MODULATED SATURABLE ABSORBER CONTROLLED LASER
    2.
    发明申请
    MODULATED SATURABLE ABSORBER CONTROLLED LASER 审中-公开
    调制可饱和吸收器控制激光

    公开(公告)号:WO2005101594A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:PCT/US2005/010722

    申请日:2005-03-30

    Abstract: A modulated saturable absorber controlled laser. The laser includes an active medium (12); a saturable absorber material (18) operationally coupled to the medium to serve as a passive Q switch; and an energy source (20) disposed external to the medium for apply energy to the absorber. In particular embodiments, the energy source is a diode laser and focusing optics are included between the diode laser and the absorber. Modulation of the gain at the photon round trip time in the laser resonator causes a mode-locked laser output. A dichroic beamsplitter (24) is included in this embodiment for directing energy to the absorber. In an alternative embodiment, the diode laser is a quasi-monolithic diode laser assembly ring (27).

    Abstract translation: 调制可饱和吸收器受控激光器。 激光器包括活性介质(12); 可操作地耦合到介质以用作无源Q开关的可饱和吸收材料(18); 以及设置在所述介质外部以将能量施加到所述吸收体的能量源(20)。 在特定实施例中,能量源是二极管激光器,并且聚焦光学器件包括在二极管激光器和吸收器之间。 在激光谐振器中调制光子往返时间的增益导致锁模激光输出。 本实施例中包括二向色分束器(24),用于将能量引导到吸收器。 在替代实施例中,二极管激光器是准单片二极管激光器组件环(27)。

    X-RAY CELLS AND OTHER COMPONENTS HAVING GAS CELLS WITH THERMALLY-INDUCED DENSITY GRADIENTS
    4.
    发明申请
    X-RAY CELLS AND OTHER COMPONENTS HAVING GAS CELLS WITH THERMALLY-INDUCED DENSITY GRADIENTS 审中-公开
    具有热诱导密度梯度的气体细胞的X射线细胞和其他组分

    公开(公告)号:WO2014189571A2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-27

    申请号:PCT/US2014/016954

    申请日:2014-02-18

    CPC classification number: H05G2/003 H05G2/008

    Abstract: A method includes creating a gas flow in a gas cell (110) and cooling a portion of the gas flow to create a thermally-induced temperature gradient in the gas flow. The method also includes directing at least one laser beam (104) through at least a portion of the gas flow with the thermally-induced temperature gradient. The gas flow can be directed axially along a length of the gas cell or transverse to the length of the gas cell, and the at least one laser beam can be directed axially along the length of the gas cell through at least the portion of the gas flow. The gas flow may represent a first gas flow, and the method may further include creating a second gas flow in the gas cell and cooling a portion of the second gas flow to create a thermally-induced temperature gradient in the second gas flow.

    Abstract translation: 一种方法包括在气室(110)中产生气流并且冷却气流的一部分以在气流中产生热诱导的温度梯度。 该方法还包括通过具有热诱导温度梯度的至少一部分气流引导至少一个激光束(104)。 气流可以沿着气室的长度轴向或横向于气室的长度定向,并且至少一个激光束可沿着气室的长度轴向定向通过气体的至少一部分 流。 气流可以表示第一气流,并且该方法还可以包括在气室中产生第二气流并冷却第二气流的一部分以在第二气流中产生热诱导的温度梯度。

    HIGH ENERGY SOLID-STATE LASER WITH OFFSET PUMP AND EXTRACTION GEOMETRY
    5.
    发明申请
    HIGH ENERGY SOLID-STATE LASER WITH OFFSET PUMP AND EXTRACTION GEOMETRY 审中-公开
    具有偏压泵和提取几何的高能固体激光器

    公开(公告)号:WO2007084111A2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-26

    申请号:PCT/US2005/047620

    申请日:2005-12-20

    Abstract: A laser system and method. The inventive laser includes an annular gain medium; a source of pump energy; and an arrangement for concentrating energy from the source on the gain medium. In a more specific implementation, a mechanism is included for rotating the gain medium to effect extraction of pump energy and cooling. In the illustrative embodiment, the pump source is a diode array. Energy from the array is coupled to the medium via an array of optical fibers. The outputs of the fibers are input to a concentrator that directs the pump energy onto a pump region of the medium. In the best mode, plural disks of gain media are arranged in an offset manner to provide a single resonator architecture. First and second mirrors are added to complete the resonator, hi accordance with the inventive teachings, a method for pumping and cooling a laser is taught. In the illustrative embodiment, the inventive method includes the steps of providing a gain medium; pumping energy into a region of the gain medium; moving the medium; extracting energy from the region of the medium; and cooling region of the medium.

