Seeder for use with a fiber laser for generating an arbitrary shaped pulse, comprising an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source, a spectral filter and an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) modulator, the ASE source for generating a continuous wave (CW) broadband pulse, the spectral filter being coupled with the ASE source for narrowing the CW broadband pulse, and the AWG modulator being coupled with the spectral filter for shaping the narrowed CW broadband pulse to an arbitrary pulse shape.

The optical amplifier, which amplifies wavelength multiplexed signal light, comprises: a multi-core optical fiber which includes cladding and a first core and a second core disposed in the cladding, and which is doped with rare-earth ions; an excitation light source for supplying excitation light to the cladding of the multi-core optical fiber; and a wavelength demultiplexing means for separating the wavelength bands of the wavelength multiplexed signal light that has propagated through the first core. The signal light of a relatively long wavelength band among a plurality of wavelength bands separated by the wavelength demultiplexing means is caused to propagate through the second core, and is then multiplexed with the signal light of a relatively short wavelength band among the plurality of wavelength bands separated by the wavelength demultiplexing means, and the resultant multiplexed signal light is output.

In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a multi junction light source configured to emit an optical signal. The multi junction light source includes a seed laser diode configured to produce a seed optical signal and a multi junction semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configured to amplify the seed optical signal to produce the emitted optical signal. The lidar system also includes a receiver configured to detect a portion of the emitted optical signal scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system further includes a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based on a round-trip time for the portion of the scattered optical signal to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.

A laser beam steering device and a system including the laser beam steering device are provided. The laser beam steering device includes a refractive index change layer having a refractive index that changes based on an electrical signal; at least one antenna pattern disposed above the refractive index change layer; a wavelength selection layer disposed under the refractive index change layer and configured to correspond to a wavelength of a laser beam incident onto the laser beam steering device; and a driver configured to apply the electrical signal to the refractive index change layer.

The present disclosure provides a laser pulse sequence energy correction system and method. The correction system includes a fundamental frequency light source, a control unit, an energy adjusting unit and a frequency multiplication crystal; the fundamental frequency light source is configured to output a fundamental frequency pulse laser, and the frequency multiplication crystal is configured to convert the fundamental frequency pulse laser into a multiple frequency pulse laser; the control unit prestores an energy-time curve of the multiple frequency pulse laser, and the control unit is configured to control the energy adjusting unit to adjust the intensity of the fundamental frequency pulse laser incident on the frequency multiplication crystal according to the energy-time curve, so that energy of each pulse in the multiple frequency pulse laser is identical. The technical solution of the present disclosure has advantages of simple structure, reliable device, convenient adjustment and the like.

Processes and apparatuses described herein provide for an efficient cyclical fiber-optic connection between a source component and multiple destination components in a computing environment. A comb laser generates a laser signal that includes laser light of a first frequency that is red-shifted from a carrier frequency. The comb laser concurrently transmits the laser signal to four ring resonators via an optical waveguide. Three of the ring resonators are initially configured for optical resonance at a second frequency that is blue-shifted from the carrier frequency, while one of the ring resonators is initially configured for optical resonance at the first frequency. The laser signal is modulated to communicate data to a first target location associated with the ring resonator that is initially configured for optical resonance at the first frequency.

An optical amplifying device according to the present invention includes: an optical propagation path including an optical amplifier for amplifying input light; an excitation light source for generating excitation light to excite the optical amplifier; first and second optical receivers detect the power of the input light in the optical propagation path before being amplified by the optical amplifier and the power of the light in the optical propagation path after being amplified by the optical amplifier; a third optical receiver for detecting the power of light having a traveling direction opposite to that of the input light amplified by the optical amplifier, in the optical propagation path; and a control unit for controlling the excitation light source on the basis of the light power detected by the first optical receiver, the light power detected by the second optical receiver, and the light power detected by the third optical receiver. This optical amplifying device can prevent a light surge without providing dummy light and without causing a service interruption.

An example optical system architecture includes a diode laser source having an optical fiber. The diode laser source is configured to generate an optical signal having a main mode and side longitudinal modes and to output the optical signal along an optical path. An optical filter is in the optical path. The optical filter is configured to receive at least part of the optical signal, to output the main mode along the optical path, and to suppress the side longitudinal modes at least in part. One or more optical amplifiers are in the optical path after the optical filter. The one or more optical amplifiers are configured to receive at least part of the main mode, to amplify the at least part of main mode, and to output an amplified version of the at least part of main mode along the optical path.

A laser-beam power-modulation system includes an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) to receive a laser beam and separate the laser beam into a primary beam and a plurality of diffracted beams based on an input signal. The power of the primary beam depends on the input signal. The system also includes a slit to transmit the primary beam and dump the plurality of diffracted beams, a controller to generate a control signal based at least in part on feedback indicative of the power of the primary beam or the power of a beam generated using the primary beam, and a driver to generate the input signal based at least in part on the control signal.

A device comprises three elements. The first element, comprising an optical gain structure and a laser cavity mirror structure, couples light to the second element, comprising a phase tuner. The second element couples phase tuned light to the third element. The third element, comprising an optical resonator with first and second coupler/splitter structures, provides a primary optical output from the second coupler/splitter structure. Light coupled into the optical resonator through the first coupler/splitter structure and then coupled out of the optical resonator though the first coupler/splitter structure is injected back into the optical gain structure through the second element. Light coupled out of the optical resonator through the second coupler/splitter structure is provided as the primary optical output. Characteristic of the coupler/splitter structures and the optical resonator are selected such that the light injected back into the optical gain structure reduces linewidth, and noise in primary optical output is suppressed.