Device for dispersing light pulses of which the spectral amplitude is programmable
US7414773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/11
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Device for dispersion of light pulses of an optical beam constituted by two dispersive prisms with the same vertex angle, mounted head to tail, the optical input surface of the first prism being parallel to the optical output surface of the second prism, the distance separating the optical input surface of the first prism and the optical output surface of the second prism being adjustable, given that the material constituting at least one of the first and second prisms is an acousto-optic material allowing for acousto-optic interaction between the optical beam and an acoustic beam, the acoustic wave of the acoustic beam generating, in at least one of the first and second prisms, an integrated deflective Bragg cell.
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