Solid-state laser source of tunable narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet radiation
First Claim
1. A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:
- a tunable diode laser which generates laser light;
a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light and is isolated from the tunable diode laser; and
a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light.
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Abstract
A solid-state laser source of tunable and narrow-bandwidth UV light is disclosed. The system relies on light from a diode laser that preferably generates light at infrared frequencies. The light from the seed diode laser is pulse amplified in a light amplifier, and converted into the ultraviolet by frequency tripling, quadrupling, or quintupling the infrared light. The narrow bandwidth, or relatively pure light, of the seed laser is preserved, and the pulse amplifier generates high peak light powers to increase the efficiency of the nonlinear crystals in the frequency conversion stage. Higher output powers may be obtained by adding a fiber amplifier to power amplify the pulsed laser light prior to conversion.
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51 Claims
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1. A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:
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a tunable diode laser which generates laser light; a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light and is isolated from the tunable diode laser; and a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 43, 51)
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9. A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:
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a tunable diode laser which generates laser light; a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light; a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light; and a power optical amplifier which amplifies the pulsed laser light from the pulsed optical amplifier prior to reception by the frequency conversion stage. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 44)
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15. A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:
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a tunable diode laser which generates laser light; a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light; a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light; a detector which senses the ultraviolet light; and a controller which tunes the diode laser on and off an absorption band of a species of interest and determines a presence of the species in response to light detected by the detector. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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19. A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:
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generating laser light with a tunable diode laser; pulse amplifying the laser light; isolating the laser light generation from the pulse amplification; and frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31)
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24. A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:
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generating laser light with a tunable diode laser; pulse amplifying the laser light; frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light; and tuning a frequency of the laser light on an off of an absorption feature of a chemical species. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:
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generating laser light with a tunable diode laser; pulse amplifying the laser light; frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light; and power amplifying the pulsed laser light prior to the frequency conversion. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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32. A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:
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a tunable diode laser which generates laser light; a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light; a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light; a detector which senses the ultra-violet light; and a controller which tunes the diode laser on and off an absorption band of a species of interest and determines a presence of the species in response to light detected by the detector.
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33. A laser system comprising:
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a pulsed seed laser source, which generates amplitude modulated laser light; a fiber amplifier, which power amplifies the amplitude modulated laser light; and a frequency conversion stage, which converts the amplified laser light into ultraviolet light. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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37. A laser system, comprising:
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a pulsed seed laser source, which generates amplitude modulated laser light; a fiber amplifier, which power amplifies the amplitude modulated laser light; a frequency conversion stage, which converts the amplified laser light into ultraviolet light; and an acousto-optic filter, which suppresses amplified spontaneous emission in the fiber amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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