL FREQUENCY - An optical frequency conversion method and device are provided by which a component other than a desired harmonic component can be eliminated with high precision and an output lightwave with the desired frequency component can be easily extracted even if the frequency of a modulation signal is changed. A plurality of phase control sections ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140071517 | Broadband optical upconversion by energy transfer from dye antenna to upconverting crystal - An optical upconverting nanomaterial includes a nanocrystal, a ligand layer directly bonded to the nanocrystal, and an optical antenna directly or indirectly bonded to the nanocrystal. The nanocrystal includes a transition metal-doped material exhibiting upconversion to optical wavelengths. The transition metal-doped material includes energy transfer facilitating transition metal dopants and (not necessarily distinct) emitter transition metal dopants, where an absorption spectrum of the energy transfer facilitating transition metal dopants overlaps with an emission spectrum of the optical antenna. The optical upconverting nanomaterial has at least one linear dimension (e.g., width or thickness) that is less than 150 nm in extent. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085710 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wavelength conversion element includes a core formed of a ferroelectric crystal having a periodically poled structure in which first and second domains having mutually inverted directions of spontaneous polarization are alternately aligned side by side, and a cladding covering all side surfaces of the core along a light propagation direction and having a uniform refractive index. Boundary surfaces of the first and second domains are arranged in a non-parallel manner with respect to the light propagation direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140177033 | PULSE LASER DEVICE AND BURST MODE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE BURST MODE - The present invention relates to a pulse laser device, and more particularly, to a pulse laser device which can be operated in a burst mode, in which the output of a low-output laser generator is adjusted so as to enable the uniform control of the profile of the peak output of a final output optical pulse train, and in a variable burst mode, in which the profile of the final output optical pulse train can be controlled into an arbitrary waveform. | 06-26-2014 |
20140204456 | IR SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCE USING LOW-LOSS HEAVY METAL OXIDE GLASSES - An IR supercontinuum source for generating supercontinuum in the MIR or possibly LWIR spectral bands comprises a supercontinuum fiber formed from a heavy metal oxide host glass having low optical loss and high non-linearity over the spectral band that is stable, strong and chemically durable. The supercontinuum fiber is suitably a depressed inner clad fiber configured to support only single transverse spatial mode propagation of the pump signal and supercontinuum. The source suitably includes a tapered depressed inner clad fiber to couple the pump signal into the supercontinuum fiber. The source may be configured as an “all-fiber” source. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204457 | QUINOLINIUM SINGLE CRYSTALS FOR USE IN NONLINEAR OPTICS - The present invention relates to quinolinium-derived single crystals for use in nonlinear optics, which exhibit high molecular orientation and macroscopic optical nonlinearity. When the quinolinium-derived crystals according to the present invention are applied to THz wave light sources, higher THz wave generating efficiency may be obtained as compared with inorganic crystals or existing organic M crystals. | 07-24-2014 |
20140218788 | High Power Fiber Pump Source with High Brightness, Low-Noise Output in About 974-1030 nm Wavelength - A high power pump ultra bright low-noise source is configured with a multimode (“MM”) seed source outputting a MM smooth, low-noise signal light at a desired wavelength in a wavelength range between about 974 and 1030 nm, a MM Yb fiber wavelength converter operative to convert emission of a plurality of high power (“HP”) semiconductor laser diodes at a sub-pump wavelength λ sp to a pump output at the desired wavelength λρ, wherein Δλ=λ | 08-07-2014 |
20140218789 | Seeded Optical Amplifier Apparatus for Producing Femtosecond Pulses - A source of femtosecond optical pulses comprises a seed pulse source arranged to generate seed pulses; an optical amplifier downstream of the seed pulse source, the optical amplifier having a gain bandwidth; a nonlinear optical element downstream of the amplifier, the optical element spectrally broadening optical pulses via a non linear process to have a spectral bandwidth that exceeds the gain bandwidth of the optical amplifier; and a pulse compressor downstream of the nonlinear optical element and arranged to reduce the temporal duration of optical pulses so as to provide output optical pulses having a femtoseconds time duration. | 08-07-2014 |
20140268306 | DISTRIBUTED THERMAL SYSTEM FOR NONLINEAR OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION - A laser frequency converter includes a first substrate material forming a first planar surface that includes a first nonlinear material situated along a portion of the first planar surface of the first substrate material to perform a frequency conversion of a laser signal. The frequency converter includes a second substrate material forming a second planar surface and separated by a distance from the first planar surface of the first substrate material. The second substrate material includes a second nonlinear material situated along a portion of the second planar surface of the second substrate material to perform the frequency conversion of the laser signal in conjunction with the first non-linear material. The second nonlinear material is offset from the first nonlinear material along an axis of propagation for the laser signal. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268307 | APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING MICRO-ROTATIONAL CALIBRATION FOR AN NLO CRYSTAL ENABLED LASER SYSTEM - The invention pertains to an apparatus and a method for tuning and then locking a nonlinear crystal to the angle at which phase-matching occurs. It is particularly advantageous to conduct tuning automatically and in the field. