Very dense wavelength beam combined laser system
US10804680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/4093
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods to spectrally beam combine a group of diode lasers in an external cavity arrangement. A dichroic beam combiner or volume Bragg grating beam combiner is placed in an external cavity to force each of the diode lasers or groups of diode lasers to oscillate at a wavelength determined by the passband of the beam combiner. In embodiments the combination of a large number of laser diodes in a sufficiently narrow bandwidth to produce a high brightness laser source that has many applications including as to pump a Raman laser or Raman amplifier.
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