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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Rafael R. Gattass, Washington, DC (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
L. Brandon Shaw, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/35 (2006.01); H01S 3/06 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/39 (2006.01); G02F 1/365 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/353 (2013.01); G02F 1/39 (2013.01); H01S 3/0092 (2013.01); H01S 3/0627 (2013.01); G02F 1/3526 (2013.01); G02F 1/365 (2013.01); G02F 2001/3507 (2013.01); G02F 2001/3528 (2013.01); H01S 3/1611 (2013.01); H01S 3/1643 (2013.01);
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.