摘要:
A planar waveguide (PWG) having a first end for coupling to a light pump and a second end opposite to the first end and including: a first cladding layer; a uniformly doped core layer having the first cladding layer on one side, wherein the core layer is tapered having a smaller thickness at the first end and a larger thickness at the second end; and a second cladding layer thinner than the first cladding layer, coated on another side of the core layer opposite to said one side of the core layer. The first cladding layer may also be tapered along the length of the PWG having a larger thickness at the first end and a smaller thickness at the second end with a taper angle substantially opposite that of the core layer to form the PWG with a substantially uniform overall thickness along the length.
摘要:
A laser resonator for generating a laser beam having beam quality along two transverse axes that is determined by the mode discrimination characteristics of one axis. The resonator has a high aspect ratio slab (34) lasing medium with a first and a second end that emit a laser beam. An aperture stop (34) with a narrow transverse dimension and an orthogonal wide transverse dimension defines the laser beam profile. The slab itself may define the aperture stop. A first reflector (30) is aligned to reflect the laser beam emitted from one end of the slab (34) back into the slab, and thereby define a first end of a resonant cavity. An anamorphic telescope (38, 40, 42) is aligned to receive and reshape the laser beam profile to be substantially symmetrical about its transverse ayes. The beam profile of the reshaped laser beam is rotated 90° and reflected, by a second reflector (50), bA laser resonator for generating a laser beam having beam quality along two transverse axes that is determined by the mode discrimination characteristics of an one axis. The resonator has a high aspect ratio slab (34) lasing medium with a first and a second end that emit a laser beam. An aperture stop (34) with narrow transverse dimension and an orthogonal wide transverse dimension defines the laser beam profile. The slab itself may define the aperture stop. A first reflector (30) is aligned to reflect the laser beam emitted from one end of the slab (34) back into the slab, and thereby define a first end of a resonant cavity. An anamorphic telescope (38, 40, 42) is aligned to receive and reshape the laser beam profile to be substantially symmetrical about its transverse ayes. The beam profile of the reshaped laser beam is rotated 90° and reflected, by a second refector (50), back into the telescope, defining the second end of the resonator. The reflectors may be porno prisms, mirrors, or Benson prisms. A polarization out-coupler (44) is used in conjunction with an electro-optic Q-switche (32) to out-couple laser energy. The slab (34) may be solid state Yb:YAG.
摘要:
A heat sink (106, 106a, 106b) for cooling a laser gain medium (102) includes a coolant channel (112, 112a, 112b), an inlet pore (118, 118a, 118b), an outlet pore (120, 120a, 120b), and a thermal optical interface (TOI) channel (114, 114a, 114b). The coolant channel is configured to receive a coolant for removing heat from the heat sink. The TOI channel is coupled to the coolant channel by the inlet pore and the outlet pore. The TOI channel is configured to receive a portion of the coolant through the inlet pore. The received portion forms an ultra-thin liquid TOI. The TOI channel is further configured to return a portion of the TOI through the outlet pore to the coolant channel.
摘要:
A planar wave guide (PWG) having a first end for coupling to a light pump and a second end opposite to the first end and including a first cladding layer; a second cladding layer; and a uniformly doped core layer between the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer, wherein the core layer is tapered having a smaller thickness at the first end and a larger thickness at the second end, and wherein a ratio of the core thickness to thickness of the cladding layers is smaller at the first end and larger at the second end.
摘要:
A system for generating an optical signal having a preselected waveform including: a laser source (116), a first waveform generator (112) configured to apply a first signal to the laser source to create a laser output (124), an intensity modulatory (122) configured to receive the laser output; a second waveform generator(126) configured to apply a second signal to the intensity modulator, the intensity modulator being configured to generate a pre-distorted laser signal based on the second signal and the laser output.
摘要:
A self-seeding high power laser includes a spatial filter; an optical relay for circulating a low power un-distorted optical beam, an adaptive optic optically coupled to the output of the optical relay; a high power amplifier optically coupled to an output of the adaptive optic phase control element, wherein adaptively modified phasefront injected by the adaptive optic cancels distortions produced by the high power amplifier; a beamsplitter optically coupled to the high power amplifier for splitting the high power un-distorted optical beam into a high power output beam as the output of the self-seeding high power laser, and a low power beam; a focusing lens; a detector for detecting a metric of the low power beam; and a controller for adaptively controlling the adaptive optic to maximize the power of the high power amplifier, based on the detected metric.
摘要:
A system and method for providing a wavefront corrected high-energy beam of electromagnetic energy. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a source of a first beam of electromagnetic energy; an amplifier for amplifying said beam to provide a second beam; a sensor for sensing aberration in said second beam and providing an error signal in response thereto; a processor for processing said error signal and providing a correction signal in response thereto; and a spatial light modulator responsive to said correction signal for adjusting said beam to facilitate a correction of said aberration thereof. In more specific embodiments, the source is a laser and the sensor is a laser wavefront sensor. A mirror is disposed between said modulator and said sensor for sampling said beam. The mirror has an optical thin- film dielectric coating on at least one optical surface thereof. The coating is effective to sample said beam and transmit a low power sample thereof to said means for sensing aberration. The processor is an adaptive optics processor. The spatial light modulator may be a micro electro-mechanical system deformable mirror or an optical phased array. In the illustrative embodiment, the source is a master oscillator and the amplifier is a power amplifier beamline. An outcoupler is disposed between the oscillator and the amplifier.