Tunable system for generating an optical pulse based on a double-pass semiconductor optical amplifier
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01S-005/50
H01S-003/23
H01S-005/00
H01S-003/00
H01S-003/11
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US-0566106
(2014-12-10)
등록번호
US-9276375
(2016-03-01)
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/ 주소
McComb, Timothy
Di Teodoro, Fabio
출원인 / 주소
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.
대리인 / 주소
Nixon Peabody LLP
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A system for generating a shaped optical pulse is disclosed. The system includes a master oscillator for generating an initial optical pulse, which is then directed to a semiconductor optical amplifier to amplify a portion of the initial optical pulse. The amplified pulse is reflected from a fiber B
A system for generating a shaped optical pulse is disclosed. The system includes a master oscillator for generating an initial optical pulse, which is then directed to a semiconductor optical amplifier to amplify a portion of the initial optical pulse. The amplified pulse is reflected from a fiber Bragg grating to spectrally clean the amplified pulse and the reflected portion is returned back through the semiconductor optical amplifier. The semiconductor optical amplifier is activated a second time to amplify the reflected portion of the pulse. The time delay between the two activations of the semiconductor optical amplifier is selected to generate an output pulse with desired duration and/or amplitude profile over time.
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1. A system for generating a shaped optical pulse comprising: an optical circulator for receiving a first optical pulse;a semiconductor optical amplifier optically connected to the optical circulator to receive the first optical pulse and configured so as to amplify at least a portion of the receive
1. A system for generating a shaped optical pulse comprising: an optical circulator for receiving a first optical pulse;a semiconductor optical amplifier optically connected to the optical circulator to receive the first optical pulse and configured so as to amplify at least a portion of the received first optical pulse and output a first amplified pulse; anda fiber Bragg grating optically connected to the semiconductor optical amplifier for selectively reflecting the first amplified pulse to the semiconductor optical amplifier,wherein the semiconductor optical amplifier receives the reflected first amplified pulse from the fiber Bragg grating and amplifies at least a portion of the reflected first amplified pulse so as to create a second amplified pulse, the second amplified pulse being received by the optical circulator and outputted from the optical circulator as the shaped optical pulse, and activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the first amplified pulse is temporally separated from activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the second amplified pulse by a time delay sufficient to control a duration of the shaped optical pulse. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the time delay is determined according to a function including a duration of the first amplified pulse, the duration of the shaped optical pulse, and a base time required for an optical signal to make a round trip via an optical path connecting the semiconductor optical amplifier and the fiber Bragg grating. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the time delay is greater than the base time. 4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the time delay is less than the base time. 5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to provide control signals to the semiconductor optical amplifier to activate the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the first amplified pulse and the shaped optical pulse. 6. A system for generating a shaped optical pulse comprising: a master oscillator for generating a first optical pulse with a first duration that includes an initial period and a subsequent period;an optical circulator for receiving the first optical pulse;a semiconductor optical amplifier optically connected to the optical circulator to receive the first optical pulse and configured so as to amplify at least a portion of the received first optical pulse and output a first amplified pulse; anda fiber Bragg grating optically connected to the semiconductor optical amplifier for selectively reflecting the first amplified pulse to the semiconductor optical amplifier,wherein the semiconductor optical amplifier receives the reflected first amplified pulse from the fiber Bragg grating and amplifies at least a portion of the reflected first amplified pulse so as to create a second amplified pulse, the second amplified pulse being received by the optical circulator and outputted from the optical circulator as the shaped optical pulse, at least one of a spectral variation or a power variation of the first optical pulse has a greater temporal uniformity during the subsequent period than during the initial period, and the semiconductor optical amplifier is activated to produce the first amplified pulse by amplifying a portion of the received first optical pulse that substantially includes the subsequent period of the received first optical pulse such that the first amplified pulse is substantially free of contributions from the initial period of the first optical pulse. 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the first amplified pulse is temporally separated from activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the second amplified pulse by a time delay sufficient to control a duration of the shaped optical pulse. 8. A system for generating a shaped optical pulse comprising: a first optical circulator for receiving a first optical pulse;a semiconductor optical amplifier optically connected to the first optical circulator to receive the first optical pulse and configured so as to amplify at least a portion of the received first optical pulse and output a first amplified pulse;a first fiber Bragg grating optically connected to the semiconductor optical amplifier for selectively reflecting the first amplified pulse to the semiconductor optical amplifier, the semiconductor optical amplifier receiving the reflected first amplified pulse from the first fiber Bragg grating and amplifying at least a portion of the reflected first amplified pulse so as to create a second amplified pulse, the second amplified pulse being received by the first optical circulator and outputted from the first optical circulator as the shaped optical pulse; anda spectral conditioning system arranged to receive the shaped optical pulse and selectively transmit a portion of the shaped optical pulse according to spectral content, the spectral conditioning system including: a second optical circulator for receiving the shaped optical pulse; anda second fiber Bragg grating connected to the second optical circulator such that the shaped optical pulse is directed to the second fiber Bragg grating and a selectively reflected portion of the shaped optical pulse is directed back to the second optical circulator to be output. 9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the spectral conditioning system includes a filter arranged to receive the shaped optical pulse and selectively transmit a portion of the shaped optical pulse. 10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a second semiconductor optical amplifier configured to amplify at least a portion of the shaped optical pulse and output a second shaped pulse. 11. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a master oscillator for generating the first optical pulse, and wherein the master oscillator, the optical circulator, the semiconductor optical amplifier and the fiber Bragg grating are optically coupled via fiber optic connections. 12. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a master oscillator for generating the first optical pulse, and wherein the master oscillator and the semiconductor amplifier are both operated according to control signals from one or more controllers, and wherein the control signals are timed such that the shaped optical pulse has a duration between approximately 100 picoseconds and approximately 400 picoseconds. 13. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a master oscillator for generating the first optical pulse, and wherein the fiber Bragg grating selectively reflects incoming optical energy centered approximately at the wavelength of the first optical pulse from the master oscillator. 14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the filter is arranged to remove broadband amplified spontaneous emission introduced by the semiconductor optical amplifier. 15. The system according to claim 9, wherein the spectral conditioning system includes an isolator arranged to transmit light in a single direction. 16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the single direction is a direction of the shaped optical pulse. 17. The system according to claim 10, further comprising: a spectral conditioning system arranged to receive the second shaped optical pulse, and selectively transmit a portion of the second shaped optical pulse according to spectral content of the second shaped optical pulse. 18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the spectral conditioning system includes: a second optical circulator for receiving the second shaped optical pulse; anda second fiber Bragg grating connected to the second optical circulator such that the second shaped optical pulse is directed to the second fiber Bragg grating and a selectively reflected portion of the second shaped optical pulse is directed back to the second optical circulator to be output. 19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the spectral conditioning system includes a filter arranged to receive the second shaped optical pulse and selectively transmit a portion of the second shaped optical pulse. 20. The system according to claim 8, wherein activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the first amplified pulse is temporally separated from activation of the semiconductor optical amplifier to produce the second amplified pulse by a time delay sufficient to control a duration of the shaped optical pulse.
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