公开(公告)号：US20240411202A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18736889

申请日：2024-06-07

Applicant: NKT Photonics A/S

Inventor： Thomas Vestergaard ANDERSEN

IPC: G02F1/35 ,  G02F1/365 ,  H01S3/00

Abstract: A light source including: a pulse generator for providing an initial sequence of light pulses, the pulse generator including an optical source for producing optical pulses; a modulator in communication with the optical source for increasing or decreasing the selected number of pulses provided by the pulse generator in the selected time period; first and second optical arms, for propagating, respectively, first and second sequences of light pulses, wherein the first optical arm includes a first manipulator configured to generate the first sequence of light pulses from the initial sequence of light pulses, wherein the light source includes a nonlinear optical element arranged to receive the first sequence of light pulses or the second sequence of light pulses, and an optical switch arranged to switch either the first sequence of light pulses or the second sequence of light pulses for reception by the nonlinear optical element.

公开(公告)号：US20230023430A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17786904

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/S

Inventor： Thomas Vestergaard ANDERSEN

IPC: G02F1/365 ,  H01S3/13 ,  H01S3/00 ,  H01S3/10 ,  G01J3/10

Abstract: A light source including: a pulse generator for providing a first sequence of light pulses, the first sequence of light pulses including a first number of light pulses within a predetermined time period, a manipulator configured to generate a second sequence of light pulses from the first sequence of light pulses, the second sequence of light pulses having a second number of light pulses within the predetermined time period, the second number being different from the first number, and a nonlinear optical element arranged to receive the second sequence of light pulses.

公开(公告)号：US20160085137A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-24

申请号：US14956578

申请日：2015-12-02

Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/S

Inventor： Carsten L. THOMSEN ,  Thomas Vestergaard ANDERSEN

IPC: G02F1/365 ,  A61B1/06 ,  H01S3/30 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B6/02

CPC classification number: G02F1/365 ,  A61B1/06 ,  G02B6/0006 ,  G02B6/02319 ,  G02B6/02333 ,  G02B6/02342 ,  G02B6/4296 ,  G02B6/4492 ,  G02F2001/3528 ,  H01S3/302

Abstract: A supercontinuum light source includes a microstructured optical fiber, and a feeding unit arranged for feeding pump pulses to the microstructured optical fiber, wherein the feeding unit comprises a picosecond laser and one or more amplifiers, wherein the microstructured optical fiber is a silica fiber wherein at least a part of the core being of silica or doped silica, and including a core including core material and a cladding surrounding the core, and at least the core material is loaded with deuterium to have an OD absorption peak around 1870 nm, wherein the feeding unit is spliced to the microstructured optical fiber.

Abstract translation: 超连续光源包括微结构光纤，以及馈送单元，其布置成将泵浦脉冲馈送到微结构化光纤，其中所述馈送单元包括皮秒激光器和一个或多个放大器，其中所述微结构光纤是二氧化硅纤维，其中， 核心的至少一部分是二氧化硅或掺杂的二氧化硅，并且包括包含芯材料的芯和围绕芯的包层，并且至少核心材料装载有氘以具有约1870nm的OD吸收峰，其中进料 单元接合到微结构光纤。