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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John L Nightingale, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Michael Hmelar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
C David Nabors, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 36 ;
Abstract
A light-source includes a plurality of diode-laser bars. The diode-laser bars are arranged in a parallel array and arranged to emit laser-light in the same direction. The diode-laser bars are spaced-apart from each other in the emission-direction. Optical-waveguides are provided for collecting laser-light emitted from each of the diode-laser bars and delivering the collected laser-light to an output aperture of the light-source.