Provided herein are a system and a method thereof which allows for calibrating a laser or getting characteristics of the laser by measuring the temporally and spatially resolved beam profile and power density cross-section using non-contact radiometry. An example method includes receiving a radiation beam from a light source by protrusions that protrude from a plate. The example method further includes imaging the protrusions, measuring a respective temperature of each of the protrusions based on the imaging, and profiling the radiation beam based on the measuring.

The invention relates to a laser beam device for generating an effective laser beam and an illuminating laser beam, having a coupling element for coupling the illuminating laser beam into a beam path of the effective laser beam. The laser beam device is characterized in that the coupling element has a first sub-region and a second sub-region that is different from the first sub-region, and the effective laser beam, the illuminating laser beam and the coupling element are arranged relative to one another such that the effective laser beam is directed onto the first sub-region and the illuminating laser beam is directed onto the second sub-region, the first sub-region being transparent to the effective laser beam and the second sub-region being designed to reflect the illuminating laser beam in parallel with the effective laser beam.

A heat sink assembly may include an alignment body with an opening configured to receive a crystal rod, wherein the opening is configured to maintain a crystalline orientation of the crystal rod relative to a physical orientation of the alignment body. The heat sink assembly may include a first cooling stack, wherein the first cooling stack includes a first cutout to receive the crystal rod and the alignment body. The heat sink assembly may include a second cooling stack, wherein the second cooling stack includes a second cutout to receive the crystal rod and the alignment body, and wherein the first cooling stack and the second cooling stack are configured to mate and at least partially sandwich the crystal rod and the alignment body.

The invention provides an excimer laser system including a means for calibrating laser output to compensate for increased variation in laser optical fibers.

An extinction ratio testing system (10) includes a microcontroller (102), an extinction ratio tester (104), and a thermostat (106). The microcontroller (102) controls the thermostat (106) to maintain an optical transceiver module (20) at a predetermined high temperature, and then the microcontroller (102) controls the extinction ratio tester (104) to test an extinction ratio of the optical transceiver module (20). If the extinction ratio is lower than a standard extinction ratio, the microcontroller (102) controls the optical transceiver module (20) to increase a laser operating current (212) of the optical transceiver module (20) to increase the extinction ratio.

One or more embodiments relates to a system for simultaneously detecting vibration and the presence of a target gas having a tunable fiber ring laser in electronic and optical communication with a vibration sensor and a gas detection sensor. One or more embodiments relate to a method for simultaneously measuring vibration and detecting the presence of a target gas in an environment having the steps of providing a system for simultaneously measuring vibration and detecting a target gas into an environment; sending an optical signal to a vibration sensor and gas detection sensor; and collecting and analyzing modified signals from the vibration sensor and gas detection sensor.

Provided are a time and frequency control method and system for optical comb. The method includes: controlling an optical comb measuring system to start and to generate an optical comb; obtaining monitoring data, wherein the monitoring data comprises a working temperature, a mode-locked frequency and a light pump power, wherein the mode-locked frequency comprises a repetition frequency and a carrier envelope phase locked at the end of starting the optical comb measuring system; determining whether an offset of the mode-locked frequency exceeds a self-feedback adjustment range of a hardware adjustment circuit; and in response to any of the repetition frequency and the carrier envelope phase exceeds the self-feedback adjustment range, adjusting the working temperature and the light pump power until the mode-locked frequency returns back into the self-feedback adjustment range.

Systems and methods for optical amplifier failure prediction using Machine Learning (ML), such as for an Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA), are described. A method include obtaining a plurality of inputs from an optical amplifier associated with an optical network; analyzing the plurality of inputs with a trained machine learning model; obtaining an estimate of a total pump current of the optical amplifier as an output of the trained machine learning model; and comparing the estimate of a total pump current to a measured total pump current of the optical amplifier. The steps can include determining a health of the optical amplifier based on the comparing

A light source device with a safety mechanism includes a wavelength converting device and a laser light source configured to provide a laser beam. The wavelength converting device includes a substrate facing toward the laser light source, an optical converting layer disposed on the substrate, and a safety examination layer disposed on one side of the optical converting layer. After the laser beam passes through the safety examination layer, the laser beam enters the optical converting layer. The safety examination layer includes a first conductive film arranged along a first direction and a second conductive film arranged along a second direction. The first conductive film and the second conductive film intersect each other.

A device utilized for spectrally combining multi lasers or laser emitters into a single high-power beam. Exemplary embodiments of the device consist of a monolithic structure, such as a hollow tube, wherein the input end cap comprises a transform optic and the output end cap comprises a transmission grating.