Invention Application
- Patent Title: OPTICAL FIBER LASER DEVICE
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Application No.: US15393709Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US20170110847A1Publication Date: 2017-04-20
- Inventor: Koji KAJIWARA , Takeshi TAKAGI , Kousuke KASHIWAGI , Kazuaki HYUGA , Yoshihiro EMORI
- Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2014-139047 20140704; JP2015-096100 20150508
- Main IPC: H01S3/13
- IPC: H01S3/13 ; H01S3/067

Abstract:
An optical fiber laser device generates laser light by using an optical amplifying fiber as an amplification medium in a laser oscillator and includes: an optical outputting fiber configured to emit laser light to an outside; a return-light-attenuating portion configured to perform an attenuation process to return light propagating through at least the optical outputting fiber in a reverse direction of the laser light; a thermal conversion unit provided at the return-light-attenuating portion and configured to convert the return light into heat; a temperature-monitoring device configured to measure an increase in a temperature, of the return-light-attenuating portion, caused by the heat converted by the thermal conversion unit; and a control unit configured to decrease or stop an output of the laser light when the temperature measured by the temperature-monitoring device becomes a predetermined threshold temperature or higher.
Public/Granted literature
- US10530117B2 Optical fiber laser device Public/Granted day:2020-01-07
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