Utilization of Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators in solid-state short pulse laser systems
First Claim
1. A mode locked laser system for seeding a regenerative amplifier, comprising:
- a source of laser pulses comprising a fiber laser;
a Yb;
fiber amplifier for amplifying said pulses; and
a regenerative amplifier based on Nd;
or Yb;
or Ti;
Al2O3 materials for receiving said amplified pulses as seed pulses, wherein at least one of said pulse source and said Yb;
fiber amplifier includes means for controlling a bandwidth and a spectral center of its output to match that of said regenerative amplifier, and wherein said means for controlling comprises a co-propagating pump laser and a counter-propagating pump laser pumped so as to induce a frequency shift in said fiber laser.
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Abstract
An optimized Yb: doped fiber mode-locked oscillator and fiber amplifier system for seeding Nd: or Yb: doped regenerative amplifiers. The pulses are generated in the Yb: or Nd: doped fiber mode-locked oscillator, and may undergo spectral narrowing or broadening, wavelength converting, temporal pulse compression or stretching, pulse attenuation and/or lowering the repetition rate of the pulse train. The conditioned pulses are subsequently coupled into an Yb: or Nd: fiber amplifier. The amplified pulses are stretched before amplification in the regenerative amplifier that is based on an Nd: or Yb: doped solid-state laser material, and then recompressed for output.
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17 Claims
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1. A mode locked laser system for seeding a regenerative amplifier, comprising:
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a source of laser pulses comprising a fiber laser; a Yb;
fiber amplifier for amplifying said pulses; anda regenerative amplifier based on Nd;
or Yb;
or Ti;
Al2O3 materials for receiving said amplified pulses as seed pulses, wherein at least one of said pulse source and said Yb;
fiber amplifier includes means for controlling a bandwidth and a spectral center of its output to match that of said regenerative amplifier, and wherein said means for controlling comprises a co-propagating pump laser and a counter-propagating pump laser pumped so as to induce a frequency shift in said fiber laser. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A mode locked laser system for seeding a regenerative amplifier, comprising:
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a source of laser pulses; a fiber amplifier for amplifying said pulses; and a regenerative amplifier based on Nd;
or Yb;
materials for receiving said amplified pulses as seed pulses; andmeans for maintaining the output wavelength of the regenerative amplifier in the presence of substantial spectral shifting in the amplification of the seed pulses, comprising means for increasing input energy of said seed pulses, or for frequency-shifting said seed pulses, wherein said means for frequency shifting comprises a co-propagating pump laser and a counter-propagating pump laser coupled to said fiber amplifier that induces said frequency shift of pulses propagating in said fiber amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A mode locked laser system for seeding a regenerative amplifier, comprising:
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a source of laser pulses; a fiber amplifier for amplifying said pulses; and a regenerative amplifier based on Nd;
or Yb;
materials for receiving said amplified pulses as seed pulses; andmeans for maintaining the output wavelength of the regenerative amplifier in the presence of substantial spectral shifting in the amplification of the seed pulses, comprising means for increasing input energy of said seed pulses, or for frequency-shifting said seed pulses, wherein said means for frequency shifting comprises a length of optical fiber. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A mode locked laser system for seeding a regenerative amplifier, comprising:
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a source of laser pulses; a Yb;
fiber amplifier for amplifying said pulses;a regenerative amplifier based on Nd;
or Yb;
materials for receiving said amplified pulses as seed pulses; anda tuner, comprising a length of optical fiber disposed upstream from said regenerative amplifier, said tuner controlling at least one of a central wavelength and spectral width of said amplified pulses in such a way that controls a spectral characteristic of pulses output from said regenerative amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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