Raman converter with variable wavelength distribution

Optical: systems and elements – Optical frequency converter – Raman type

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050991477

ABSTRACT:
A Raman converter comprising an input optical pump beam (16) from a laser (18) that propagates through first and second Raman cells (12,24) and causes Stokes shifted waves (14,26) to be generated therein, and a polarizer (34) disposed between the Raman cells (12,24). The polarizer (34) is switchable during laser operation to cause the Stokes shifted waves (14) from the first Raman cell (12) to be circularly or linearly polarized, thereby causing the Stokes shifted waves (26) in the second Raman cell to be generated as rotationally shifted or vibrationally shifted waves respectively. The polarizer (34) may be switched to the selected circular or linear polarization, or may be repeatedly switched therebetween at regular or pseudo-random intervals. A second polarizer (32) may be disposed upstream of the first Raman cell (12) for selectively switching the polarization of the input pump beam (16) during laser operation. The polarizers (32) and (34) may each be used alone or in combination with each other. Combinations of rotational and vibrational Stokes shifted waves generated in the two Raman cells (12,24) provide multi-wavelength optical output signals with variable wavelength distributions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4784450 (1988-11-01), Jain et al.
patent: 4821272 (1989-04-01), Bruesselbach et al.

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