Patent classifications
H01S3/1022
OPTIMIZATION FOR HIGH REPETITION RATE PULSE RAMAN LASER
A high repetition rate pulse laser including a linear cavity having a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction is disclosed. The pulse laser includes, along the first direction, a first optical component, a gain and Raman medium, an acousto-optic crystal, a first lithium triborate (LBO) crystal and a second optical component. The first optical component allows a pumping light incident in the first direction to transmit therethrough. The gain and Raman medium receives the pumping light from the first optical component, and generates a first infrared base laser light having a first wavelength and a second infrared base laser light having a second wavelength. The acousto-optic crystal receives a radio frequency control signal from a radio frequency controller, wherein the radio frequency control signal has a signal period including a low level period and a high level period.
LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING LASER DEVICE
A laser device includes: a traveling wave type resonator comprising a first mirror and a second mirror; and a laser medium disposed between the first mirror and the second mirror. The first mirror and the second mirror are disposed such that round-trip light that travels in round trips in the resonator has a focus inside the laser medium. The laser device is configured such that: excitation light incident on the resonator is superimposed on the round-trip light at the focus and narrowed to be thinner than the round-trip light, Z.sub.R×α<0.5 is satisfied, where Z.sub.R is a Rayleigh length of the excitation light and α is an absorption coefficient of the laser medium with respect to the excitation light, and a round-trip Gouy phase shift of the resonator has a value excluding 2π×n/m where m is an integer of less than 15 and n is an integer of equal to or less than m.
Laser burst logging systems and methods
A burst logging system logs and transmits to a local or remote computing system event data related to errors in and or potential failures of laser system components. The system further provides for capturing data at different rates from different sensors, synchronization of data capture associated with system events and the possibility for aggregation of data from multiple systems, which can in turn be leveraged to predict and or remediate future system events.
Optical fiber amplifier system and methods of using same
The present disclosure relates to optical fiber amplifying systems having operability at a wide variety of ambient temperatures and to methods for using them. One aspect of the disclosure is an optical fiber system configured to provide amplified radiation. The system includes an active optical fiber; a plurality of grating-locked pump sources, each having an output optically coupled to the active optical fiber; one or more temperature sensors, configured to measure a temperature associated with one or more of the grating-locked pump sources; and a control system configured to accept measurements from the one or more temperature sensors and, for a desired total pump power output, to provide to one or more of the grating-locked pump sources a set of drive currents suitable to provide the desired total pump power output.
FIBER LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
A fiber laser system including: fiber laser units each including an excitation light source; a combiner that combines laser beams generated by the respective fiber laser units; and a controller that controls strength of a driving current supplied to each of the excitation light sources and reduces a difference in power between the respective laser beams.
Laser machining device and laser oscillator
To prevent an output decrease of laser light due to impurities formed in a Q switch. A laser machining device includes a Q-switch housing section configured by housing a Q switch and a first mirror and a wavelength converting section including a housing in which a transmission window section capable of transmitting a fundamental wave is formed, the wavelength converting section being configured by airtightly housing, with an internal space surrounded by the housing, at least a first wavelength conversion element, a second wavelength conversion element, and a second mirror. A resonator forming a resonant optical path passing through the transmission window section is configured by the first mirror in the Q-switch housing section and the second mirror in the wavelength converting section.
TIME AND FREQUENCY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMB
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.
LASER OSCILLATOR WITH ENHANCED MAINTAINABILITY
A laser oscillator includes a first structure disposed with an optical section, a second structure disposed with a power source section, and an electric cable that electrically connects the optical section and the power source section. The first structure is removably coupled to the second structure, the electric cable is removably connected to at least one of the power source section and the optical section, and the optical section is allowed to be replaced.
LASER SYSTEM PROVIDING A SHAPED INTENSITY PROFILE OF AN OUTPUT BEAM WITHIN AN UNSTABLE OPTICAL RESONATOR LAYOUT AND METHOD THEREOF
The present invention relates to a laser system and a method of generating a defined spatial mode-shaped laser beam using an unstable laser resonator layout. The laser system for mode shaping of a laser beam within an unstable optical resonator layout comprising an active medium, characterized in that, the active media comprises a pumped area, wherein the gain distribution is generated by an optical pump beam's spatially intensity profile.
In a preferred embodiment, the system may further comprise an end-pumped layout to deliver the spatially shaped optical pump beam to the active medium; and/or an active element and/or a passive element for modifying the resonator losses; and/or means of output coupling of a laser beam from said unstable resonator layout.
The system according to the present invention is suitable to deliver a top-hat beam profile.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THERMAL LOAD CAUSED BY EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION IN LASER GAIN CRYSTAL
A device and a method for measuring thermal load caused by excited state absorption in laser gain crystal are disclosed. Thermal focal lengths on the tangential and sagittal planes of the laser gain crystal are obtained by obtaining the threshold when the pump power is decreased, the optimal operating point, and cavity parameters of the single-frequency laser. Individual ABCD matrices of the laser gain crystal on the tangential plane and the sagittal plane are obtained based on thermal focal length. The thermal load corresponding to the threshold when the pump power is decreased, the ESA thermal load corresponding to the threshold when the pump power is decreased, and the ESA thermal load at the optimal operating point are obtained