    Abstract translation: 激光系统和方法。 本发明的激光器包括环形增益介质; 泵浦能源; 以及用于将来自源的能量集中在增益介质上的布置。 在更具体的实施方案中,包括用于旋转增益介质以实现泵能量和冷却的提取的机构。 在说明性实施例中,泵浦源是二极管阵列。 来自阵列的能量经由光纤阵列耦合到介质。 纤维的输出被输入到将泵能量引导到介质的泵区域上的浓缩器。 在最佳模式中,以偏移方式布置增益介质的多个磁盘以提供单个谐振器结构。 添加第一和第二反射镜以完成谐振器。根据本发明的教导,教导了用于泵送和冷却激光器的方法。 在说明性实施例中,本发明的方法包括提供增益介质的步骤; 将能量泵送到增益介质的区域中; 移动媒体; 从介质区域提取能量; 和介质的冷却区域。

    SOLID-STATE SUSPENSION LASER
    6.
    发明申请
    SOLID-STATE SUSPENSION LASER 审中-公开
    固态悬浮激光

    公开(公告)号:WO2006026037A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-09

    申请号:PCT/US2005/027472

    申请日:2005-08-03

    Abstract: A solid-state suspension laser (10). The novel laser (10) includes a gain medium (12) comprised of a plurality of solid-state gain particles (26) suspended in a fluid (28). The laser (10) also includes a pump source (20) for pumping the gain particles (26) and a resonator (14) for amplifying and outputting laser light generated by the gain medium (12). In an illustrative embodiment, the gain medium (12) is adapted to flow, and the pumping of the gain medium (12) occurs outside of the resonator (14). The flow velocities and the densities of the gain particles (26) in the gain medium (12) can be optimized for optimal absorption efficiency during the pumping and/or for optimal extraction efficiency in the resonator (14) as well as for overall laser performance optimization, including power, efficiency and beam quality scalability.

    Abstract translation: 固态悬浮激光(10)。 新型激光器(10)包括由悬置在流体(28)中的多个固态增益粒子(26)组成的增益介质(12)。 激光器(10)还包括用于泵浦增益粒子(26)的泵浦源(20)和用于放大和输出由增益介质(12)产生的激光的谐振器(14)。 在说明性实施例中,增益介质(12)适于流动,并且增益介质(12)的泵送发生在谐振器(14)的外部。 可以优化增益介质(12)中的增益粒子(26)的流速和密度,以便在泵浦期间获得最佳的吸收效率和/或在谐振器(14)中获得最佳的提取效率以及对于整个激光器性能 优化,包括功率,效率和光束质量的可扩展性。

    EYE-SAFE SOLID STATE LASER SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请
    EYE-SAFE SOLID STATE LASER SYSTEM 审中-公开
    EYE-SAFE固态激光系统

    公开(公告)号:WO2004100330A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-18

    申请号:PCT/US2004/013241

    申请日:2004-04-29

    Abstract: An inherently efficient direct eye-safe laser based on Er:Crystal technology utilizing intra-cavity energy conversion. The Er:Crystal laser is intra-cavity pumped by a highly efficient ytterbium or neodymium crystal laser (64), which is in-turn, pumped by conventional infrared diodes array bars (52, 54). The laser is inherently compact and low­ cost allowing for significant scaling of the output energy and power with greatly reduced number of required diode pump sources. This intra-cavity pump scheme of appropriate Er:Crystals also provides for efficient generation of ultra-short Q-switched pulse operation of such lasers.

    Abstract translation: 基于利用腔内能量转换的Er:Crystal技术的固有效率的直接眼睛安全激光器。 Er:水晶激光器是通过高效率的镱或钕晶体激光器(64)进行腔内泵浦,这是由传统的红外二极管阵列(52,54)反过来泵浦的。 激光器本质上紧凑且成本低,允许显着缩放输出能量和功率,大大减少了所需二极管泵浦源的数量。 这种适当Er:晶体的腔内泵浦方案还提供了这种激光器的超短Q开关脉冲操作的有效产生。

    HIGH POWER MMW SYNTHESIZER WITH TRULY CONTINUOUS ULTRA WIDE BANDWIDTH TUNING RANGE

    公开(公告)号:WO2022251057A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:PCT/US2022/030246

    申请日:2022-05-20

    Abstract: A synthesizer includes a first resonator mirror, a second resonator mirror, and a gain medium disposed within a laser resonator cavity defined by the first resonator mirror and the second resonator mirror. The synthesizer includes a saturable absorber operationally coupled to the gain medium and having active control such that the saturable absorber is configured to generate a waveform via an injection locking signal to create a mode locking effect, the waveform having a frequency comb defined by dimensions of the gain medium. The synthesizer also includes a crystal electro-optical modulator disposed within the laser resonator cavity. The waveform passes through the modulator to impinge on a photodiode to output an emission RF waveform. Changing the voltage applied to the modulator changes the index of refraction of the modulator, altering an optical path length of the laser resonator cavity to adjust a frequency of the emission RF waveform.

    MULTI-CHANNEL COMPRESSIVE SENSING-BASED OBJECT RECOGNITION

    公开(公告)号:WO2018164969A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-13

    申请号:PCT/US2018/020774

    申请日:2018-03-02

    Abstract: An optical system for capturing an image using compressive sensing includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) array; an optical lens system; a first optical detector array; a first optical channel for projecting spatial information onto the first detector array; a second optical detector array; a second optical channel; a spectral filter and a polarization filter for projecting spectral and polarization information onto the second detector array; and an image processor to control the DMD array to generate a first and a second set of samples of the image using a sampling rate lower than required by the Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem, and to reconstruct the image from the samples collected and digitized by the first and second optical detector arrays.

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