Hybrid waveguide laser with a fiber gain medium
US8077748B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1062
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser includes a gain stage and a pump stage. The gain stage includes a fiber link that terminates at a pair of ends and includes a doped fiber. The pump stage includes a glass volume, the glass volume having a pair of fiber interface ports at which the pair of ends of the fiber link are disposed, respectively, for attachment of the gain stage and the pump stage in a ring laser assembly. The pump stage includes a plurality of intrinsic waveguides defined in the glass volume and disposed along in-bulk propagation paths within the glass volume for light travel through the ring laser assembly.
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