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Pulsed laser system with optimally configured saturable absorber

US8275007B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Sergey Maryashin · Burbach, DE
Andrey Unt · Burbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2009
Grant date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S5/5027
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A high power pulsed laser system is configured with at least two gain blocks and with at least one saturable absorber (SA) coupled to the output and input of the respective gain blocks. The SA is configured so that Qsat_sa<Qsat_gb, wherein Qsat_sa is a saturation energy of the SA, and Qsat_gb is a saturation energy of the gain blocks. The SA is further configured with a recovery time τ<1/f providing for the substantially closed state of the SA, wherein the f is a pulse repetition rate, and with the recovery time τ smaller than a round trip time Tround_trip=2*(L1+L2)*n/c, where L1, L2—lengths of the respective gains gain blocks, n—a refractive index of active media, c—a speed of light in vacuum.

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