Carsten L. Thomsen,Thomas Vestergaard Andersen,Thomas Feuchter
申请号：
US15283437
公开号：
US09986904B2
申请日:
2016.10.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A supercontinuum light source can comprise a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed； a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed； 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 comprise 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. The disclosure includes other embodiments as well.
