An optical device includes a core, a first cladding, a second cladding, a slanted fiber Bragg grating, and a high refractive index material. The first cladding covers the core and has a lower refractive index than the core. The second cladding covers the first cladding and has a lower refractive index than the first cladding. The slanted fiber Bragg grating is formed in the core and couples stimulated Raman scattering light, propagating through the core, to the first cladding. The high refractive index material has a higher refractive index than the second cladding and covers an outer peripheral surface of a removal portion where the second cladding is removed and a portion of the first cladding that covers the region where the slanted fiber Bragg grating is formed in the core.

An optical device may include an enclosure including an optical aperture and a plurality of optical components positioned within the enclosure, where the plurality of optical components are to emit and/or receive light through the optical aperture. The optical device may include at least one heating element or cooling element to provide an isothermal environment to the plurality of optical components, where the at least one heating element or cooling element is thermally coupled with the enclosure.

A control system includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit, an external TEC driver, and a pump chip. The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) includes a pump driver and a thermoelectric-cooler (TEC) controller. The digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) circuit is coupled to the FPGA. The external TEC driver is external to the FPGA and coupled to the FPGA. The pump chip includes a pump and a TEC and is coupled to the DAC circuit and the external TEC driver.

A solid state laser apparatus includes a plurality of cold heads, a cooling apparatus, laser media and a seed light source. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the plurality of cold heads. The laser media are arranged in contact with each of the plurality of cold heads, and configured to amplify a first laser beam and reflect the first laser beam. The seed light source is configured to irradiate a first laser medium of the laser media with the first laser beam. The first laser medium is arranged on a first of the cold heads. The laser media are configured to reflect the first laser beam irradiated to the first laser medium to a second laser medium of the laser media. The second laser medium is arranged on a second of the cold heads. The cold heads are configured to cool the laser media.

The invention discloses a multi-wavelength and single-frequency Q-switching optical fiber laser device. The laser device comprises a saturable absorber, a high gain optical fiber, a polarization-maintaining multi-wavelength narrow-band fiber Bragg grating, a resonant cavity temperature control module, a polarization-maintaining wavelength division multiplexer, a pump source and a polarization-maintaining light isolator. By taking a highly doped phosphate optical fiber as a laser gain medium, two ends of the optical fiber device are connected with the saturable absorber and the polarization-maintaining multi-wavelength narrow-band fiber Bragg grating respectively to form a short linear laser cavity. A short cavity length of the short linear laser cavity can realize single longitudinal mode operation of laser in the resonant cavity, and meanwhile, a stable multi-wavelength and single-frequency pulse laser output is realized in the resonant cavity by combining multi-wavelength resonance caused by the polarization-maintaining multi-wavelength narrow-band fiber Bragg grating with passive Q-switching performance of the saturable absorber in the cavity. The multi-wavelength single-frequency Q-switching optical fiber laser device of the invention realizes output of a plurality of wavelength pulse laser with adjusted repeated frequency simultaneously, and the laser in each wavelength is maintained in single-frequency operation, such that the multi-wavelength single-frequency Q-switching optical fiber laser device can be widely applied to aspects of laser radar, laser sensing, gas detection and the like.

A laser system and method generate milliwatt-power pump light by a fiber-coupled laser diode with a single-mode integrated fiber housed in a pump enclosure. The milliwatt-power pump light is conveyed from the single-mode integrated fiber out of the first enclosure into one end of a single-mode fiber cable that is external to the pump enclosure. The milliwatt-power pump light is conveyed from an opposite end of the external single-mode fiber cable into one end of a single-mode resident fiber disposed internally within a laser-head enclosure. A crystal housed in the laser-head enclosure is pumped with the milliwatt-power pump light that exits into free space from an opposite end of the single-mode resident fiber onto a face of the crystal, to produce stable milliwatt-power single-mode laser light having a frequency stability of less than 3 MHz per minute. The stable milliwatt-power single-mode laser light is emitted from the laser-head enclosure.

A laser light generator is configured to generate one or more wavelengths of continuous wave laser light. The laser light generator is configured to collectively and simultaneously transmit each of the wavelengths of continuous wave laser light through an optical output of the laser light generator as a laser light supply. An optical fiber is connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical output of the laser light generator. An optical distribution network has an optical input connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical fiber. The optical distribution network is configured to transmit the laser light supply to each of one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors. The laser light generator is physically separate from each of the one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors.

Disclosed is an exchangeable laser unit and an array thereof. The exchangeable laser unit includes cartridge receivers and housings having a uniform shape and uniform optical interfaces. The cartridge receiver adopts the optical interface including a tapered cavity and cylindrical cavity, so that a precise mechanical connection can be achieved between the output of laser of the cartridge receiver and the output of the optical fiber of the housing without professional tools, facilitating standardization of the output components of the laser elements of the cartridge receiver. In addition, the upper-lower guide rails and the upper-lower channels having certain of inclination degree can realize the precise positioning of the cartridge receiver and the housing. When replacing one laser element by a laser element that emits laser with a different wavelength, it is only necessary to replace the cartridge receiver inside the housing. That is, the replacement of laser elements having different wavelengths is converted to the replacement of cartridge receivers, which greatly reduces the difficulty for medical personnel to switch laser wavelengths, and improves the popularization of laser therapeutic instruments in the medical field. In the exchangeable laser array of the disclosure, the cartridge receiver inside the housing can be replaced by other cartridge receiver that emits laser with a different wavelength, and the plurality of housings can be connected with a plurality of wavelength switchers in the back to realize selective output of the wavelength.

An optical module includes a shell, a circuit board and an optical transmitter device. The circuit board is disposed in the shell. The optical transmitter device is disposed in the shell, and includes a plate-shaped substrate and a laser assembly. The laser assembly is disposed on a surface of the substrate, is electrically connected to the circuit board, and is configured to emit an optical signal. The substrate is fixedly connected to an end of the circuit board.

Disclosed is an optical module, including a lower housing, an upper housing covering the lower housing, a circuit board, a first metal base, a second metal base, a silicon photonic chip, and a light emission module including a laser chip and an optical path assembly. The first metal base is disposed on one side of the upper housing. The second metal base is disposed on one side of the lower housing. The circuit board with a hollow region is disposed on the second metal base. The silicon photonic chip is disposed on the second metal base exposed from the hollow region. The laser chip is disposed on the first metal base. The optical path assembly is disposed on the first metal base and/or on the second metal base exposed from the hollow region, and guides a third optical signal emitted by the laser chip to the silicon photonic chip.