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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Vahid Ataie, San Diego, CA (US);
Stojan Radic, San Diego, CA (US);
Vahid Ataie, San Diego, CA (US);
Stojan Radic, San Diego, CA (US);
NICOLA ALIC, La Jolla, unknown;
Abstract
The present invention relates to method for spectrally equalized frequency comb generation. In order to carry this method, the following steps are followed: seed laser or lasers are modulated to acquire frequency chirp necessary to enable temporal compression and an increase in peak optical intensity necessary for an efficient nonlinear optical mixing process to occur; the compressed waveform is reshaped by nonlinear-transfer optical element and subsequently used to generate frequency comb in nonlinear waveguide. Ultimately, at the conclusion of these steps, a frequency comb is generated with substantially flat optical spectrum, while retaining variability with respect to the frequency pitch, high coherency and substantially wide spectral band of coverage.