Single beamline multiwavelength infrared radiation source
US11048143B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2203/11
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for generating infrared radiation are provided. The systems and methods may generate, via one or more pump sources, one or more pump beams. The one or more pump beams may define a single beamline. The systems and methods may further generate, via a nonlinear optical converter, a first signal wavelength, a first idler wavelength, a second signal wavelength, and a second idler wavelength based, at least in part, on the one or more pump beams. The first signal wavelength and the first idler wavelength may be independently variable from the second signal wavelength and the second idler wavelength. The systems and methods may further output, via the nonlinear optical converter, a mid-wave infrared (MWIR) beam including three or more wavelengths in the single beamline.
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