Optimized achromatic phase-matching system and method

Trebino, R; DeLong, K; Hayden, C

Title: Optimized achromatic phase-matching system and method

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An optical system for efficiently directing a large bandwidth light (e.g., a femtosecond laser pulse) onto a nonlinear optical medium includes a plurality of optical elements for directing an input light pulse onto a nonlinear optical medium arranged such that the angle {theta}{sub in} which the light pulse directed onto the nonlinear optical medium is substantially independent of a position x of the light beam entering the optical system. The optical system is also constructed such that the group velocity dispersion of light pulses passing through the system can be tuned to a desired value including negative group velocity dispersion. 15 figs.

Inventors:: Trebino, R; DeLong, K; Hayden, C

Issue Date:: 1997-07-15

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 516944

Patent Number(s):: 5648866

Application Number:: PAN: 8-489,473

Assignee:: Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 15 Jul 1997

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; LASER RADIATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; DESIGN; OPTICAL DISPERSION

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