公开(公告)号：US08472486B1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13211385

申请日：2011-08-17

申请人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

发明人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

IPC分类号： H01S3/30

CPC分类号： H01S3/302 ,  H01S3/06725 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/0826 ,  H01S3/10092 ,  H01S3/1053 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/108 ,  H01S3/1086 ,  H01S3/1655 ,  H01S3/2316 ,  H01S3/30 ,  H01S5/5027

摘要： A method of generating high-power laser output in the 1100 to 1500 um spectral region having a controllable linewidth. A Raman amplifier comprised of one or more nested pairs of fiber Bragg grating cavities tuned to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st order Stokes wavelengths is seeded with both the desired Nth order Stokes output wavelength and the corresponding zeroth-order Stokes pump wavelength. As the pump wavelength propagates through the apparatus, it is sequentially converted to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st order Stokes wavelengths in the nested fiber Bragg grating cavities. The desired Nth order Stokes output wavelength is then amplified by the N−1st Stokes order as it propagates through the nested fiber Bragg grating cavities. The linewidths of various Stokes orders can be controlled through adjusting resonant bandwidths of the fiber Bragg grating cavities by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of cavity gratings.

摘要翻译： 在具有可控线宽的1100至1500um光谱区域中产生高功率激光输出的方法。 一个拉曼放大器由一个或多个嵌套的光纤布拉格光栅腔对组成，调谐到第一，第二，第二。 。 。 N-1阶斯托克斯波长用所需的第N阶斯托克斯输出波长和相应的零阶斯托克斯泵波长接种。 随着泵浦波长传播通过设备，它被依次转换为第1，第2。 。 。 N-1阶在嵌套光纤布拉格光栅腔中的斯托克斯波长。 然后，所需的第N阶斯托克斯输出波长通过N-1st斯托克斯次序通过嵌套光纤布拉格光栅腔进行放大。 可以通过调整光纤布拉格光栅腔的谐振带宽来控制各种斯托克斯次数的线宽，这是通过加热来抵消每对腔光栅的反射带宽。

公开(公告)号：US08503070B1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13114374

申请日：2011-05-24

申请人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay

发明人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay

IPC分类号： H04B10/17

CPC分类号： H01S3/1307 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/2383

摘要： A method of implementing a high-power coherent laser beam combining system in which the output of a master oscillator laser having a linewidth broader than the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering linewidth of the laser signal is split into N signals and fed into an array of N optical fibers. This is a modification of the self-synchronous LOCSET and self-referenced LOCSET phase matching systems in which the optical path length of each optical fiber is matched to less than the signal coherence length of the master oscillator by using a path length matching signal processor to modulate temperature controlled segments of each optical fiber.

摘要翻译： 一种实现高功率相干激光束组合系统的方法，其中将具有比激光信号的受激布里渊散射线宽宽的线宽的主振荡器激光器的输出分成N个信号并馈送到N个光纤阵列 。 这是自同步LOCSET和自参考LOCSET相位匹配系统的修改，其中通过使用路径长度匹配信号处理器将每个光纤的光路长度匹配到小于主振荡器的信号相干长度 调制每个光纤的温度受控段。

公开(公告)号：US09054499B1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-09

申请号：US14312657

申请日：2014-06-23

申请人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

发明人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

IPC分类号： H01S3/30 ,  H01S3/067 ,  H01S3/082

CPC分类号： H01S3/302 ,  H01S3/06725 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/0826 ,  H01S3/10092 ,  H01S3/1053 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/108 ,  H01S3/1086 ,  H01S3/1655 ,  H01S3/2316 ,  H01S3/30 ,  H01S5/5027

摘要： A desired Nth-order Stokes output and corresponding zeroth-order Stokes pump wavelengths are seeded into a Raman amplifier comprised of one or more Raman resonators in series sequentially tuned to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st Stokes orders. The pump wavelength is amplified and sequentially converted to the 1st, 2nd, . . . N−1st order Stokes wavelengths as it propagates through the apparatus. The desired Nth-order Stokes output wavelength is then amplified by the N−1st Stokes order as it propagates through the final resonator tuned to the N−1st Stokes order. Each Raman resonator includes a Raman photosensitive Raman fiber located between a pair of Bragg gratings. The linewidths of the various Stokes orders can be controlled through adjusting the resonant bandwidths of the Raman resonators by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of Bragg gratings respectively located in the Raman resonators.

