Nonlinear optical element and uses thereof
US5231533A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/168
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The nonlinear optical element includes a sunstrate and one or more transparent microspheres made of a nonlinear optical active substance system fixed to the substrate, or the nonlinear optical element includes one or more transparent microspheres contacting a solid medium and fixed to the substrate. The element can be used for controlling nonlinear optical characteristics such as light amplification, optical switching, injection mode locking, and coupling of whispering gallery modes.
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