Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems

US8094691B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IMRA America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Donald J. Harter · Ann Arbor, US
• Gyu Cheon Cho · Ann Arbor, US
• Zhenlin Liu · Ann Arbor, US
• Martin E. Fermann · Dexter, US
• Xinhua Gu · Danville, US
• Salvatore F. Nati · Dexter, US
• Lawrence Shah · Ypsilanti, US
• Ingmar Hartl · Ann Arbor, US
• Mark P. Bendett · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01S3/113
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.