Generating laser pulses
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11025035B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16245572

    申请日:2019-01-11

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    IPC分类号: H01S5/042 H01S5/06 H01S5/062

    摘要: A laser pulse generator includes a pulse shape generation device and a clock unit. The generation device includes a pulse shape repository, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a first terminal for connecting a start signal line, a second terminal for connecting a clock signal line, and a third terminal for connecting a pulse line. The first and second terminals are connected to the pulse shape repository and the DAC such that when a predefined start signal is present, data is transferred from the pulse shape repository to the DAC and converted by the DAC into an output pulse, for example, at a rate of a clock signal. The output pulse is supplied at the third terminal for actuating a driver of a laser diode. The clock unit is connected to the second terminal via the clock signal line and includes a reset terminal connected to the start signal line.

    Methods and laser systems for generating amplified pulse-on-demand output laser pulses

    公开(公告)号:US11735884B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US16931558

    申请日:2020-07-17

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    摘要: Methods and laser systems are disclosed for generating amplified output laser pulses with individually specified pulse energies and/or pulse shapes at individually specified time points at an output by providing a first pulse sequence of input laser pulses with a same pulse energy and a same temporal pulse distance smaller than a temporal pulse distance between adjacent output laser pulses, selecting input laser pulses arriving at the output at or close to the specified time points to form a second pulse sequence of input laser pulses, coupling at least one sacrificial laser pulse (energy balance or temporal balance) into the second pulse sequence, amplifying the second pulse sequence of input laser pulses with the sacrificial laser pulse, and coupling out the amplified sacrificial laser pulse from the amplified second pulse sequence upstream of the output to obtain the amplified output laser pulses.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LASER PULSES

    公开(公告)号:US20220029374A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17497990

    申请日:2021-10-11

    申请人: TRUMPF Laser GmbH

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00 H01S3/081 H01S3/11

    摘要: A method generates laser pulses by varying a Q-factor in a resonator. The method includes generating the laser pulses by controlling an optical modulator with a control signal for switching over between a first operating state of the optical modulator for generating a first Q-factor in the resonator and a second operating state of the optical modulator for generating a second Q-factor in the resonator. The second Q-factor is different than the first Q-factor. In order to generate a sequence of the laser pulses in which first laser pulses alternate with second laser pulses different than the first laser pulses, the optical modulator is controlled differently in each case alternately with the control signal for generating a respective first laser pulse, of the first laser pulses, and a respective second laser pulse, of the second laser pulses.

    Methods and laser systems for generating amplified pulse-on-demand output laser pulses

    公开(公告)号:US11165214B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16720441

    申请日:2019-12-19

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00 H01S3/10 H01S3/23

    摘要: Method and systems are disclosed for generating amplified output laser pulses with individually predefined pulse energies at individually predefined times at an output by providing a pulse sequence of input laser pulses having the same pulse energy and the same temporal pulse interval smaller than the temporal pulse interval between two adjacent output laser pulses, selecting the input laser pulses that arrive at the output at or about the predefined times, amplifying the selected input laser pulses with an optical amplifier, wherein at least one sacrificial laser pulse is inserted into the pulse sequence of the selected input laser pulses before the subsequent one of the two successive input laser pulses to be amplified, and reducing the pulse energies of the amplified input laser pulses to predefined pulse energies by time-controlled partial decoupling depending on their pulse intervals from the corresponding immediately preceding amplified input or sacrificial laser pulse.

    GENERATING LASER PULSES
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190148910A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16245572

    申请日:2019-01-11

    申请人: TRUMPF LASER GMBH

    IPC分类号: H01S5/042 H01S5/06 H01S5/062

    摘要: A laser pulse generator includes a pulse shape generation device and a clock unit. The generation device includes a pulse shape repository, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a first terminal for connecting a start signal line, a second terminal for connecting a clock signal line, and a third terminal for connecting a pulse line. The first and second terminals are connected to the pulse shape repository and the DAC such that when a predefined start signal is present, data is transferred from the pulse shape repository to the DAC and converted by the DAC into an output pulse, for example, at a rate of a clock signal. The output pulse is supplied at the third terminal for actuating a driver of a laser diode. The clock unit is connected to the second terminal via the clock signal line and includes a reset terminal connected to the start signal line.