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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Alain Villeneuve, Mont-Royal, CA;
Jason M. Eichenholz, Orlando, FL (US);
Laurance S. Lingvay, Orlando, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a laser system includes a seed laser diode configured to produce a free-space seed-laser beam and a seed-laser focusing lens configured to focus the seed-laser beam. The laser system also includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) that includes a front facet, a back facet, and a waveguide extending from the front facet to the back facet. The SOA is configured to: receive, at the front facet, light from the focused seed-laser beam; amplify the received light as the received light propagates along the SOA waveguide from the front facet to the back facet; and emit, from the back facet, an amplified free-space beam that includes the amplified received light. The laser system further includes a mounting platform, where one or more of the seed laser diode, the seed-laser focusing lens, and the SOA are mechanically attached to the mounting platform.