HIGH POWER RADIATION SOURCE WITH ACTIVE-MEDIA HOUSING
    1.
    发明公开
    HIGH POWER RADIATION SOURCE WITH ACTIVE-MEDIA HOUSING 审中-公开
    与积极的住房高辐射SOURCE

    公开(公告)号:EP2494664A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-05

    申请号:EP10827404.4

    申请日:2010-10-26

    IPC分类号: H01S3/091

    摘要: A high power source of electro-magnetic radiation having a multi-purpose housing is disclosed. The multi-purpose housing includes an interior filled with a material forming at least a light source and further comprising a reflector which can envelope a laser rod surrounded by light sources for providing light excitation to the laser rod. A material defining outer surfaces of the light sources extends out to and defines outer surfaces of the reflector. A high-reflectivity coating is disposed over an outer surface of the reflector, as is a protective coating. Also disposed over an outer surface of the reflector can be an optional heat sink, with cooling being performed by an optional arrangement of forced-air traveling over the heat sink. The light sources may be light source pumps, and the high-reflectivity coating may be formed to envelop the reflector.

    Laser apparatus for minimizing wavefront distortion
    4.
    发明公开
    Laser apparatus for minimizing wavefront distortion 失效
    Laser-Apparat zurBeschränkungder Stirnwellenverzerrung。

    公开(公告)号:EP0306248A1

    公开(公告)日:1989-03-08

    申请号:EP88307968.3

    申请日:1988-08-26

    IPC分类号: H01S3/06 H01S3/04 H01S3/093

    摘要: Laser apparatus configured to minimize wavefront distortion of a coherent light beam is disclosed. The lasing medium (102) of the laser apparatus has a hexagonal cross section and an internal surface (112) with a circular cross section (116) coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the lasing medium. The internal surface defines an interior space (116) for receiving an optical pumping source (114). The external faces (110) of the lasing medium are surrounded with a circumferential reflector (122) and fluid coolant is flowed over the internal surface and external faces. The coherent light beam is passed through the lasing medium to follow a helical course totally internally reflecting off of the external faces.

    摘要翻译: 公开了配置成使相干光束的波前失真最小化的激光装置。 激光装置的激光介质(102)具有六边形横截面和具有与激光介质的纵向轴线同轴的圆形横截面(116)的内表面(112)。 内表面限定用于接收光泵浦源(114)的内部空间(116)。 激光介质的外表面(110)被圆周反射器(122)包围,流体冷却剂在内表面和外表面上流动。 相干光束穿过激光介质以遵循完全内部反射离开外表面的螺旋状轨迹。

    High energy solid-state laser with offset pump and extraction geometry
    6.
    发明公开
    High energy solid-state laser with offset pump and extraction geometry 有权
    Hochleistungsfestkörperlasermit zueinander versetzter Pump- und Auskoppelgeometrie

    公开(公告)号:EP2284966A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-16

    申请号:EP10191493.5

    申请日:2005-12-20

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    摘要: A laser system and method. The inventive laser includes an annular gain medium (37); a source of pump energy (13,15,17); and an arrangement for concentrating energy from the source (13,15,17) on the gain medium (37). In a more specific implementation, a mechanism is included for rotating the gain medium (37) to effect extraction of pump energy and cooling. In the illustrative embodiment, the pump source is a diode array (13,15,17). Energy from the array (13,15,17) is coupled to the medium (37) via an array of optical fibers (25,27,29). The outputs of the fibers (25,27,29) are input to a concentrator (31) that directs the pump energy onto a pump region of the medium (37). In the best mode, plural disks of gain media (37) are arranged in an offset manner to provide a single resonator architecture. First and second mirrors (48,49) are added to complete the resonator, in accordance with the inventive teachings, a method for pumping and cooling a laser is taught. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive method includes the steps of providing a gain medium (37); pumping energy into a region of the gain medium (37); moving the medium (37); extracting energy from the region of the medium (37); and cooling region of the medium (37).

