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Beam parameter product (bpp) control by varying fiber-to-fiber angle

US10768433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

nLIGHT, Inc. · US

Inventors

David Logan · Vancouver, US
Ryan Hawke · Vancouver, US
David R. Balsley · Portland, US
Ron Stevens · Vancouver, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/2553
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus includes a laser system that includes a first fiber having an output end and situated to propagate a first laser beam with a first beam parameter product (bpp) and a second fiber having an input end spliced to the output end of the first fiber at a fiber splice so as to receive the first laser beam and to form a second laser beam having a second bpp that is greater than the first bpp, wherein the output end of the first fiber and the input end of the second fiber are spliced at a tilt angle so as to increase the first bpp to the second bpp.

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