公开(公告)号：US20110157689A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US12954387

申请日：2010-11-24

申请人： Paul B. Lundquist ,  Samvel Sarkisyan ,  Eric A. Wilson ,  Raymond M. Copenhaver ,  Hector Martin ,  Steven McCahon

发明人： Paul B. Lundquist ,  Samvel Sarkisyan ,  Eric A. Wilson ,  Raymond M. Copenhaver ,  Hector Martin ,  Steven McCahon

IPC分类号： H01S3/06

CPC分类号： H01S3/2325 ,  H01S3/0057 ,  H01S3/025 ,  H01S3/0604 ,  H01S3/0805 ,  H01S3/08059 ,  H01S3/0813 ,  H01S3/094084 ,  H01S3/235 ,  H01S2301/02

摘要： The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.

摘要翻译： 本文描述的各种激光器架构提供增加光能的增益以及补偿薄盘增益介质中的光相位失真。 本文提出的光放大器基于通过增益介质的信号束的通过次数来提供可伸缩的高能量提取和增益。 多个空间上分离的光路也可以通过相同的增益区域，以通过分离一小部分输出脉冲并沿着稍微不同的路径将其发送回放大器来提供增益清除。 通过清除残余增益，可以获得均匀的信号幅度。

公开(公告)号：US08605355B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US12954387

申请日：2010-11-24

申请人： Paul B. Lundquist ,  Samvel Sarkisyan ,  Eric A. Wilson ,  Raymond M. Copenhaver ,  Hector Martin ,  Steven McCahon

发明人： Paul B. Lundquist ,  Samvel Sarkisyan ,  Eric A. Wilson ,  Raymond M. Copenhaver ,  Hector Martin ,  Steven McCahon

IPC分类号： H01S3/08

CPC分类号： H01S3/2325 ,  H01S3/0057 ,  H01S3/025 ,  H01S3/0604 ,  H01S3/0805 ,  H01S3/08059 ,  H01S3/0813 ,  H01S3/094084 ,  H01S3/235 ,  H01S2301/02

摘要： Presented herein is a multipass optical amplifier including a thin-disk gain medium, a first reflective element optically coupled to the gain medium, a first parabolic reflector in optical communication with the gain medium and the first reflective element, a second parabolic reflector in optical communication with the first parabolic reflector, and a second reflective element in optical communication with the second parabolic reflector. The amplifier also includes a pump source, a signal beam source, and a chamber having first and second regions configured about the multipass optical amplifier with a port that extracts gas from the chamber. The first region includes the first parabolic reflector, the gain medium, and the first reflective element. The second region of the chamber includes the second reflective element and the second parabolic reflector. An input optic propagates the signal beam through the amplifier to impinge the gain medium multiple times for gain.

摘要翻译： 本文提出了一种多通道光放大器，包括薄盘增益介质，光耦合到增益介质的第一反射元件，与增益介质和第一反射元件光学通信的第一抛物面反射器，光通信中的第二抛物面反射器 与第一抛物面反射器和与第二抛物面反射器光学连通的第二反射元件。 放大器还包括泵浦源，信号光束源和具有围绕多通道光放大器配置的第一和第二区域的腔室，其具有从腔室提取气体的端口。 第一区域包括第一抛物面反射器，增益介质和第一反射元件。 腔室的第二区域包括第二反射元件和第二抛物面反射器。 输入光学器件通过放大器传播信号光束，以便多次对增益介质进行增益。