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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Nlight Photonics Corporation, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy S. McComb, Portland, OR (US);
Roger L. Farrow, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01); H01S 3/109 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/06754 (2013.01); H01S 3/06704 (2013.01); H01S 3/06729 (2013.01); H01S 3/094003 (2013.01); H01S 3/109 (2013.01); H01S 3/10053 (2013.01); H01S 3/10061 (2013.01); H01S 3/10084 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical amplification system is disclosed which includes a seed source providing a seed beam, and a chirally coupled core fiber amplifier optically coupled to the seed beam and configured to convert the coupled seed beam into an amplifier output beam, wherein the polarization of the seed beam is controllably launched into the chirally coupled core fiber in order to reduce nonlinearities in the amplifier output beam. Peak output powers in excess of 500 kW can be realized for short-pulsed single-mode beams having mode field diameters greater than 30 μm.