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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Km Labs Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Sterling Backus, Erie, CO (US);
Charles G. Durfee, Golden, CO (US);
Matthew S. Kirchner, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
KM Labs Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/098 (2006.01); H01S 3/11 (2006.01); H01S 3/081 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/0941 (2006.01); H01S 5/024 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/102 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/1112 (2013.01); H01S 3/0811 (2013.01); H01S 3/08018 (2013.01); H01S 3/09415 (2013.01); H01S 3/094049 (2013.01); H01S 3/11 (2013.01); H01S 3/1106 (2013.01); H01S 3/1636 (2013.01); H01S 3/1696 (2013.01); H01S 5/02415 (2013.01); H01S 5/4025 (2013.01); H01S 3/1022 (2013.01); H01S 3/1625 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for anisotropic pumping of a Kerr lens modelocked laser. Direct diode laser pumping of an ultrafast Kerr lens modelocked laser oscillator is accomplished. Diode lasers generate severely anisotropic beams, meaning the pump beam has a higher-beam-quality dimension and a lower-beam-quality dimension. By spatially overlap of the pump beam higher-beam-quality dimension and the KLM laser mode, KLM operation is accomplished. Multiple laser diode pump beams are combined in counterpropagating and same-side configurations.