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293402 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140300948 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER BASED ON A PHASE MODULATOR - The present invention provides a tunable optical frequency converter based on a phase modulator, which comprises a laser, a first optical isolator and a circulating frequency shift module. Said circulating frequency shift module is composed of an optical coupler, a phase modulator, an optical amplifier, a second optical isolator, a first optical circulator, an optical fiber Bragg grating, a second optical circulator, a tunable filter and a tunable attenuator. Light outputted by said laser is inputted to said circulating frequency shift module to conduct frequency converting repeatedly after passing through the first optical isolator, and then separated by a tunable filter and a second optical circulator, then the frequency converted light is outputted from the port of the circulating frequency shift module. The frequency converter provided in the present invention has a compact volume and fewer optical components, which means it is easy to be integrated, a big frequency converting range, a high frequency converting efficiency and a high output power. | 10-09-2014 |
20140313570 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER BASED ON AN AMPLITUDE MODULATOR - The present invention provides a tunable optical frequency converter based on an amplitude modulator, which comprises a laser, a first optical isolator, a circulating frequency conversion module. Said circulating frequency conversion module is composed of an optical coupler, an amplitude modulator, an optical amplifier, a second optical isolator, a first optical circulator, an optical fiber Bragg grating, a second optical circulator, a tunable filter and a tunable attenuator. Light outputted by said laser is inputted to said circulating frequency conversion module to conduct frequency converting repeatedly after passing through the first optical isolator, and then separated by a tunable filter and a second optical circulator, then the frequency converted light is outputted from the port of the circulating frequency conversion module. The frequency converter provided in the present invention has a compact volume and fewer optical components, which means it is easy to be integrated, a big frequency converting range, a high frequency converting efficiency and a high output power. | 10-23-2014 |
20140320953 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER BASED ON AN ULTRASONIC GRATING - The present invention provides a tunable optical frequency converter based on an ultrasonic grating, which includes a laser, a first optical isolator, and a circulating frequency shift module. Said circulating frequency shift module is composed of an optical coupler, an ultrasonic grating, a lens group, an optical amplifier, a second optical isolator, a first optical circulator, a fiber Bragg grating, a second optical circulator, a tunable filter and a tunable attenuator. Light outputted by said laser is inputted to said circulating frequency shift module to conduct frequency shifting repeatedly after passing through the first optical isolator, and then separated by a tunable filter and a second optical circulator, then frequency converted light is outputted from the port of the circulating frequency shift module. The frequency converter provided in the present invention has a compact volume and fewer optical components, which means it is easy to be integrated, a big frequency converting range, a high frequency converting efficiency and a high output power. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327956 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER BASED ON A DOPPLER VIBRATION MIRROR - The present invention provides a tunable optical frequency converter based on a Doppler vibration mirror, which comprises a laser, a first optical isolator, a circulating frequency shift module. Said circulating frequency shift module is composed of an optical coupler, a Doppler vibration mirror, a plane mirror, a first optical circulator, an optical fiber Bragg grating, an optical amplifier, a second optical circulator, a tunable filter and a first optical isolator. Light outputted by said laser is inputted to said circulating frequency shift module to conduct frequency shifting repeatedly after passing through the first optical isolator, and then separated by a tunable filter and a second optical circulator, then the frequency converted light is outputted from the port of the circulating frequency shift module. The frequency converter provided in the present invention has a compact volume and fewer optical components, which means it is easy to be integrated, a big frequency converting range, a high frequency converting efficiency and a high output power. | 11-06-2014 |
20140347719 | System and method for synchronizing light pulses at a selected location. | 11-27-2014 |
20140362431 | Generating Broadband Light Downhole For Wellbore Application - Generating broadband light downhole for wellbore application. A laser source is configured to reside outside a wellbore and produce a seed light pulse at a first wavelength spectrum. A converter is configured to be received inside the wellbore, remote from the laser source. The converter receives the seed light pulse at the first wavelength spectrum through one or more fiber optic cables, and generates light at a second wavelength spectrum that has a broader range than the first wavelength spectrum. | 12-11-2014 |
20140368900 | SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION SYSTEM - A supercontinuum generation system comprises a noise-like pulse fiber laser structure, an amplification unit and a broadening medium. The noise-like pulse fiber laser structure generates at lease one noise-like pulse of the wavelength less than 1300 nm. The amplification unit includes a gain fiber with which the noise-like pulse is coupled. The broadening medium is coupled with the gain fiber. A supercontinuum is generated when the noise-like pulse is amplified by the amplification unit and broadened in spectrum by the broadening medium. | 12-18-2014 |