摘要翻译： 将所需的N阶斯托克斯输出和相应的零级斯托克斯泵浦波长接种到由一个或多个拉曼谐振器组成的拉曼放大器中，该喇曼放大器顺序地调谐到第一，第二。 。 。 N-1st斯托克斯订单。 泵浦波长被放大并顺序地转换为第1，第2。 。 。 N-1阶随波长传播通过设备。 然后，所需的N阶斯托克斯输出波长在N-1st斯托克斯次序通过调谐到N-1st斯托克斯次序的最终谐振器传播时被放大。 每个拉曼谐振器包括位于一对布拉格光栅之间的拉曼光敏拉曼光纤。 可以通过调整拉曼谐振器的谐振带宽来控制各种斯托克斯次数的线宽，通过加热分别位于拉曼谐振器中的每对布拉格光栅的反射带宽偏移。

公开(公告)号：US09293889B1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US14732723

申请日：2015-06-06

申请人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

发明人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

IPC分类号： H01S3/30 ,  H01S3/067 ,  H01S3/082 ,  H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/105

CPC分类号： H01S3/302 ,  H01S3/06725 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/0826 ,  H01S3/10092 ,  H01S3/1053 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/108 ,  H01S3/1086 ,  H01S3/1655 ,  H01S3/2316 ,  H01S3/30 ,  H01S5/5027

摘要： A third-order Stokes signal at the desired output wavelength of 1240 nm and a zeroth-order Stokes pump wavelength at 1066 nm are seeded into a Raman amplifier comprised of two nested resonators tuned to the first-order Stokes line at 1118 nm and second-order Stokes line at 1176 nm, respectively. The pump wavelength is first amplified and then sequentially converted into the first and second-order Stokes wavelengths as the light traverses the nested resonators. The desired third-order Stokes output wavelength is then amplified by the second-order Stokes wavelength as it propagates through the outermost resonator. Each Raman resonator includes a photosensitive Raman fiber located between a pair of Bragg gratings. The linewidths of the various Stokes orders can be controlled through adjusting the resonant bandwidths of the Raman resonators by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of Bragg gratings respectively located in the Raman resonators.

摘要翻译： 在1240nm的期望输出波长和1066nm的零阶斯托克斯泵浦波长的三阶斯托克斯信号被接种到由调谐到1118nm的一阶斯托克斯线的两个嵌套谐振器组成的拉曼放大器中， 分别为1176 nm的斯托克斯线。 泵浦波长首先被放大，然后随着光穿过嵌套的谐振器，依次转换成第一和第二斯托克斯波长。 然后，当所需的三阶斯托克斯输出波长通过最外面的谐振器传播时，二阶斯托克斯波长被放大。 每个拉曼谐振器包括位于一对布拉格光栅之间的感光拉曼光纤。 可以通过调整拉曼谐振器的谐振带宽来控制各种斯托克斯次数的线宽，通过加热分别位于拉曼谐振器中的每对布拉格光栅的反射带宽偏移。

公开(公告)号：US08761210B1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-24

申请号：US13917559

申请日：2013-06-13

申请人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

发明人： Leanne J. Henry ,  Thomas M. Shay ,  Gerald T. Moore ,  Jacob R. Grosek

IPC分类号： H01S3/30

CPC分类号： H01S3/302 ,  H01S3/06725 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/0826 ,  H01S3/10092 ,  H01S3/1053 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/108 ,  H01S3/1086 ,  H01S3/1655 ,  H01S3/2316 ,  H01S3/30 ,  H01S5/5027

摘要： A broad linewidth, zeroth Stokes order 1069 nm pump and a narrow linewidth second Stokes order 1178 nm seed propagate through a wavelength division multiplexer and then through a rare-earth-doped amplifier. After passing through a 1121 nm long period or tilted Bragg grating, the amplified 1069 nm Stokes signal and the 1178 Stokes signal are injected into a 1121 nm resonator Raman cavity, which includes a pair of highly reflective Bragg gratings having a center wavelength of 1121 nm. The amplified 1069 nm Stokes signal is Raman converted to high power levels of 1121 nm which then, in turn, amplifies the 1178 nm Stokes seed as it traverses the cavity. The linewidth of the amplified 1178 nm Stokes signal can be controlled by offsetting, through heating, the reflectivity bandwidth of the Bragg grating located near the output end of the Raman cavity.

摘要翻译： 宽线宽，零斯托克斯序列1069 nm泵浦和窄线宽第二斯托克斯阶数1178 nm种子通过波分复用器传播，然后通过稀土掺杂放大器传播。 经过1121nm长周期或倾斜的布拉格光栅后，将放大的1069nm的斯托克斯信号和1178斯托克斯信号注入1121nm的谐振器拉曼腔，其包括一对具有中心波长为1121nm的高反射布拉格光栅 。 放大的1069nm的斯托克斯信号是拉曼转换为1121nm的高功率水平，然后在其穿过腔体时放大1178nm斯托克斯种子。 通过加热位于拉曼腔输出端附近的布拉格光栅的反射带宽，可以控制放大的1178 nm斯托克斯信号的线宽。