Laser composition for preventing photo-induced damage
    1.
    发明授权
    Laser composition for preventing photo-induced damage 失效
    用于防止光致损伤的激光组合物

    公开(公告)号:US6154598A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-28

    申请号:US995445

    申请日:1997-12-22

    摘要: An optical waveguide laser, preferably a fiber laser, has unintentionally incorporated impurities disposed in the lasing medium which upconvert a portion of the lasing radiation to radiation of shorter wavelength, thereby introducing defects in the medium which result in increased absorption due to photodarkening. Suitable rare-earth co-dopants are intentionally incorporated during the manufacture of the fiber for effectively shunting the upconversion process. The lifetime of the fiber laser is thereby increased.

    摘要翻译: 光波导激光器,优选光纤激光器,无意中并入设置在激光介质中的杂质,其将激光辐射的一部分上转换成较短波长的辐射,从而在介质中引入缺陷,导致由于光暗化而增加的吸收。 在制造纤维期间有意地掺入合适的稀土共掺杂剂,以有效地分流上转换过程。 光纤激光器的寿命由此增加。

    Solid state gain mediums for optically pumped monolithic laser
    2.
    发明授权
    Solid state gain mediums for optically pumped monolithic laser 失效
    光泵浦单片激光器的固态增益介质

    公开(公告)号:US5295146A

    公开(公告)日:1994-03-15

    申请号:US75861

    申请日:1993-06-11

    摘要: Novel solid state gain mediums provide monolithic lasers with short cavity lengths and with the ability to efficiently lase in the lowest order TEM.sub.00 mode. Unoptimized optical power conversion efficiency of 35% has been achieved with the novel solid state gain mediums in monolithic lasers that have a cavity length as short as 0.5 mm. With proper values for the output mirror reflectivity and low loss host crystals, the optical power conversion efficiency is approximately 50%. Moreover, when in optical contact with a frequency doubling optically non linear crystal, the novel solid state gain mediums in the monolithic lasers can produce coherent visible light.

    摘要翻译: 新型固态增益介质提供具有短腔长度的单片激光器,并具有以最低阶TEM00模式有效驱动的能力。 在单体激光器中具有短达0.5mm的空腔长度的新型固态增益介质已经实现了35%的未优化的光功率转换效率。 对于输出镜反射率和低损耗主晶体的适当值,光功率转换效率约为50%。 此外,当与倍频光学非线性晶体光学接触时,单片激光器中的新型固态增益介质可以产生相干可见光。

    Optically pumped up converting light source
    5.
    发明授权
    Optically pumped up converting light source 失效
    光转换光源

    公开(公告)号:US5166948A

    公开(公告)日:1992-11-24

    申请号:US718344

    申请日:1991-06-19

    摘要: An up converting method and apparatus includes a crystalline structure responsive to light emitted from pump light for producing visible and/or ultraviolet light therefrom which is of a shorter wavelength than the pump light. This crystalline structure comprises a composition containing active ions of trivalent rare earth elements and a host material of either anhydrous rare earth halides or rare earth oxysulfides. This crystalline structure is represented by the atomic formula M.sub.(1-x) R.sub.x Z.sub.3 or M.sub.2(1-x) R.sub.2x O.sub.2 S where M comprises at least one rare earth element selected from the group comprising cerium, gadolinium, yttrium, lanthanum, and mixtures thereof, R is a dopant selected from the group comprising neodymium, thulium, erbium, holmium, samarium, and mixtures thereof, x is a value in the range from 0.005 to 1.0, and Z is a halogen selected from the group comprising chlorine, bromine, and iodine. When optically pumped, the crystalline structure produces visible and/or ultraviolet light by either a direct or indirect two step up conversion process. An electronic printing apparatus can also use the up converting crystalline structures to expose photosensitive media in the manner of this invention.

    Laser modulator
    6.
    发明授权
    Laser modulator 失效
    激光调制器

    公开(公告)号:US5917969A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-29

    申请号:US24535

    申请日:1998-02-17

    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。

    Gain control in Raman amplifiers
    7.
    发明授权
    Gain control in Raman amplifiers 有权
    拉曼放大器的增益控制

    公开(公告)号:US06724524B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-20

    申请号:US09641579

    申请日:2000-08-18

    IPC分类号: H01S330

    摘要: A Raman fiber amplifier includes: a transmission fiber; at least one optical pump providing optical pump power to the transmission fiber; and at least one pump power detector; at least one signal detector detecting signal power propagating through the transmission fiber. The Raman fiber amplifier also includes a controller that adjusts the pump power provided by the pump to adjust, gain, or signal power provided by this Raman fiber amplifier.

    摘要翻译: 拉曼光纤放大器包括:传输光纤; 至少一个光泵向所述传输光纤提供光泵功率; 和至少一个泵功率检测器; 至少一个信号检测器检测通过传输光纤传播的信号功率。 拉曼光纤放大器还包括一个控制器,调节由泵提供的泵浦功率,以调节,增益或由该拉曼光纤放大器提供的信号功率。

    System and method for suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical transmission communications
    9.
    发明申请
    System and method for suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical transmission communications 审中-公开
    用于抑制光传输通信中受激布里渊散射的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060188267A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-24

    申请号:US11067418

    申请日:2005-02-23

    IPC分类号: H04B10/04

    CPC分类号: H04B10/2537

    摘要: An optical transmitter includes a light source and an SBS suppression circuit coupled to the light source. The light source is operable to generate an optical signal having one or more wavelengths. The optical signal has a signal spectrum having an upper band limit and a lower band limit. The SBS suppression circuit is operable to communicate a noise current for receipt by the light source. The noise current is operable to broaden the signal spectrum of the optical signal. The light source operates to convert the noise current into a noise component of the signal spectrum that resides between the upper band limit and the lower band limit.

    摘要翻译: 光发射机包括耦合到光源的光源和SBS抑制电路。 光源可操作以产生具有一个或多个波长的光信号。 光信号具有具有上限限和下带限的信号频谱。 SBS抑制电路可操作以传送噪声电流以供光源接收。 噪声电流可操作以扩大光信号的信号频谱。 光源用于将噪声电流转换成驻留在上限限和下限极限之间的信号频谱的噪声分量。

    Method and system for reducing degradation of optical signal to noise ratio
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and system for reducing degradation of optical signal to noise ratio 有权
    降低光信噪比的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06810214B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-26

    申请号:US09811067

    申请日:2001-03-16

    IPC分类号: H04B1000

    CPC分类号: H04B10/2941 H04B10/2537

    摘要: In one aspect of the invention, a system operable to reduce degradation of an optical signal to noise ratio where signals having multiple wavelengths are communicated over a common optical link includes an amplifier assembly operable to introduce to a lower communication band a first gain and to introduce to a higher communication band a second gain that is different from the first gain. In addition, the system is operable to introduce a variable gain tilt into at least one of the communication bands. The different gains introduced to the higher and lower bands and the variable gain tilt introduced into at least one of the bands result in a reduction of a degradation of optical signal to noise ratio that could otherwise be caused by wavelength dependent attenuation when the communication bands are combined and communicated over an optical link.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明的一个方面,一种可操作以减少光信噪比的劣化的系统,其中具有多个波长的信号通过公共光链路进行通信,该放大器组件可操作以向较低通信频带引入第一增益并引入 向较高通信频带提供不同于第一增益的第二增益。 此外,该系统可操作地将可变增益倾斜引入到至少一个通信频带中。 引入到较高和较低频带的不同增益和引入至少一个频带中的可变增益倾斜导致光信噪比的降低,否则当通信频带为 通过光链路组合和传送。