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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Nkt Photonics A/s, Birkerød, DK;
Carsten L. Thomsen, Virum, DK;
Thomas Vestergaard Andersen, Birkerød, DK;
Thomas Feuchter, Holte, DK;
NKT PHOTONICS A/S, Birkerod, DK;
Abstract
A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency F; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fto pump pulses with a pulse frequency F, where Fis larger than F; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.