Optical: systems and elements – Light interference – Produced by coating or lamina
Patent
1994-08-11
1998-03-31
Dzierzynski, Paul M.
Optical: systems and elements
Light interference
Produced by coating or lamina
359580, 359900, 372 25, 372 99, G02B 110
Patent
active
057345031
ABSTRACT:
Dispersive dielectric mirror exhibiting a monotonic, more particularly nearly linear group delay versus frequency function over a wide frequency range within the high reflectivity band of the mirror, which group delay is introduced on electromagnetic wavepackets, more particularly, on light pulses, when the electromagnetic wave is reflected on the mirror. The dispersive dielectric mirror can be well applied for dispersion control in electromagnetic impulse technique from microwave frequencies to X-rays, more particularly, in ultrashort-pulse-laser technique and its applications. One of the concrete applications of the dispersive dielectric mirrors is to solid-state-laser intracavity dispersion control of femtosecond pulse solid-state-laser oscillators instead of using of prism pairs. The laser built in this way is more compact, reliable and user friendly than its prism-pair-dispersion controlled predecessors.
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Krausz Ferenc
Szipocs Robert
Dzierzynski Paul M.
Jr. John Juba
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