Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture

Bayramian, Andrew James; Erlandson, Alvin Charles; Manes, Kenneth Rene; Spaeth, Mary Louis; Caird, John Allyn; Deri, Robert J.

Title: Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture

Abstract

A laser amplifier module having an enclosure includes an input window, a mirror optically coupled to the input window and disposed in a first plane, and a first amplifier head disposed along an optical amplification path adjacent a first end of the enclosure. The laser amplifier module also includes a second amplifier head disposed along the optical amplification path adjacent a second end of the enclosure and a cavity mirror disposed along the optical amplification path.

Inventors:: Bayramian, Andrew James; Erlandson, Alvin Charles; Manes, Kenneth Rene; Spaeth, Mary Louis; Caird, John Allyn; Deri, Robert J.

Issue Date:: 2015-09-15

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1214571

Patent Number(s):: 9136668

Application Number:: 13/284,525

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
H01S3/005 - {Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
H01S3/0071 - {Beam steering, e.g. whereby a mirror outside the cavity is present to change the beam direction}
H01S3/027 - {comprising a special atmosphere inside the housing}
H01S3/0404 - {Air- or gas cooling, e.g. by dry nitrogen}
H01S3/08072 - {Thermal lensing or thermally induced birefringence
H01S3/09408 - {Pump redundancy}
H01S3/0941 - of a laser diode
H01S3/09415 - {the pumping beam being parallel to the lasing mode of the pumped medium, e.g. end-pumping}
H01S3/10007 - {in optical amplifiers}
H01S3/10061 - {Polarization control}
H01S3/1308 - {Stabilisation of the polarisation}
H01S3/2316 - {Cascaded amplifiers}
H01S3/2341 - {Four pass amplifiers}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 28

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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                    Bayramian, Andrew James, Erlandson, Alvin Charles, Manes, Kenneth Rene, Spaeth, Mary Louis, Caird, John Allyn, and Deri, Robert J. Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Bayramian, Andrew James, Erlandson, Alvin Charles, Manes, Kenneth Rene, Spaeth, Mary Louis, Caird, John Allyn, & Deri, Robert J. Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture.  United States.

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