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Semiconductor laser pump source

US5163058A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1991
Grant dateNov 10, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser source for pumping an optical device which requires for its operation a significant amount of light power, the source comprising a semiconductor array (11) for providing a plurality of spaced apart light beams at different wavelengths, an optical assembly (14, 15, 16) for focussing the light beams into an optical waveguide (19), the optical waveguide (19) being coupled to the optical device.

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