DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PULSED LASER RADIATION WITH A HOLLOW CORE OPTICAL FIBER

    公开(公告)号:US20220229248A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17714155

    申请日:2022-04-06

    申请人: TRUMPF Laser GmbH

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 G02B6/032 H01S3/00

    摘要: A device for transporting pulsed laser radiation includes a pulse duration setting device configured for setting a transport pulse duration of the pulsed laser radiation. the device further includes a hollow core optical fiber having a hollow core surrounded by a material. The hollow core optical fiber is configured to be operated with beam path parameter values that are present at the first fiber end and lie in a target tolerance range. The device further includes a fiber input coupling device configured to couple the pulsed laser radiation into the hollow core optical fiber with the beam path parameter values that lie in the target tolerance range. the transport pulse duration is set so that input coupling of the pulsed laser radiation into the hollow core is provided for all of the beam path parameter values in the target tolerance range.

    Device and method for transporting pulsed laser radiation with a hollow core optical fiber

    公开(公告)号:US12105331B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17714155

    申请日:2022-04-06

    申请人: TRUMPF Laser GmbH

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 G02B6/032 H01S3/00

    摘要: A device for transporting pulsed laser radiation includes a pulse duration setting device configured for setting a transport pulse duration of the pulsed laser radiation. the device further includes a hollow core optical fiber having a hollow core surrounded by a material. The hollow core optical fiber is configured to be operated with beam path parameter values that are present at the first fiber end and lie in a target tolerance range. The device further includes a fiber input coupling device configured to couple the pulsed laser radiation into the hollow core optical fiber with the beam path parameter values that lie in the target tolerance range. the transport pulse duration is set so that input coupling of the pulsed laser radiation into the hollow core is provided for all of the beam path parameter values in the target tolerance range.

    METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING AN ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220385019A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17881711

    申请日:2022-08-05

    申请人: TRUMPF Laser GmbH

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00 H01S3/067

    摘要: A method for amplifying an ultrashort laser pulse includes: a) stretching the ultrashort laser pulse in time, b) amplifying the time-stretched laser pulse, c) compressing the amplified time-stretched laser pulse, with at least one gain phase contribution selected from a group consisting of a gain dynamics phase contribution of the laser pulse that emerges as a change in a nonlinear phase on account of gain dynamics in step b), a gain bandwidth phase contribution of the laser pulse that emerges as a change in the nonlinear phase on account of a gain bandwidth in step b), and a combination thereof, being compensated by virtue of d) an additional phase contribution being imparted on the laser pulse prior to step c) and/or e) a spectrum of the laser pulse being changed, in such a way that the at least one gain phase contribution is compensated after step c).

    Dispersion adjustment units and methods of use

    公开(公告)号:US11205883B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US16220380

    申请日:2018-12-14

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00 H01S3/10 B23K26/064

    摘要: The invention relates to dispersion adjustment units for electromagnetic radiation having a spectral width, e.g., for laser pulses. The dispersion adjustment unit includes at least one dispersive element for producing angular dispersion in an angular dispersion region limited by two interaction regions of the electromagnetic radiation with the at least one dispersive element. In the angular dispersion region, individual spectral components of the electromagnetic radiation are associated with optical paths extending at an angle to one another. Furthermore, the dispersion adjustment unit includes an optical unit that is arranged in the angular dispersion region and includes an optical element that transmits the electromagnetic radiation. The optical element effects an incidence-angle-dependent parallel offset of the individual spectral components of the electromagnetic radiation with respect to the propagation of the individual spectral components before and after the optical unit.

    LASER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HIGH-FREQUENCY AND LOW-FREQUENCY LASER PULSE TRAINS

    公开(公告)号:US20210305768A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17344076

    申请日:2021-06-10

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    IPC分类号: H01S5/00 H01S5/50

    摘要: Laser systems are described that each include at least one excitation laser, a high frequency laser pulse source, and a beam switchover device. The beam switchover device is configured to be switched, in order a) in a high-frequency functional position to guide at least one GHz laser pulse train with a pulse repetition rate of individual pulses in the GHz laser pulse train of at least 0.5 GHz from the high frequency laser pulse source to a target position, and b) in a low-frequency functional position to guide at least one low-frequency laser pulse train with a pulse repetition rate of individual pulses in the low-frequency laser pulse train of less than 0.5 GHz from the at least one excitation laser to the target position.

    PULSE MODIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PULSE STRETCHING AND/OR PULSE COMPRESSION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240146010A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18408618

    申请日:2024-01-10

    申请人: TRUMPF Laser GmbH

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00

    CPC分类号: H01S3/0057 H01S3/0014

    摘要: A pulse modification apparatus includes at least one pulse stretcher for dispersive stretching of laser pulses and/or at least one pulse compressor for dispersive compression of the laser pulses, an actuator for setting a dispersion of the at least one pulse stretcher or a dispersion of the at least one pulse compressor by setting at least one manipulated variable, a controller for controlling the actuator based on a measurement signal, and an ambient sensor for detecting at least one ambient parameter as the measurement signal. The dispersion of the at least one pulse stretcher or the dispersion of the at least one pulse compressor is dependent on the at least one ambient parameter.