OPTICAL PULSE SOURCE, OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR RYDBERG EXCITATION AND METHOD OF FORMING OPTICAL PULSES

摘要

An optical pulse source (100) comprising:a first laser (110) configured to output laser light at a first wavelength;a second laser (112) configured to output laser light at a second wavelength, different to the first wavelength;optical modulation apparatus (120) configured to apply amplitude modulation to a first one of the laser light at the first wavelength or the laser light at the second wavelength to form first laser light pulses;optical amplification apparatus (130) configured to amplify the first laser light pulses and a second one of the laser light at the first wavelength or the laser light at the second wavelength; andoptical frequency conversion apparatus (140) configured to perform optical frequency conversion using the first laser light pulses and the second one of the laser light at the first wavelength or the laser light at the second wavelength to form output laser light pulses at a third wavelength, shorter than the first wavelength and the second wavelength.