Abstract:
A supercontinuum optical pulse source provides a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum optical pulse source comprises one or more seed pulse sources, and first and second optical amplifiers arranged along first and second respective optical paths. The first and second optical amplifiers are configured to amplify one or more optical signals generated by said one or more seed pulse sources. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a first microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the first optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said first optical path, and a second microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the second optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said second optical path. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a supercontinuum-combining member to combine supercontinuum generated in at least the first and second microstructured light-guiding members to form a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum-combining member comprises an output fiber, wherein the output fiber comprises a multimode optical fiber supporting a plurality of spatial modes at one or more wavelengths of the combined supercontinuum.
Abstract:
Method and device for the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification, using two pump signals and making it possible to extend the spectral gain band.According to the invention, which is particularly applicable to laser-matter interaction, a four-wave mixing effect is used, preferably in an optical fiber (F), between each pulse (S) and the two pump signals (P1, P2); and the half-sum (fM) of the respective optical frequencies (fP1, fP2) of these signals pertains to the pulse spectrum support.
Abstract:
A high confinement nonlinear optical fiber is provided along with methods of parametric amplification for use thereof The nonlinear optical fiber may include a plurality of concentric layers which are configured to provide different guiding regimes to low-frequency and high-frequency components through transverse geometry and refractive index profiling, thus reducing waveguide dispersion. The resulting optical fiber provides a parametric device with phase-matching in any spectral region of interest, such that a fiber optic parametric amplifier (FOPA) implementing the optical fiber can amplify in any spectral window of interest. A narrow-band FOPA configured to minimize phase mismatching is also provided for use with the optical fiber, and may be implemented as a light source or a monochromator.
Abstract:
A light source emits first incident light to a first polarization-reversed structure. The first polarization-reversed structure then converts the wavelength of the first incident light to emit a higher harmonic wave. A fiber coupler divides the higher harmonic wave output from the first polarization-reversed structure into output light emitted from the light source device and feedback light. The feedback light enters a second polarization-reversed structure. The second polarization-reversed structure then converts the wavelength of the feedback light to emit second incident light. The second incident light has the same wavelength as the first incident light. The second incident light enters a first wavelength converter.
Abstract:
A supercontinuum optical pulse source provides a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum optical pulse source comprises one or more seed pulse sources, and first and second optical amplifiers arranged along first and second respective optical paths. The first and second optical amplifiers are configured to amplify one or more optical signals generated by said one or more seed pulse sources. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a first microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the first optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said first optical path, and a second microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the second optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said second optical path. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a supercontinuum-combining member to combine supercontinuum generated in at least the first and second microstructured light-guiding members to form a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum-combining member comprises an output fibre, wherein the output fibre comprises a silica-based multimode optical fibre supporting a plurality of spatial modes at one or more wavelengths of the combined supercontinuum.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for producing a signal having a variably adjustable time position or phase position, comprising at least one light source for producing a first light component (2) having a first wavelength and a second light component (2′) having a second wavelength deviating from the first wavelength and a phase modulator (5) for varying a phase of the first light component (2), wherein the system is designed to produce a beat note signal by superposing the two light components (2, 2′) and has a common optical fiber (4) for coupling in both light components (2, 2′), wherein furthermore the phase modulator (5) is arranged at an end or in the course of said optical fiber (4) and is transparent to both light components (2, 2′) and is designed to vary the phase of the first light component (2) selectively independently of a phase of the second light component (2′) or more intensely than the phase of the second light component (2′). The invention further relates to a use of such a system.
Abstract:
A polarizing assembly includes a polarizing substrate which transmits a specific linearly-polarized light of a light incident thereto and a patterned retarder. The patterned retarder includes first retarder patterns which convert the light for a left-eye image transmitted by the polarizing substrate into a first polarized light and second retarder patterns which convert the light for a right-eye image transmitted by the polarizing substrate into a second polarized light. The first retarder patterns have a light axis substantially perpendicular to a light axis of the second retarder patterns. The polarizing substrate includes a polarizing plate which transmits the specific linearly-polarized light of the light incident thereto and a glass fiber reinforced plastic substrate which is attached to the polarizing plate.
Abstract:
To reduce misalignment between pixels and color filters caused by thermal expansion of substrates in a liquid crystal display device in which an opposing substrate including a resin and including color filters is disposed over a TFT substrate including a glass substrate. Glass fibers are included extendedly in the direction of a black arrow in the opposing substrate. Consequently, the thermal expansion coefficient of the opposing substrate in the direction of the black arrow is close to the thermal expansion coefficient of glass fibers and hence the difference in thermal expansion in the direction of the black arrow between the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate is small. Meanwhile, although the thermal expansion of the opposing substrate in the direction perpendicular to the black arrow is large, color purity is not influenced even if misalignment occurs in the direction.
Abstract:
An arrangement for generating beat notes with a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) utilizes a pulsed laser source coupled into a section of post-processed highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) to generate a frequency comb having one or more regions of enhanced spectral power. A second laser signal source is overlapped with the frequency comb to form one or more “beat notes” at difference frequencies(y) between the second source and the continuum comb. By virtue of the post-processing, areas of spectral enhancement are formed along the comb, and are positioned to interact with the second laser signal to generate optical beat notes. The second laser signal may be from an external source (forming beat notes from a signal “outside” of the comb), or may be a frequency-multiplied version of the generated supercontinuum (forming beat notes from a signal “within” the comb).
Abstract:
A display device including a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a fiber layer, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer is provided. The fiber layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes a plurality of fibers and a display medium disposed therein. The first electrode layer is disposed adjacent to the first substrate, and the second electrode layer is disposed adjacent to the second substrate. The display medium is driven by the change of electric field between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer to be moved in the fibers for displaying a frame.