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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Pietro Arturo Giovanni Bernasconi, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Barry Irwin Miller, Middletown, NJ (US);
Nicholas J. Sauer, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Lawrence Warren Stulz, Neptune, NJ (US);
Dries Van Thourhout, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Weiguo Yang, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Liming Zhang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Pietro Arturo Giovanni Bernasconi, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Barry Irwin Miller, Middletown, NJ (US);
Nicholas J. Sauer, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Lawrence Warren Stulz, Neptune, NJ (US);
Dries Van Thourhout, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Weiguo Yang, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Liming Zhang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A high power multi-frequency laser includes a laser cavity defined by reflective elements, a frequency routing device in the cavity comprising a plurality of frequency selective pathways, a first set of optical amplifiers optically coupled to a first end of the frequency routing device, and a second set of optical amplifiers optically coupling a second end of the frequency routing device and a first one of the reflective elements. The high power multi-frequency laser further includes a power combiner. The power combiner is optically coupled to the first set of optical amplifiers and a second one of the reflective elements and combines the outputs of the first set of optical amplifiers such that a common output for the multi-frequency laser is provided. The common output of the present invention provides a single output from the multi-frequency laser having a high output coupling efficiency.