Mode locked laser diode in a high power solid state regenerative amplifier and mount mechanism
US5652763A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S2301/08
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mode locked as a seed source for a solid state regenerative amplifier system is disclosed. The system includes components for forming an external cavity laser with a semiconductor amplifier, exciting and mode locking the cavity laser to emit optical pulses with a linearly time varying optical frequency, collecting and collimating the optical pulses, isolating the optical pulses and amplifying the optical pulses for a selected application. The selected applications include but are not limited to medical imaging, fuel diagnostics, ultrafast spectroscopic measurements, network synchronization, distributed optical clock network, electro-optic sampling, timing Jitter reduction, a source for inducing nonlinear optical effects, and optical time domain relectometry. A mount mechanism support for an optic system is also disclosed. The mount support includes an optic component such as a semiconductor laser diode, a semiconductor optical amplifier, and a fiber optical amplifier as well as mounts for the optic component. The mount further includes a stud for supporting the optic component, cooling and heat-sinking elements for the component, and an isolator for thermally isolating and separa…
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