Fiber-MOPA apparatus for delivering pulses on demand
US8717670B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1306
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fiber-MOPA includes a seed-pulse source followed by fiber amplifier stages. The seed pulse source delivers signal pulses for performing a laser operation and delivers radiation between the seed pulses to maintain the collective average of the seed pulse power and intermediate radiation power constant. Keeping this average power constant keeps the instantaneous available gain of the fiber amplifier stages constant. This provides that the seed pulse delivery can be changed from one regime to a next without a period of instability between the regimes.
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