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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Ii-vi Laser Enterprise Gmbh, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Edmund L. Wolak, Lake Osawego, OR (US);
Oscar D. Romero, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
James Harrison, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Sang-Ki Park, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
II-VI LASER ENTERPRISE GMBH, Zürich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/30 (2013.01); G02B 19/0014 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0057 (2013.01); G02B 27/0905 (2013.01); G02B 27/0961 (2013.01); G02B 27/0966 (2013.01); H01S 5/4025 (2013.01); H01S 5/4012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods for maintaining the brightness of laser emitter bar outputs having multiple emitters for coupling and other applications. In some embodiments, at least one brightness enhancement optic may be used in combination with a beam reformatting optic.