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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Applicant:
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Michael H. Helle, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/39 (2006.01); H01S 3/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/0057 (2013.01); G02F 1/39 (2013.01); G02F 1/392 (2021.01); H01S 3/0085 (2013.01); H01S 3/1106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laser architecture for selectively producing short high-energy laser pulses having octave-spanning, continuous tunability. Two oppositely chirped pulses are used in combination with a pair of tunable pulse stretcher/compressors to produce a short, high-energy, tunable, broadband pulse.