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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrei Starodoumov, Campbell, CA (US);
Dmitri Simanovski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01); H01S 3/11 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/06 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01); H01S 3/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/06716 (2013.01); H01S 3/0604 (2013.01); H01S 3/094038 (2013.01); H01S 3/094042 (2013.01); H01S 3/094084 (2013.01); H01S 3/10061 (2013.01); H01S 3/1106 (2013.01); H01S 3/165 (2013.01); H01S 3/1618 (2013.01); H01S 3/1631 (2013.01); H01S 3/1643 (2013.01); H01S 3/1675 (2013.01); H01S 3/23 (2013.01); H01S 3/2325 (2013.01); H01S 3/0621 (2013.01); H01S 3/0817 (2013.01); H01S 3/08095 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating and amplifying laser beams at approximately 1 micrometer wavelength is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ytterbium-doped gain-crystal pumped by an ytterbium fiber-laser. The fiber-laser enables a pump wavelength to be selected that minimizes heating of the gain-crystal. The apparatus can be configured for generating and amplifying ultra-fast pulses, utilizing the gain-bandwidth of ytterbium-doped gain-crystals.