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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Peter A. Budni, Nashua, NH (US);
Scott D. Setzler, Bedford, NH (US);
Inventors:
Peter A. Budni, Nashua, NH (US);
Scott D. Setzler, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/35 (2006.01); G02F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated broad spectral band waveguide optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a single pump laser is used to drive multiple oscillator (OPO) channels. The waveguide OPO is preferably made of orientation patterned gallium arsenide. The pump laser can be, for example, a fiber laser, a diode laser or a solid-state laser.