STABLE MODE-LOCKED LASER FOR HIGH REPETITION RATE OPERATION
First Claim
1. A laser system, comprising:
- a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator;
a cavity, comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element;
an optical delay line, adapted to tune the length of the cavity; and
a large pass-band filter adapted to tune the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength;
wherein the nonlinear optical resonator is selected with a linewidth (LWR) smaller than about 2.4 times the cavity free-spectral range (FSR) and, in operation, only one main cavity mode per resonance of the resonator oscillates.
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Abstract
A laser system comprises a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator, a cavity comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element, an optical delay line adapted to tune the length of the cavity, and a large pass-band filter adapted to tune the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength, the nonlinear optical resonator being selected with a linewidth (LWR) comparable to the cavity free-spectral range (FSRC). There is provided a method for generating highly stable pulse streams, comprising providing a cavity comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element; selecting a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator with a linewidth (LWR) comparable to the cavity free-spectral range (FSRC); tuning the length of the cavity; and tuning the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength.
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9 Claims
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1. A laser system, comprising:
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a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator; a cavity, comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element; an optical delay line, adapted to tune the length of the cavity; and a large pass-band filter adapted to tune the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength; wherein the nonlinear optical resonator is selected with a linewidth (LWR) smaller than about 2.4 times the cavity free-spectral range (FSR) and, in operation, only one main cavity mode per resonance of the resonator oscillates.
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6. A laser system, comprising:
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a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator; a cavity, comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element; an optical delay line, adapted to tune the length of the cavity; and a large pass-band filter adapted to tune the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength, wherein said cavity has a mode separation of the same order of magnitude of the bandwidth of said resonator, to produce a stable mode-locking and a pulsed emission at high repetition rates independent on the cavity length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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8. A method for generating highly stable pulse streams, comprising:
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providing a cavity, comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element; selecting a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator with a linewidth (LWR) smaller than about 2.4 times the cavity free-spectral range (FSRC); tuning the length of the cavity; and tuning the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength.
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9. A method for producing a laser source with a narrow modal linewidth and providing highly stable trains of short optical pulse at a repetition rate higher than 100 GHz, comprising:
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providing a cavity, comprising an amplifying element and a dispersive element; selecting a high-Q nonlinear optical resonator with a linewidth (LWR) smaller than about 2.4 times the cavity free-spectral range (FSRC); tuning the length of the cavity; and tuning the cavity'"'"'s central oscillation wavelength.
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