MULTI-FUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR AND ELECTRONICS PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20180284490A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15934714

    申请日:2018-03-23

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of tailoring beam characteristics of a laser beam during fabrication of an electronic device. The method includes: providing a substrate comprising one or more layers; adjusting one or more characteristics of a laser beam; and impinging the laser beam having the adjusted beam characteristics on the substrate to carry out at least one process step for fabricating the electronic device. The adjusting of the laser beam comprises: perturbing the laser beam propagating within a first length of fiber to adjust the one or more beam characteristics of the laser beam in the first length of fiber or a second length of fiber or a combination thereof, the second length of fiber having two or more confinement regions; coupling the perturbed laser beam into the second length of fiber; and emitting the laser beam having the adjusted beam characteristics from the second length of fiber.

    METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR MATERIALS PROCESSING USING OPTICAL BEAMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180217408A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15938790

    申请日:2018-03-28

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of materials processing using an optical beam includes: launching the optical beam into a first length of fiber having a first refractive-index profile (RIP); coupling the optical beam from the first length of fiber into a second length of fiber having a second RIP; modifying one or more beam characteristics of the optical beam in the first length of fiber, in the second length of fiber, or in the first and second lengths of fiber; and/or generating an output beam, having the modified one or more beam characteristics of the optical beam, from the second length of fiber. The first RIP can be the same as or differ from the second RIP. The modifying of the one or more beam characteristics can include changing the one or more beam characteristics from a first state to a second state. The first state can differ from the second state.

    OPTICAL BEAM DELIVERY DEVICE FORMED OF OPTICAL FIBERS CONFIGURED FOR BEAM DIVERGENCE OR MODE COUPLING CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20180214979A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15938854

    申请日:2018-03-28

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Abstract: An optical beam delivery device is formed of optical fibers configured for beam divergence or mode coupling control. An incident optical beam propagates through a first length of fiber, which is coupled to a second length of fiber and has a first refractive index profile (RIP). The first RIP enables, in response to an applied perturbation, modification of the beam characteristics of the incident optical beam to form an adjusted optical beam having modified beam characteristics relative to beam characteristics of the incident optical beam. The second length of fiber is formed with one or more confinement regions defining a second RIP and arranged to confine at least a portion of the adjusted optical beam. The second and first lengths of fiber are tapered in the direction of light beam propagation to control output beam divergence or susceptibility to beam mode coupling in the first length of fiber, respectively.

    SCALABLE HIGH POWER FIBER LASER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180198252A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15912034

    申请日:2018-03-05

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Inventor: Dahv A.V. Kliner

    Abstract: A modular and scalable high-power fiber laser system is configurable to generate 1 kW or more of laser output, and includes one or more separable pump modules separately disposed from each other, each pump module including a plurality of fiber-coupled component pump sources optically combined by one or more fiber-based pump module pump combiners, each pump module providing one or more pump module fiber outputs, and a gain module separately disposed from the one or more separable pump modules and including one or more gain module pump fiber inputs optically coupled to corresponding ones of the pump module fiber outputs, and including a gain fiber optically coupled to the one or more gain module pump fiber inputs, the gain fiber configured to generate a gain module fiber output power scalable in relation to the number and power of said pump module fiber outputs coupled to the gain fiber.

    METHOD OF FORMING PORES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180161935A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-14

    申请号:US15882292

    申请日:2018-01-29

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional object. The method comprises: a) positioning a first layer of particles on a build plate; b) heating the first layer of particles sufficiently to fuse the particles together to form a first build layer having a first porosity; c) exposing the first build layer to a laser beam to form one or more pores, the exposed first build layer having a first modified porosity, the laser beam being emitted from an optical fiber; d) adjusting one or more beam characteristics of the laser beam prior to or during the exposing of the first build layer, the adjusting of the laser beam occurring prior to the laser beam being emitted from the optical fiber; e) positioning an additional layer of particles on the exposed first build layer; f) heating the additional layer of particles sufficiently to fuse the particles together to form a second build layer having a second porosity; g) exposing the second build layer to the laser beam to form one or more pores, the exposed second build layer having a second modified porosity, the laser beam being emitted from the optical fiber; h) adjusting one or more beam characteristics of the laser beam after fusing the particles to form the second build layer and prior to or during the exposing of the second build layer, the adjusting of the laser beam occurring prior to the laser beam being emitted from the optical fiber, and i) repeating e), f), optionally g) and optionally h) to form a three-dimensional object.

    METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HIGHER ORDER MODE SUPPRESSION

    公开(公告)号:US20180123317A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15796355

    申请日:2017-10-27

    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.

    Abstract: A laser diode vertical epitaxial structure, comprising a transverse waveguide comprising an active layer between an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer wherein the transverse waveguide is bounded by a lower index n-cladding layer on an n-side of the transverse waveguide and a lower index p-cladding layer on a p-side of the transverse waveguide, a lateral waveguide that is orthogonal to the transverse waveguide, wherein the lateral waveguide is bounded in a longitudinal direction at a first end by a facet coated with a high reflector (HR) coating and at a second end by a facet coated with a partial reflector (PR) coating and a higher order mode suppression layer (HOMSL) disposed adjacent to at least one lateral side of the lateral waveguide and that extends in a longitudinal direction.

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