Fiber delivery of short laser pulses
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1. Method for delivering laser pulses, comprising the steps of:
- generating laser pulses,amplifying the laser pulses,temporally stretching the amplified laser pulses, andpropagating the amplified laser pulses through an optical delivery fiber having a length of at least 2 meters,wherein the laser pulses are temporally compressed in the optical delivery fiber,wherein the laser pulses undergo nonlinear spectral broadening in the optical delivery fiber so that the spectrum of the laser pulses is broadened by at least a factor of 1.2 in the optical delivery fiber,wherein the laser pulses have a first spectral bandwidth before the temporal stretching,wherein the laser pulses have a second spectral bandwidth at an end of the optical delivery fiber,wherein the second spectral bandwidth is larger than the first spectral bandwidth, andwherein the spectral bandwidth of the amplified and temporally stretched laser pulses is 10-50 nm, while the spectral bandwidth of the laser pulses after propagation through the optical delivery fiber is up to 120 nm.
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A method and system for delivering laser pulses achieves the delivery of high quality laser pulses at the location of an application. The method includes the steps of: generating laser pulses, amplifying the laser pulses, temporally stretching the amplified laser pulses, and propagating the amplified laser pulses through an optical delivery fiber of desired length, wherein the laser pulses are temporally compressed in the optical delivery fiber and wherein the laser pulses undergo nonlinear spectral broadening in the optical delivery fiber.
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1. Method for delivering laser pulses, comprising the steps of:
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generating laser pulses, amplifying the laser pulses, temporally stretching the amplified laser pulses, and propagating the amplified laser pulses through an optical delivery fiber having a length of at least 2 meters, wherein the laser pulses are temporally compressed in the optical delivery fiber, wherein the laser pulses undergo nonlinear spectral broadening in the optical delivery fiber so that the spectrum of the laser pulses is broadened by at least a factor of 1.2 in the optical delivery fiber, wherein the laser pulses have a first spectral bandwidth before the temporal stretching, wherein the laser pulses have a second spectral bandwidth at an end of the optical delivery fiber, wherein the second spectral bandwidth is larger than the first spectral bandwidth, and wherein the spectral bandwidth of the amplified and temporally stretched laser pulses is 10-50 nm, while the spectral bandwidth of the laser pulses after propagation through the optical delivery fiber is up to 120 nm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. System for delivering laser pulses, comprising:
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a laser source generating laser pulses; an optical amplifier amplifying the laser pulses; an optical stretcher temporally stretching the amplified laser pulses; and an optical delivery fiber having a length of at least 2 meters, through which the stretched laser pulses are propagated, wherein the laser pulses are temporally compressed in the optical delivery fiber, wherein the laser pulses undergo nonlinear spectral broadening in the optical delivery fiber so that the spectrum of the laser pulses is broadened by at least a factor of 1.2 in the optical delivery fiber, and wherein the laser pulses have a first spectral bandwidth before the temporal stretching, wherein the laser pulses have a second spectral bandwidth at an end of the optical delivery fiber, wherein the second spectral bandwidth is larger than the first spectral bandwidth, and wherein the spectral bandwidth of the amplified and temporally stretched laser pulses is 10-50 nm, while the spectral bandwidth of the laser pulses after propagation through the optical delivery fiber is up to 120 nm. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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