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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Bien Chann, Merrimack, NH (US);
Tso Yee Fan, Belmont, MA (US);
Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, Lexington, MA (US);
Steven J. Augst, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/13 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/1307 (2013.01); G03F 7/70033 (2013.01); G03F 7/7085 (2013.01); H01S 3/0057 (2013.01); H01S 3/2391 (2013.01); H01S 3/005 (2013.01); H01S 3/0071 (2013.01); H01S 3/0085 (2013.01); H01S 3/0092 (2013.01); H01S 3/06754 (2013.01); H01S 3/2308 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a high peak power optical beam. The method includes interleaving pulse trains of different wavelengths and spatially and temporally overlapping the different wavelengths to produce an amplified output beam with very high peak power.