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High power short pulse fiber laser

  • US 9,640,940 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2015
  • Issued: 05/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pulsed fiber laser comprising:

  • a modelocked fiber oscillator comprising a gain fiber and a pair of reflective optical elements disposed with respect to said gain fiber to form a resonant cavity, said modelocked fiber oscillator comprising a semiconductor saturable absorber (SAM) optically connected and in close contact with an end of said gain fiber and operably arranged to induce modelocking, said modelocked fiber oscillator producing a train of optical pulses having an average pulse width, said modelocked fiber oscillator comprising a wedge-shaped area between said SAM and said end of said gain fiber, wherein said wedge-shaped area is operably arranged to limit the finesse of an etalon formed with surfaces of said SAM and said gain fiber;

    a fiber amplifier optically connected to said modelocked fiber oscillator such that said optical pulses can propagate through said amplifier, said fiber amplifier amplifying said optical pulses; and

    one or more optical pump sources optically connected to said modelocked fiber oscillator and said fiber amplifier to pump said fiber oscillator and fiber amplifier.

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