Compact infrared broadband source
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsRafael R. Gattass, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, L. Brandon Shaw
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Abstract
A device for the generation of supercontinuum in infrared fiber with a compact light source comprising a microchip laser is launched directly into an infrared fiber without a nonlinear element. Light from the laser is beyond the two-photon absorption of the infrared fiber. The broadband output has a bandwidth greater than the input laser bandwidth by at least 100% and an emission wavelength range from 2 to 14 micrometers.
Claims6
A device for generating a supercontinuum in infrared fiber with a compact light source, comprising:
- a pulsed microchip laser having an input laser bandwidth;
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- an infrared fiber, wherein said laser is launched directly into said infrared fiber without a nonlinear element, and wherein light from said laser is beyond the two-photon absorption of said infrared fiber;
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- a broadband output having a bandwidth greater than said input laser bandwidth by at least 100% and an emission wavelength range from 2 to 14 micrometers.
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