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Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990

Filed:

Dec. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert R Alfano, Bronx, NY (US);

Peter J Delfyett, Queens, NY (US);

Roger Dorsinville, Bronx, NY (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 25 ; 372 20 ;
Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating a light pulse having a duration as short as about 3 picoseconds is disclosed. A 5 mJ 25 picosecond second harmonic light pulse from a Nd:YAG laser system is focused into a 5 cm cell filled with D.sub.2 O so as to generate a continuum light pulse spanning about 150 nanometers with an average energy of at least 20 nd/nm across the spectrum. The continuum light pulse is fed through a 10 nanometer narrowband filter centered at 580 nanometers, producing an output pulse having a duration of about 3 picoseconds. The pulse so produced has a number of uses including as a seed pulse for dye laser oscillators and solid state amplifiers or as a pump source for pumping ultrashort dye lasers.


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Alfano, Robert. (1990). Method and apparatus for generating ultrashort light pulses (U.S. Patent No. 4972423). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4972423

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