| 摘要 |
There is presented a method of for generating a compressed optical pulse (112) comprising emitting from a wavelength tunable microcavity laser system (102), comprising an optical cavity (104) with a mechanically adjustable cavity length (L), a primary optical pulse (111) having a primary temporal width (T1) while adjusting the optical cavity length (L) so that said primary optical pulse comprises temporally separated photons of different wavelengths, and transmitting said pulse through a dispersive medium (114), so as to generate a compressed optical pulse (112) with a secondary temporal width (T2), wherein the secondary temporal width (T2) is smaller than the primary temporal width (T1). |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for generating a compressed optical pulse, the method comprising:
providing a wavelength tunable microcavity laser system having a reference wavelength corresponding to a central operating wavelength, comprising:
an optical cavity with a mechanically adjustable cavity length, so as to enable the wavelength tunable microcavity laser system to emit photons of different wavelengths with respect to each other, wherein the optical cavity comprises a microcavity, wherein the length of the microcavity is at least 1/2 times the reference wavelength and less than 10 times the reference wavelength, wherein the optical cavity comprises a MEMS component, wherein a position of the MEMS component is adjustable and, wherein the cavity length of the optical cavity depends on the position of the MEMS component so that a cavity controller may control the cavity length of the optical cavity by controlling the position of the MEMS component,a photon emitter for emitting photons into the optical cavity,a cavity controller arranged for controlling the length of the optical cavity, providing a dispersive medium, emitting a primary optical pulse having a primary temporal width from the wavelength tunable microcavity laser system, adjusting the optical cavity length so that said primary optical pulse comprises temporally separated photons of different wavelengths, receiving the primary optical pulse with the dispersive medium, and re-emitting the primary optical pulse from the dispersive medium as a compressed optical pulse with a secondary temporal width, wherein the secondary temporal width is smaller than the primary temporal width, and wherein the adjusting the optical cavity length so that said primary optical pulse comprises temporally separated photons of different wavelengths, further comprises adjusting the position of the MEMS component. |
