Patent ID: 6516008
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G01N,G02F

Abstract:
A wavelength conversion system comprising:first means for receiving a pulse of input energy having a spike and a tail and directing a first portion thereof including said spike along a first processing path and a second portion thereof including said tail along a second processing path, the first portion having a first wavelength and a first spatial and/or temporal intensity profile and the second portion having the first wavelength and a second spatial and/or temporal intensity profile; second means disposed in the first path and optimized for the first spatial and/or temporal intensity profile of the first portion of the energy for shifting the wavelength of the first portion of the input energy from the first wavelength to a second wavelength; and third means disposed in the second path and optimized for the second spatial and/or temporal intensity profile of the second portion of the energy for shifting the wavelength of the second portion of the input energy from the first wavelength to the second wavelength.