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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Joel Fontanella, Tolland, CT (US);
David E. Brown, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Eric R. Mueller, West Suffield, CT (US);
Raymond Michaud, Lebanon, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joel Fontanella, Tolland, CT (US);
David E. Brown, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Eric R. Mueller, West Suffield, CT (US);
Raymond Michaud, Lebanon, CT (US);
Assignee:
Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/121 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of combining beams from a plurality of laser resonators includes frequency modulating the output of each of the lasers with one or more of the lasers frequency modulated out-of-phase with the others. The frequency modulated beams are directed along parallel spaced-apart paths and overlap in a plane along the paths to form a combined beam having a flat-topped intensity distribution.