High-energy, broadband, rapid tuning frequency converter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8837538
APP PUB NO 20130027708A1
SERIAL NO

13627421

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An Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) capable of rapid or broadband frequency tuning by non-mechanical or mechanical means includes a resonant cavity with one or more non-linear crystals in an optical path thereof. The non-linear crystals may be driven by actuators. A pump laser pulse is transmitted into the resonant cavity with one or more seed beams having a desired wavelength. The output beam from the resonant cavity may have the same center wavelength as the one or more seed beams which may be modulated at a frequency larger than that of the pump laser, or the inverse of the pulse duration. The OPO may be used in Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) or Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL) analysis by intra-pulse modulation of output to measure absorption at multiple frequencies for each pulse of a pump beam. Sum Frequency Generator configurations may be suitable for narrow and broadband UV generation.

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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION1695 RESEARCH PARK WAY NORTH LOGAN UT 84341-1947

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Foltynowicz, Robert Smithfield, US 2 9

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