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YB: and ND: mode-locked oscilltors and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems

US8855151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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47Claims

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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	Jul 5, 2013
Grant date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/113
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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