Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation

Aaron McAllister

Allen H Tanner

Dennis F Elkins

David B Owen

Yuri S Grapov

Jeannie DeWitte

A method for adjusting the wavelength and dominant mode of a laser fiber prior to installation in a laser assembly includes the steps of linearly stretching the laser fiber so as to modify its output wavelength, axially twisting the laser fiber so as to modify its dominant mode, and affixing the laser fiber to a laser assembly in its linearly stretched and axially twisted condition. The laser assembly includes a dynamic tuning mechanism for wavelength adjustment during use. The twisted and stretched fiber has an unadjusted wavelength and dominant mode that are within a selected range before adjustment by the dynamic tuning mechanism.

Method and apparatus for controlling wavelength and dominant mode in fiber lasers

A device for the passive conversion of one format to another includes: a laser light source at a predetermined frequency, a line converter configured to produce a fan of light, a movable lens configured to collimate the fan of light, and an array of light modulators placed such that the collimated light is incident on a portion of the light modulators. Vertical pixels of an input image are reproduced on either 1, 2, 3, etc, adjacent light modulators depending on the target image size to produce a modulated light column. Any discrepancy between the modulated light column height and the target image height is compensated for using a zoom lens. The modulated light column is then reflected to a display surface. An entire image is produced by changing the state of the array of light modulators to correspond with each of the vertical columns of the image and sweeping the vertical columns across the display surface. The method accomplishes the format conversion passively, in that, simple calculations are performed only once for each input image size. Further, the image produced has no discontinuities or artifacts and results in a dramatically improved picture quality.

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Aaron McAllister