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At+t Corp.

The UAB Research Foundation (the University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Tasoltan T Basiev

Sergey B Mirov

Gordon Albert Thomas

Paul Michael Bridenbaugh

Petr G Zverev

Ramaz Sh Tedeev

Ivan V Kuznetsov

A superbroadband or multiwavelength laser transmitter source for wavelength-division multiplexing, two-wavelength interferometry, differential lidar and optical storage applications. Contrary to conventional tunable laser sources that can switch between different lasing wavelengths in a given wavelength band, the superbroadband laser simultaneously emits at multiple wavelengths. The basic idea of this system is to maintain simultaneous lasing operation in an optical active gain medium at different wavelengths. The system uses a novel dispersive cavity. By designing this cavity structure appropriately, the system creates its own microcavities each lasing at a different wavelength within the fluorescence band of the gain medium. Mode competition in the proposed cavity is absent and spectral range of simultaneous multi-frequency generation is considerably enhanced practically to the spectral width of the active media luminescence spectrum. As a result, the radiation of each mode with its own wavelength is amplified in the active media independently from the simultaneous amplification of the rest of the wavelengths.

Semiconductor laser with a superbroadband or multiline spectral output

Rare-earth doped single-crystal amplifiers serve to simultaneously amplify member channels of an optical fiber WDM system. A tailored amplification bandwidth sufficient for this purpose is the result of a variety of 'defects' which after the local crystal field as 'seen' by dopant ions.

WDM optical fiber system using crystal optical amplifier

The subject invention relates to a new regime of lasing--superbroadband or pre-assigned spectral composition lasing. A new cavity construction and application of room temperature operable LiF color center crystals provide generation with a spectral width in one pulse practically coinciding with the luminescence spectrum of the active medium. The innovation consists of the pumping means, providing a volumetric pumping, of the active medium with a spatial profile and dimensions of the pumped zone of the crystal, interconnected with the desired spectral width, dispersion of the grating and focus of the intracavity focusing element, the means for separating from the emission radiation desired wavelengths, means for directing the radiation of the desired wavelengths through multiple passes through the active medium, radiation of different wavelengths being passed through different associated trajectories in the cavity and active medium to stimulate emissions at the desired wavelengths and means for suppressing the secondary off-axis laser modes to avoid mode competition thereby maximizing the amplification of the desired spectral components. In addition to this a realization of the superbroadband radiation frequency doubling by means of simultaneous disperse compensation of different phase matching angles in one nonlinear crystal is described.

Solid state laser with superbroadband or control generation spectrum

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Moscow, Russia

Tasoltan T Basiev