Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser
    2.
    发明授权
    Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser 失效
    二极管泵浦碱蒸汽光纤激光器

    公开(公告)号:US07286575B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-23

    申请号:US11447391

    申请日:2006-06-05

    IPC分类号: H01S3/30

    摘要: A method and apparatus is provided for producing near-diffraction-limited laser light, or amplifying near-diffraction-limited light, in diode pumped alkali vapor photonic-band-gap fiber lasers or amplifiers. Laser light is both substantially generated and propagated in an alkali gas instead of a solid, allowing the nonlinear and damage limitations of conventional solid core fibers to be circumvented. Alkali vapor is introduced into the center hole of a photonic-band-gap fiber, which can then be pumped with light from a pump laser and operated as an oscillator with a seed beam, or can be configured as an amplifier.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在二极管泵浦碱性蒸汽光子带隙光纤激光器或放大器中产生近衍射极限激光或放大近衍射极限光的方法和装置。 激光基本上产生并在碱性气体中传播而不是固体,从而允许规避常规实芯纤维的非线性和损伤限制。 碱性蒸汽被引入到光子带隙光纤的中心孔中,然后可以用来自泵浦激光器的光泵浦并且作为具有种子束的振荡器来操作,或者可以被配置为放大器。

    Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser
    3.
    发明授权
    Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser 失效
    二极管泵浦碱蒸汽光纤激光器

    公开(公告)号:US07082148B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-25

    申请号:US10679538

    申请日:2003-09-30

    IPC分类号: H01S3/22

    摘要: A method and apparatus is provided for producing near-diffraction-limited laser light, or amplifying near-diffraction-limited light, in diode pumped alkali vapor photonic-band-gap fiber lasers or amplifiers. Laser light is both substantially generated and propagated in an alkali gas instead of a solid, allowing the nonlinear and damage limitations of conventional solid core fibers to be circumvented. Alkali vapor is introduced into the center hole of a photonic-band-gap fiber, which can then be pumped with light from a pump laser and operated as an oscillator with a seed beam, or can be configured as an amplifier.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在二极管泵浦碱性蒸汽光子带隙光纤激光器或放大器中产生近衍射极限激光或放大近衍射限制光的方法和装置。 激光基本上产生并在碱性气体中传播而不是固体,从而允许规避常规固体芯纤维的非线性和损伤限制。 碱性蒸汽被引入到光子带隙光纤的中心孔中,然后可以用来自泵浦激光器的光泵浦并且作为具有种子束的振荡器来操作,或者可以被配置为放大器。

    High average power scaleable thin-disk laser
    4.
    发明授权
    High average power scaleable thin-disk laser 失效
    高平均功率可扩展的薄磁盘激光器

    公开(公告)号:US06347109B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-02-12

    申请号:US09237142

    申请日:1999-01-25

    IPC分类号: H01S03933

    摘要: Using a thin disk laser gain element with an undoped cap layer enables the scaling of lasers to extremely high average output power values. Ordinarily, the power scaling of such thin disk lasers is limited by the deleterious effects of amplified spontaneous emission. By using an undoped cap layer diffusion bonded to the thin disk, the onset of amplified spontaneous emission does not occur as readily as if no cap layer is used, and much larger transverse thin disks can be effectively used as laser gain elements. This invention can be used as a high average power laser for material processing applications as well as for weapon and air defense applications.

    摘要翻译: 使用具有未掺杂帽盖层的薄盘激光增益元件可将激光器缩放到极高的平均输出功率值。 通常,这种薄盘激光器的功率缩放受到放大自发发射的有害影响的限制。 通过使用粘结到薄盘上的未掺杂的帽层扩散,放大的自发发射的发生不会如同没有使用帽层那样容易地发生,并且更大的横向薄盘可以有效地用作激光增益元件。 本发明可用作材料加工应用以及武器和防空应用的高平均功率激光器。

    Synthetic guide star generation
    5.
    发明授权
    Synthetic guide star generation 失效
    合成指南星代

    公开(公告)号:US07386017B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-10

    申请号:US10701654

    申请日:2003-11-04

    IPC分类号: H01S3/30

    CPC分类号: G02B23/10

    摘要: A system for assisting in observing a celestial object and providing synthetic guide star generation. A lasing system provides radiation at a frequency at or near 938 nm and radiation at a frequency at or near 1583 nm. The lasing system includes a fiber laser operating between 880 nm and 960 nm and a fiber laser operating between 1524 nm and 1650 nm. A frequency-conversion system mixes the radiation and generates light at a frequency at or near 589 nm. A system directs the light at a frequency at or near 589 nm toward the celestial object and provides synthetic guide star generation.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于辅助观察天体并提供合成引导星生成的系统。 激光系统以938nm或接近983nm的频率提供辐射,在1583nm或接近1583nm的频率处提供辐射。 激光系统包括在880nm和960nm之间工作的光纤激光器和在1524nm和1650nm之间工作的光纤激光器。 频率转换系统混合辐射并以589nm或接近589nm的频率产生光。 系统以589nm或接近589nm的频率将光引导到天体,并提供合成引导星代。

    Synthetic guide star generation
    7.
    发明授权
    Synthetic guide star generation 失效
    合成指南星代

