Passive mode-locked laser system and method for generation of long pulses
US10177525B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/06754
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A passive mode-locked laser method and system, the system comprising a nonlinear optical loop comprising a resonant nonlinear element, coupled to an amplification section by a beam splitter, the beam splitter splitting a light beam from the amplification section into light beams propagating in opposite directions around the nonlinear optical loop, the resonant nonlinear element acting as both a nonlinear element and a narrow bandwidth filter for the laser system, allowing mode-locking operation of the system on a single resonance of the resonant nonlinear element.
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