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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Michael J. Messerly, Danville, CA (US);
Jay W. Dawson, Livermore, CA (US);
Christopher P. J. Barty, Hayward, CA (US);
David J. Gibson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew A. Prantil, San Ramon, CA (US);
Eric Cormier, Cestas, FR;
Michael J. Messerly, Danville, CA (US);
Jay W. Dawson, Livermore, CA (US);
Christopher P. J. Barty, Hayward, CA (US);
David J. Gibson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew A. Prantil, San Ramon, CA (US);
Eric Cormier, Cestas, FR;
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A robust, compact optical pulse train source is described, with the capability of generating sub-picosecond micro-pulse sequences, which can be periodic as well as non-periodic, and at repetition rates tunable over decades of baseline frequencies, from MHz to multi-GHz regimes. The micro-pulses can be precisely controlled and formatted to be in the range of many ps in duration to as short as several fs in duration. The system output can be comprised of a continuous wave train of optical micro-pulses or can be programmed to provide gated bursts of macro-pulses, with each macro-pulse consisting of a specific number of micro-pulses or a single pulse picked from the higher frequency train at a repetition rate lower than the baseline frequency. These pulses could then be amplified in energy anywhere from the nJ to MJ range.