Patents by Inventor Carsten L. Thomsen
Carsten L. Thomsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11982834Abstract: A microstructured optical fiber for generating supercontinuum light. The optical fiber includes a core and a cladding region surrounding the core. The optical fiber includes a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section as well as an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section has a core with a first characteristic core diameter larger than about 7 ?m. The second fiber length section has a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber includes a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to the second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length. Also, a supercontinuum light source including an optical fiber and a pump light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. Thomsen, Thomas T. Alkeskjold, Erik B. Thomsen
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Publication number: 20240111087Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard ALKESKJOLD, Casper Laur BYG, Christian Jakobsen, Jens Kristian LYNGSØE, Kim G. JESPERSEN, Jeppe JOHANSEN, Martin Dybendal MAACK, Martin Erland Vestergaard PEDERSEN, Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20240041313Abstract: A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. THOMSEN, Thomas Vestergaard Andersen, Thomas FEUCHTER
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Patent number: 11800972Abstract: A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. Thomsen, Thomas Vestergaard Andersen, Thomas Feuchter
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Patent number: 11719881Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Casper Laur Byg, Christian Jakobsen, Jens Kristian Lyngsøe, Kim G. Jespersen, Jeppe Johansen, Martin Dybendal Maack, Martin Erland Vestergaard Pedersen, Carsten L. Thomsen
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Publication number: 20230004062Abstract: A method of making a microstructured optical fiber including loading the core and cladding materials of the fiber with hydrogen and deuterium at a loading temperature; annealing the fiber at a selected temperature Tanneal; pumping the fiber with radiation; and reducing the temperature of the fiber and storing the fiber at the reduced temperature before the step of pumping the fiber; and wherein the method allows the hydrogen and the deuterium to become bound to the core material and the cladding material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventor: Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20220342148Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Thh<250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard ALKESKJOLD, Casper Laur BYG, Christian JAKOBSEN, Jens Kristian LYNGSØE, Kim G. JESPERSEN, Jeppe JOHANSEN, Martin Dybendal MAACK, Martin Erland Vestergaard PEDERSEN, Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20220326433Abstract: A microstructured optical fiber for generating supercontinuum light. The optical fiber includes a core and a cladding region surrounding the core. The optical fiber includes a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section as well as an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section has a core with a first characteristic core diameter larger than about 7 ?m. The second fiber length section has a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber includes a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to the second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length. Also, a supercontinuum light source including an optical fiber and a pump light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventors: Carsten L. THOMSEN, Thomas T. ALKESKJOLD, Erik B. THOMSEN
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Patent number: 11409033Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Casper Laur Byg, Christian Jakobsen, Jens Kristian Lyngsøe, Kim G. Jespersen, Jeppe Johansen, Martin Dybendal Maack, Martin Erland Vestergaard Pedersen, Carsten L. Thomsen
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Publication number: 20220233067Abstract: A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. THOMSEN, Thomas Vestergaard ANDERSEN, Thomas FEUCHTER
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Publication number: 20220066285Abstract: A method of making a microstructured optical fiber including loading the core and cladding materials of the fiber with hydrogen and deuterium at a loading temperature; annealing the fiber at a selected temperature Tanneal; pumping the fiber with radiation; and reducing the temperature of the fiber and storing the fiber at the reduced temperature before the step of pumping the fiber; and wherein the method allows the hydrogen and the deuterium to become bound to the core material and the cladding material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventor: Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Patent number: 11221445Abstract: The invention relates to a supercontinuum light source comprising a microstructured optical fiber and a pump light source. The microstructured optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding region surrounding the core, as well as a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section and an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section comprises a core with a first characteristic core diameter. The second fiber length section comprises a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter, where said second characteristic core diameter is substantially constant along said second fiber length section. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber comprises a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to said second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. Thomsen, Thomas T. Alkeskjold, Erik B. Thomsen
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Patent number: 11154189Abstract: A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. Thomsen, Thomas Vestergaard Andersen, Thomas Feuchter
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Publication number: 20210311251Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard ALKESKJOLD, Casper Laur BYG, Christian JAKOBSEN, Jens Kristian LYNGSØE, Kim G. JESPERSEN, Jeppe JOHANSEN, Martin Dybendal MAACK, Martin Erland Vestergaard PEDERSEN, Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Patent number: 11048145Abstract: A method of making a microstructured optical fiber including loading the core and cladding materials of the fiber with hydrogen and deuterium at a loading temperature; annealing the fiber at a selected temperature Tanneal; pumping the fiber with radiation; and reducing the temperature of the fiber and storing the fiber at the reduced temperature before the step of pumping the fiber; and wherein the method allows the hydrogen and the deuterium to become bound to the core material and the cladding material.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventor: Carsten L. Thomsen
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Patent number: 10928584Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Casper Laur Byg, Christian Jakobsen, Jens Kristian Lyngsøe, Kim G. Jespersen, Jeppe Johansen, Martin Dybendal Maack, Martin Erland Vestergaard Pedersen, Carsten L. Thomsen
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Publication number: 20200326474Abstract: The invention relates to a supercontinuum light source comprising a microstructured optical fiber and a pump light source. The microstructured optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding region surrounding the core, as well as a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section and an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section comprises a core with a first characteristic core diameter. The second fiber length section comprises a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter, where said second characteristic core diameter is substantially constant along said second fiber length section. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber comprises a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to said second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. THOMSEN, Thomas T. ALKESKJOLD, Erik B. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20200319401Abstract: A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.<Th<250° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Thomas Tanggaard ALKESKJOLD, Casper Laur BYG, Christian JAKOBSEN, Jens Kristian LYNGSØE, Kim G. JESPERSEN, Jeppe JOHANSEN, Martin Dybendal MAACK, Martin Erland Vestergaard PEDERSEN, Carsten L. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20200292805Abstract: An optical measurement system for illuminating a sample with filtered light and measuring fluorescence from the sample, which system includes a broadband light source arranged to provide a broadband beam; a first tunable element arranged to filter at least a portion of the broadband beam thereby providing filtered light; and a control unit arranged to provide a control signal to said first tunable element, wherein the first tunable element includes an acousto-optic filter (AOTF) and the control signal to the AOTF includes an acoustic RF signal provided by a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) arranged so the AOTF provides an out-of-band suppression of more than or equal to 25 dB.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: NKT Photonics A/SInventors: Frederik D. NIELSEN, Carsten L. THOMSEN, Weidong SHENG, Erik H. THOMSEN
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Publication number: 20200154993Abstract: A supercontinuum light source can include a seed laser arranged to provide seed pulses with a pulse frequency Fseed; a pulse frequency multiplier (PFM) arranged to multiply the seed pulses by converting pulses having the pulse frequency Fseed to pump pulses with a pulse frequency Fpump, where Fpump is larger than Fseed; and a non-linear element arranged to receive said pump pulses and convert said pump pulses to pulses of supercontinuum light. The PFM can further include a splitter for splitting pulses into first and second sub beams each having the same pulse frequency, where the PFM is configured such that the sub beams experience different delays; and a combiner for combining said first and second sub beams into a beam having the pulse frequency that is greater than said same pulse frequency. The splitter can have an uneven splitter ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: NKT PHOTONICS A/SInventors: Carsten L. THOMSEN, Thomas Vestergaard ANDERSEN, Thomas FEUCHTER