Title:
CAVITY-ENHANCED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006110897
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A simple and low-cost apparatus amplifies short optical pulses (e.g., in the femtosecond domain) to high pulse energies using energy stored in an enhancement cavity. The enhancement cavity (18) , realized for example by means of mirrors (22) which reflect the pump light (20) , is first filled with pump light (20) from a pump laser (12) ; and a signal laser (10) then directs a signal pulse (15) into the cavity, where the signal pulse and pump light both pass through a non-linear medium (26) where parametric amplification of the signal pulse occurs, wherein energy from the aggregated pump light is transferred to the signal pulse, which then exits the enhancement cavity as an amplified signal pulse (28) . The aggregated pump light is obtained by coherent addition of successive pump light pulses circulating inside the enhancement cavity.
Inventors:
KAERTNER FRANZ X (US)
ILDAY FAITH OMER (TR)
ILDAY FAITH OMER (TR)
Application Number:
PCT/US2006/014109
Publication Date:
November 23, 2006
Filing Date:
April 12, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (US)
KAERTNER FRANZ X (US)
ILDAY FAITH OMER (TR)
KAERTNER FRANZ X (US)
ILDAY FAITH OMER (TR)
International Classes:
G02F1/39
Foreign References:
| US6320886B1 | 2001-11-20 | |||
| US5117126A | 1992-05-26 |
Other References:
JOVANOVIC I ET AL: "HYBRID CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, vol. 27, no. 18, 15 September 2002 (2002-09-15), pages 1622 - 1624, XP001161778, ISSN: 0146-9592
ROTERMUND F ET AL: "Application of periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 for efficient optical parametric chirped pulse amplification at 1 kHz", OPTICS EXPRESS OPT. SOC. AMERICA USA, vol. 12, no. 26, 27 December 2004 (2004-12-27), XP002394708, ISSN: 1094-4087
WILLIAM M. ROBERTSON: "Optoelectronic Techniques for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Engineering", 1995, ARTECH HOUSE, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSSETTS, XP002394723
ILDAY F O ET AL: "CAVITY-ENHANCED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, vol. 31, no. 5, 1 March 2006 (2006-03-01), pages 637 - 639, XP001238955, ISSN: 0146-9592
ROTERMUND F ET AL: "Application of periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 for efficient optical parametric chirped pulse amplification at 1 kHz", OPTICS EXPRESS OPT. SOC. AMERICA USA, vol. 12, no. 26, 27 December 2004 (2004-12-27), XP002394708, ISSN: 1094-4087
WILLIAM M. ROBERTSON: "Optoelectronic Techniques for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Engineering", 1995, ARTECH HOUSE, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSSETTS, XP002394723
ILDAY F O ET AL: "CAVITY-ENHANCED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, vol. 31, no. 5, 1 March 2006 (2006-03-01), pages 637 - 639, XP001238955, ISSN: 0146-9592
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