20150009554 | OPTICAL MODE CONVERSION USING INTERMODAL CHRENKOV RADIATION - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to optical mode conversion using intermodal Cherenkov radiation. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to optical mode conversion utilizing intermodal four-wave mixing to convert light between modes for complex applications, whereby one of the four waves is generated from Cherenkov radiation. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fiber comprises an input end for receiving light in a first mode at a first wavelength, and an output end for outputting light in a desired second mode at a desired second wavelength; wherein the desired second mode is controlled deforming the fiber, such as by bending, during an intermodal Cherenkov radiation process. | 01-08-2015 |
20150015936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF COHERENT FREQUENCY COMBS - Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for phase correlated seeding of parametric mixer and for generating coherent frequency combs. The parametric mixer may use two phase-correlated optical waves with different carrier frequencies to generate new optical waves centered at frequencies differing from the input waves, while retaining the input wave coherent properties. In the case when parametric mixer is used to generate frequency combs with small frequency pitch, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves can be achieved by electro-optical modulator and a single master laser. In the case when frequency comb possessing a frequency pitch that is larger than frequency modulation that can be affected by electro-optic modulator, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves is achieved by combined use of an electro-optical modulator and injection locking to a single or multiple slave lasers. | 01-15-2015 |
20150085347 | METAMATERIAL STRUCTURE - This invention relates to a metamaterial structure, which can simultaneously cause resonance at a wavelength of light that excites quantum dots and a wavelength of light produced by the quantum dots in a local space where quantum dots are located. The metamaterial structure, which can resonate with two wavelengths unlike conventional metamaterial structures that resonate with a single wavelength, includes a substrate, a quantum dot layer, and a resonance layer formed between the substrate and the quantum dot layer and having two rectangular holes which are formed to cross each other so that resonance occurs at two different resonance wavelengths. | 03-26-2015 |
20150131143 | TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSE SOURCE INCLUDING A SUPER-CONTINUUM GENERATOR - A mode-locked fiber MOPA delivers pulses of laser-radiation. A super-continuum generator including a bulk spectral-broadening element and a negative group-delay dispersion (NGDD) device is arranged to receive a pulse from the MOPA and cause the pulse to make a predetermined number of sequential interactions with the broadening element and the NGDD device. After making the predetermined interactions, the pulse is delivered from the super-continuum generator with a very broad spectral-bandwidth and a very short duration. | 05-14-2015 |
20150316831 | DIAMOND-BASED SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION SYSTEM - A supercontinuum source using diamond as the supercontinuum material is disclosed that works at higher average powers than previous sources. The thermal properties of diamond allow continuum to be generated directly from an oscillator at high repetition rates. The diamond does not need to be translated even at multi-Watt power levels. This diamond continuum source can be based on a single filament and thus possesses excellent stability and phase coherence. | 11-05-2015 |
20150331299 | LOW OUTGASSING RESONATOR - An optical resonator is provided made of low-outgassing materials, including at least one chamber, a non-linear crystal arranged in the chamber, and an array of mirrors arranged in the chamber and including a plurality of mirrors for deflecting a light beam. To specify such a resonator which is low-outgassing and which ensures fine adjustment of the optical elements at the same time, the present invention proposes that the non-linear crystal and at least one mirror of the array of mirrors is arranged on one movable carrier each, wherein the said carrier is fabricated from a low-outgassing material and seals the chamber. Furthermore, a sealing system is provided including a housing, an optical element and a sealing element of indium or indium alloy, which is arranged between the housing and the optical element, wherein the optical element has a lateral surface and the sealing element is arranged on the lateral surface. | 11-19-2015 |
20150346580 | NANOCOMPOSITE HIGH ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL-ELEMENT - A nonlinear nanocomposite optical-element comprising a first nanocomposite. The first nanocomposite comprising one or more optically nonlinear (NLO) nanofillers. The NLO nanofillers exhibiting dispersed in a cured organic matrix, the NLO nanofillers exhibiting a high level of one or more high order nonlinear susceptibilities. A second nanocomposite, the second nanocomposite different with respect to the nanofiller type, nanofiller concentration, organic-host, or combinations thereof. Wherein the distribution of the first nanocomposite-ink and second nanocomposite-ink result in a nanofiller gradient within the optical-element. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355447 | INFRARED UP-CONVERSION MICROSCOPE - There is presented an up-conversion infrared microscope ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150357784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-INTENSITY ULTRASHORT PULSE COMPRESSION - A system comprising a laser emitting an ultrashort pulse beam; and a dielectric bulk medium having a refractive index depending on intensity, the bulk medium broadening the laser beam homogeneously versus transversal spatial coordinates, and a method for compressing high energy femtosecond laser pulses, comprising propagating the laser beam inside a dielectric bulk medium having a refractive index depending on the beam intensity, the bulk medium broadening the laser beam homogeneously versus transversal spatial coordinates; and compressing a resulting broadened spectrum. | 12-10-2015 |
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