Frequency agile optical parametric oscillator

Velsko, Stephan P

Title: Frequency agile optical parametric oscillator

Abstract

The frequency agile OPO device converts a fixed wavelength pump laser beam to arbitrary wavelengths within a specified range with pulse to pulse agility, at a rate limited only by the repetition rate of the pump laser. Uses of this invention include Laser radar, LIDAR, active remote sensing of effluents/pollutants, environmental monitoring, antisensor lasers, and spectroscopy.

Inventors:

Velsko, Stephan P ^[1]

Livermore, CA

Issue Date:: 1998-01-01

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 872001

Patent Number(s):: 5841570

Assignee:: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING

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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING
G02F1/39 - for parametric generation or amplification of light, infra-red, or ultra-violet waves {

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DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: frequency; agile; optical; parametric; oscillator; opo; device; converts; fixed; wavelength; pump; laser; beam; arbitrary; wavelengths; specified; range; pulse; agility; rate; limited; repetition; radar; lidar; active; remote; sensing; effluents; pollutants; environmental; monitoring; antisensor; lasers; spectroscopy; remote sensing; pump laser; optical parametric; repetition rate; laser beam; parametric oscillator; laser radar; specified range; environmental monitoring; frequency agile; /359/372/

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  abstractNote = {The frequency agile OPO device converts a fixed wavelength pump laser beam to arbitrary wavelengths within a specified range with pulse to pulse agility, at a rate limited only by the repetition rate of the pump laser. Uses of this invention include Laser radar, LIDAR, active remote sensing of effluents/pollutants, environmental monitoring, antisensor lasers, and spectroscopy.},

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Bandwidth and threshold calculations for angle-tuned parametric oscillators
journal, August 1972

Basu, R.; Steier, W.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 8, Issue 8
https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1972.1077269

Optical parametric oscillator threshold and linewidth studies
journal, June 1979

Brosnan, S.; Byer, R.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 15, Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1979.1070027

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Optical parametric oscillator threshold and linewidth studies journal, June 1979

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Optical parametric oscillator threshold and linewidth studies
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