Bragg fibers in systems for the generation of high peak power light
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01S-003/10
H01S-003/13
출원번호
US-0112256
(2005-04-22)
등록번호
US-7349452
(2008-03-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Brennan, III,James F.
Vaissie,Laurent
Mielke,Michael
출원인 / 주소
Raydiance, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Carr & Ferrell LLP
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초록▼
The present invention generally concerns the use of Bragg optical fibers in chirped pulse amplification systems for the production of high-pulse-energy ultrashort optical pulses. A gas-core Bragg optical fiber waveguide can be advantageously used in such systems to stretch the duration of pulses so
The present invention generally concerns the use of Bragg optical fibers in chirped pulse amplification systems for the production of high-pulse-energy ultrashort optical pulses. A gas-core Bragg optical fiber waveguide can be advantageously used in such systems to stretch the duration of pulses so that they can be amplified, and/or Bragg fibers can be used to compress optical signals into much shorter duration pulses after they have been amplified. Bragg fibers can also function as near-zero-dispersion delay lines in amplifier sections.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of producing an ultrashort high-energy optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort duration optical pulse having a duration of less than 10 picose
What is claimed is: 1. A method of producing an ultrashort high-energy optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort duration optical pulse having a duration of less than 10 picoseconds, wherein at least some of the compression is performed by introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 2. A method of producing an ultrashort high-energy optical pulse, comprising: generating an optical signal; stretching the optical signal by introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region; amplifying the stretchcd optical signal; compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort duration optical pulse; and delivering the ultrashort optical pulse to a work surface through a second Bragg-fiber waveguide. 3. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulses, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide having a waveguide dispersion greater than about 51 psec/nm/km, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of compressing the amplified optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide having an index of refraction in the core of less than 1.4. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of stretching the optical signal further comprises introducing it into a Bragg-fiber waveguide having an index of refraction in the core of less than 1.4. 6. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the steps of stretching or compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a diffraction grating. 7. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal or compressing the amplified optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a diffraction grating. 8. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region; and delivering the ultrashort optical pulse to a work surface through a second Bragg-fiber waveguide. 9. The method of claim 3, wherein a bilayer comprised of two of the plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of distinct refractive indices in the Bragg-fiber waveguide has a different thickness or refractive index from another bilayer comprised of a different two of the plurality of substantially concentric annular regions. 10. The method of claim 3, wherein the Bragg-fiber waveguide is a multi-mode Bragg-fiber waveguide. 11. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide from a diffractive element which matches the polarization and spatial profiling of the optical signal to a mode of the Bragg fiber, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 12. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region; and passing the optical signal through a second Bragg-fiber waveguide having minimal dispersion characteristics such that the optical signal is subjected to a time delay. 13. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse having a duration of less than 10 picoseconds, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element further comprises a subwavelength diffractive grating. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the subwavelength-diffractive grating further comprises a subwavelength metal-wire grating. 16. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element converts a linearly polarized beam to a circularly polarized beam. 17. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse, wherein at least one of the steps of generating the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide from an optical element comprising a beam-shaping optical element and a diffractive element which matches the polarization and spatial profiling of the optical signal to a mode of the Bragg fiber, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the beam-shaping optical element is a refractive lens. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the beam-shaping optical element is a diffractive lens. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the beam-shaping optical element is another diffractive element. 21. The method of claim 17, wherein the optical element comprising a beam-shaping optical element and a diffractive element is fabricated on a single substrate. 22. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element is a spatially varying half-wave plate. 23. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element is a spatially varying quarter-wave plate. 24. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element is a spatially varying polarizer. 25. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element is fabricated by etching the structure into a dielectric substrate. 26. The method of claim 11, wherein the diffractive element is fabricated by etching the structure into a semiconductor substrate. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the diffractive element is etched into a transparent dielectric substrate with an antireflective coating on the substrate's backside. 28. The method of claim 26, wherein the diffractive element is etched into a transparent dielectric substrate with an antireflective subwavelength structure on the substrate's backside. 29. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of introducing the output from the Bragg-fiber waveguide into a diffractive element to convert the polarization and spatial profile of the Bragg fiber mode to a different mode. 30. A method of producing a high-energy ultrashort optical pulse, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; and compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort optical pulse having a duration of less than 10 picoseconds, wherein at least one of the steps of amplifying the chirped optical signal and compressing the optical signal further comprises introducing the optical signal into a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a bilayer comprised of two materials of distinct refractive indices wound around the core such that the bilayer is in a spiral configuration. 31. A method of delivering an ultrashort optical pulse to a surface, comprising: generating a chirped optical signal; amplifying the chirped optical signal; compressing the optical signal into an ultrashort duration optical pulse having a duration of less than 10 picoseconds; and delivering the ultrashort optical pulse to a work surface with a Bragg-fiber waveguide, the waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 32. A system for ablating material from a surface with an ultrashort pulse having an energy greater than 1 μJ, comprising: means for generating an optical signal; a first fiber waveguide for stretching the optical signal; means for amplifying the stretched optical signal; a second fiber waveguide for compressing the amplified optical signal to an ultrashort duration optical pulse; and a third fiber waveguide for delivering the ultrashort pulse to the surface to be ablated, the third fiber waveguide comprising an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region; wherein at least one of the first and second fiber waveguides comprises an inner core region in which the optical signal is confined, and a plurality of substantially concentric annular regions of differing refractive indices surrounding the inner core region. 33. The system of claim 32, wherein the means for delivering the ultrashort pulse to the surface is the second fiber waveguide. 34. The system of claim 32 wherein the second fiber waveguide is a photonic crystal fiber. 35. The system of claim 32 wherein the means for amplifying the stretched optical signal is an Erbium doped fiber waveguide, a co-doped fiber waveguide or a Bragg fiber waveguide. 36. The method of claim 3 wherein the Bragg-fiber waveguide comprises a hollow core. 37. The method of claim 36 wherein the hollow core includes a gas. 38. The method of claim 36 wherein the hollow core includes air.
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