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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Robert F. Stiffler, Lakewood, CA (US);
Joe A. Ortiz, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Philip C. Todd, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
James Lazar, Moorpark, CA (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A high-power laser system includes a plurality of cascaded diode drivers, a pump source, and a laser element. The diode drivers are configured to generate a continuous driver signal. The pump source is configured to generate radiated energy in response to the continuous driver signal. The laser element is disposed downstream from the pump source and is configured to generate a laser beam in response to stimulation via the radiated energy. The high-power laser system further includes an electronic controller configured to output at least one driver signal that operates the plurality of diode drivers at a fixed frequency. The at least one driver signal operates a first cascade diode driver among the plurality of diode drivers 90 degrees out of phase with respect to a second cascade diode driver among the plurality of diode drivers.