公开(公告)号：US5917969A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-29

申请号：US24535

申请日：1998-02-17

申请人： Pavle Gavrilovic ,  Andrei N. Starodoumov ,  Iouri O. Barmenkov ,  Fernando Mendoza-Santoyo

发明人： Pavle Gavrilovic ,  Andrei N. Starodoumov ,  Iouri O. Barmenkov ,  Fernando Mendoza-Santoyo

IPC分类号： G02F1/35 ,  H01S3/30 ,  G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42

CPC分类号： H01S3/302 ,  G02F1/3515 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/10015

摘要： An all-optical modulator for modulating the output power of a high-power optical pump source is disclosed. More particularly, with the optical modulator of the invention, the output power of a CW fiber laser is modulated by a low-power laser, such as a diode laser. The modulator comprises two optical couplers which are preferably wavelength-selective and interconnected by a nonlinear single mode optical fiber with a high Raman gain. A laser system comprising a high-power pump laser, a fast signal laser with a suitable modulation depth and the optical modulator of the invention can advantageously employed in materials processing and graphics arts printing applications.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于调制高功率光泵浦源的输出功率的全光调制器。 更具体地，利用本发明的光调制器，CW光纤激光器的输出功率由诸如二极管激光器的低功率激光器调制。 调制器包括两个光耦合器，其优选地是波长选择性的并且通过具有高拉曼增益的非线性单模光纤互连。 包括高功率泵浦激光器，具有适当调制深度的快速信号激光器和本发明的光学调制器的激光系统可以有利地用于材料处理和图形艺术打印应用中。