Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laser for laser bond inspection system and laser ultrasonic inspection system
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Application No.: US16102575Application Date: 2018-08-13
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Publication No.: US10753909B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Morteza Safai
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G01N29/24
- IPC: G01N29/24 ; H01S3/00 ; H01S3/083 ; G01N29/04 ; H01S3/225 ; H01S3/16 ; H01S3/17 ; H01S3/067

Abstract:
An example laser system includes a laser, a plurality of pulse stretchers coupled together in series, a pulse amplifier, a feedback module, and a lens assembly. The plurality of pulse stretchers is configured to stretch pulse widths of the laser pulses and output stretched laser pulses. The pulse amplifier is positioned between a first pulse stretcher and a second pulse stretch of the plurality of pulse stretchers, and is configured to amplify the laser pulses. The feedback module includes a pulse delay comparator configured to compare a first laser pulse of the laser pulses to a corresponding first stretched laser pulse of the stretched laser pulses. The feedback module also includes a computing device configured to determine an adjustment to a pulse stretcher of the plurality of pulse stretchers, and apply the adjustment to the pulse stretcher so as to modify a shape of a second stretched laser pulse.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200049665A1 Laser for Laser Bond Inspection System and Laser Ultrasonic Inspection System Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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