    公开(公告)号:US06704331B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-09

    申请号:US09833403

    申请日:2001-04-11

    IPC分类号: H01S300

    CPC分类号: G02B23/10

    摘要: A system for assisting in observing a celestial object and providing synthetic guide star generation. A lasing system provides radiation at a frequency at or near 938 nm and radiation at a frequency at or near 1583 nm. The lasing system includes a fiber laser operating between 880 nm and 960 nm and a fiber laser operating between 1524 nm and 1650 nm. A frequency-conversion system mixes the radiation and generates light at a frequency at or near 589 nm. A system directs the light at a frequency at or near 589 nm toward the celestial object and provides synthetic guide star generation.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于辅助观察天体并提供合成引导星生成的系统。 激光系统以938nm或接近983nm的频率提供辐射,在1583nm或接近1583nm的频率处提供辐射。 激光系统包括在880nm和960nm之间工作的光纤激光器和在1524nm和1650nm之间工作的光纤激光器。 频率转换系统将辐射混合并以589nm或接近589nm的频率产生光。 系统以589nm或接近589nm的频率将光引导到天体,并提供合成引导星代。

    Thermal lens elimination by gradient-reduced zone coupling of optical
beams
    8.
    发明授权
    Thermal lens elimination by gradient-reduced zone coupling of optical beams 失效
    通过光束的梯度减小区域耦合消除热透镜

    公开(公告)号:US6167069A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-26

    申请号:US71248

    申请日:1998-05-01

    摘要: A thermal gradient-reduced-zone laser includes a laser medium and an optically transparent plate with an index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction of the laser medium. The pump face of the laser medium is bonded to a surface of the optically transparent member. Pump light is directed through the transparent plate to optically pump the solid state laser medium. Heat conduction is mainly through the surface of the laser medium where the heat is introduced by the pump light. Heat flows in a direction opposite to that of the pump light because the side of the laser medium that is opposite to that of the pump face is not in thermal contact with a conductor and thus there is no heat flux (and hence, no temperature gradient), thus producing a thermal gradient-reduced zone. A laser cavity is formed around the laser medium such that laser light oscillating within the laser cavity reflects by total-internal-reflection from the interface between the pump face and the optically transparent plate and enters and exits through a thermal gradient-reduced zone.

    摘要翻译: 热梯度减小区激光器包括激光介质和光学透明板,其折射率小于激光介质的折射率。 激光介质的泵面与光学透明部件的表面接合。 泵浦光被引导通过透明板以光学泵浦固态激光介质。 热传导主要是通过激光介质的表面,其中通过泵浦光引入热量。 由于激光介质的与泵面相反的一侧不与导体热接触,所以热量以与泵浦光的方向相反的方向流动,因此没有热通量(因此没有温度梯度 ),从而产生热梯度减小区。 在激光介质周围形成激光腔,使得在激光腔内振荡的激光通过从泵面和光学透明板之间的界面的全内反射反射并通过热梯度减小区进出。

    Tapered laser rods as a means of minimizing the path length of trapped barrel mode rays
    9.
    发明授权
    Tapered laser rods as a means of minimizing the path length of trapped barrel mode rays 失效
    锥形激光棒作为最小化被捕获的筒状模式射线的路径长度的手段

    公开(公告)号:US06937636B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-30

    申请号:US09651658

    申请日:2000-08-29

    IPC分类号: H01S3/06 H01S3/0941

    摘要: By tapering the diameter of a flanged barrel laser rod over its length, the maximum trapped path length of a barrel mode can be dramatically reduced, thereby reducing the ability of the trapped spontaneous emission to negatively impact laser performance through amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). Laser rods with polished barrels and flanged end caps have found increasing application in diode array end-pumped laser systems. The polished barrel of the rod serves to confine diode array pump light within the rod. In systems utilizing an end-pumping geometry and such polished barrel laser rods, the pump light that is introduced into one or both ends of the laser rod, is ducted down the length of the rod via the total internal reflections (TIRs) that occur when the light strikes the rod's barrel. A disadvantage of using polished barrel laser rods is that such rods are very susceptible to barrel mode paths that can trap spontaneous emission over long path lengths. This trapped spontaneous emission can then be amplified through stimulated emission resulting in a situation where the stored energy available to the desired lasing mode is effectively depleted, which then negatively impacts the laser's performance, a result that is effectively reduced by introducing a taper onto the laser rod.

    摘要翻译: 通过锥形圆柱形激光棒在其长度上的直径逐渐减小,筒状模式的最大捕获路径长度可以大大降低,从而降低被捕获的自发发射通过放大的自发发射(ASE)对激光性能产生负面影响的能力。 具有抛光桶和法兰端盖的激光棒在二极管阵列端泵浦激光系统中的应用越来越多。 棒的抛光筒用于将二极管阵列泵浦光限制在杆内。 在使用端部泵送几何形状的系统和抛光的筒状激光棒的系统中,被引入到激光棒的一端或两端的泵浦光通过全部内部反射(TIR)向下延伸, 光线撞到杆的桶。 使用抛光桶形激光棒的缺点是这样的棒非常容易受到桶状模式路径的影响,可以在长路径长度上捕获自发发射。 然后可以通过受激发射来扩大被捕获的自发发射,从而导致可用于期望的激光模式的存储能量被有效耗尽的情况,其然后对激光器的性能产生不利影响,通过在激光器上引入锥形来有效地减少 竿。