    摘要翻译: 激光系统和方法。 本发明的激光器包括环形增益介质(37); 泵浦能源(13,15,17); 以及用于将来自源(13,15,17)的能量集中在增益介质(37)上的布置。 在更具体的实施方案中,包括用于旋转增益介质(37)以实现泵能量和冷却的提取的机构。 在说明性实施例中,泵浦源是二极管阵列(13,15,17)。 来自阵列(13,15,17)的能量经由光纤阵列(25,27,29)耦合到介质(37)。 纤维(25,27,29)的输出被输入到将泵浦能量引导到介质(37)的泵浦区域上的浓缩器(31)。 在最佳模式中,增益介质(37)的多个磁盘以偏移方式排列以提供单个谐振器结构。 添加第一和第二反射镜(48,49)以完成谐振器,根据本发明的教导,教导了用于泵送和冷却激光器的方法。 在说明性实施例中,本发明的方法包括提供增益介质(37)的步骤。 将能量泵送到增益介质(37)的区域中; 移动介质(37); 从所述介质的区域提取能量(37); 和介质(37)的冷却区域。

    Monolithic fiber laser beam combiner
    7.
    发明公开
    Monolithic fiber laser beam combiner 有权
    Monolithischer StrahlvereinigerfürFaserlaser

    公开(公告)号:EP1962393A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-27

    申请号:EP08075108.4

    申请日:2008-02-12

    摘要: A compact, light weight laser beam combiner (10;110) includes a pair of concentric annular shells (12;112) defining an annular cavity (14;114) of an annular ring resonator having an annular solid laser gain medium (20;120) disposed therein. The output ends of a plurality of low power and brightness fiber lasers (22;122) are coupled into the cavity (14;114) of the resonator such that fiber laser beams cause the gain medium (20;120) in the resonator cavity to lase and produce an annular beam of laser light. Optical elements (16,18;116,118) of the resonator are operable to feed a first portion of the laser light back through the resonator cavity (14;114) to support regenerative lasing of the laser medium (20;120) and to couple off a second portion of the laser light in the form of a circular beam of high power and high brightness laser light. A fluid may be circulated through the resonator cavity to cool the laser medium.

    摘要翻译: 紧凑的重量轻的激光束组合器(10; 110)包括一对同心环形壳体(12; 112),其限定具有环形固体激光增益介质(20; 120)的环形谐振器的环形空腔(14; 114) )。 多个低功率和亮度光纤激光器(22; 122)的输出端耦合到谐振器的空腔(14; 114)中,使得光纤激光束将谐振器腔中的增益介质(20; 120) 激光并产生环形光束。 谐振器的光学元件(16,18; 116,118)可操作以将激光的第一部分馈送通过谐振器腔(14; 114),以支持激光介质(20; 120)的再生激光并耦合 激光的第二部分为大功率和高亮度激光的圆形光束形式。 流体可以循环通过谐振腔,以冷却激光介质。

    SIDE-PUMPED TUBE SOLID-STATE LASER
    8.
    发明公开
    SIDE-PUMPED TUBE SOLID-STATE LASER 有权
    SIDE泵浦固体激光管

    公开(公告)号:EP1867012A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-19

    申请号:EP06748641.5

    申请日:2006-03-22

    摘要: Solid-state laser (100) with tube-shaped active medium (108) having an amplifier module (120) configured to provide an optical gain for a source light, the amplifier module comprising: a tube (108) having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the tube including a laser gain material (108a) ; a first substrate (107a) adjacent the interior surface of the tube (108) , the first substrate including a first plurality of microchannels (132) ; a second substrate (107b) adjacent the exterior surface of the tube (108) , the second substrate includign a second plurality of microchannels (132) ; and a plurality of diode bars (101) arranged exterior to the second substrate (107b) and configured to provide optical pump radiation to the laser gain material (108a) . The tube (108) may include two identically loaded laser gain elements (108a) separated by a 90 degree toric quartz rotator (118) and optically transparent endcaps (106) . The laser may comprise axicon, waxicon or reflaxicon optics (103) to convert the annular beam to a compacted cylindrical beam. Plural amplifier modules (220) may be concatenated. Advantageously, thermal lensing effects, birefringence, bifocussing, and alignment problems associated with typical tube SSLs are eliminated or reduced while providing high beam quality and high average power levels.