Nlight, Incorporated

Richard Farmer

C Geoffrey Fanning

Kevin Michael Carbone

Dennis Mccal

Some embodiments may include a fiber laser system comprising: a pump combiner; a plurality of fiber laser pump modules arranged for pumping a pulsed output from the fiber laser system; and a pump controller to operate in a first operation mode to pump a pulsed output from the fiber laser system and to operate in a second different operation mode to pump a continuous wave (CW) output from the fiber laser system; the pump controller to, in the first operation mode, simultaneously activate individual fiber laser pump modules of the plurality of fiber laser pump modules; and the pump controller to, in the second operation mode, sequentially activate the individual fiber laser pump modules of the plurality of fiber laser pump modules. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

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Vancouver, WA, United States of America

Richard Farmer