Production of short light pulses by time compression
US4618783A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/30
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Mono-pulses of light are generated by time compression of laser energy. A Raman medium is located in a low Q energy storage cavity having low losses for light at a predetermined frequency and energy delivered by a laser is that frequency in the storage cavity. The Raman medium is also located in a Stokes cavity dimensioned for having a high gain at a Stokes frequency. Most of the stored energy at the Stokes frequency is extracted by a single to and fro travel through the Stokes cavity.
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