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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Imra America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Martin Fermann, Dexter, MI (US);
Ingmar Hartl, Hamburg, DE;
Andrius Marcinkevicius, Saline, MI (US);
Liang Dong, Clemson, SC (US);
Assignee:
IMRA AMERICA, INC., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/06754 (2013.01); H01S 3/0057 (2013.01); H01S 3/06712 (2013.01); H01S 3/06737 (2013.01); H01S 3/08059 (2013.01); H01S 3/094007 (2013.01); H01S 3/094019 (2013.01); H01S 3/1307 (2013.01); H01S 3/2333 (2013.01); H01S 3/06704 (2013.01); H01S 3/06729 (2013.01); H01S 3/1305 (2013.01); H01S 3/2383 (2013.01);
Abstract
High power parallel fiber arrays for the amplification of high peak power pulses are described. Fiber arrays based on individual fiber amplifiers as well as fiber arrays based on multi-core fibers can be implemented. The optical phase between the individual fiber amplifier elements of the fiber array is measured and controlled using a variety of phase detection and compensation techniques. High power fiber array amplifiers can be used for EUV and X-ray generation as well as pumping of parametric amplifiers.