Wavelength-tunable light source

US8934507B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen · DE

Inventors

• Robert Huber · Schnaitsee, DE
• Wolfgang Wieser · Munich, DE
• Thomas Klein · Wehr, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2015
• Expiry date: May 29, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01S3/1109
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In at least one embodiment, a wavelength-tunable light source includes at least one fiber-based partial section and at least one delay section. For a wavelength λ of at least one portion of a radiation emitted by the light source as a function of time t, the relationship λ(t)=λ(t−τ) holds true. In this case, τ is a specific period of time. Furthermore, the delay section includes one or more oligomode fibers.