Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use
Abstract
There are provided high power laser connectors and couplers and methods that are capable of providing high laser power without the need for active cooling to remote, harsh and difficult to access locations and under difficult and harsh conditions and to manage and mitigate the adverse effects of back reflections.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Foro Energy, Littleton, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1469301
- Patent Number(s):
- 10042123
- Application Number:
- 15/147,269
- Assignee:
- Foro Energy (Littleton, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000044
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 May 05
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Citation Formats
Rinzler, Charles C., Gray, William C., Fraze, Jason D., Faircloth, Brian O., Zediker, Mark S., and McKay, Ryan P. Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use. United States: N. p., 2018.
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Rinzler, Charles C., Gray, William C., Fraze, Jason D., Faircloth, Brian O., Zediker, Mark S., & McKay, Ryan P. Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use. United States.
Rinzler, Charles C., Gray, William C., Fraze, Jason D., Faircloth, Brian O., Zediker, Mark S., and McKay, Ryan P. Tue .
"Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1469301.
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abstractNote = {There are provided high power laser connectors and couplers and methods that are capable of providing high laser power without the need for active cooling to remote, harsh and difficult to access locations and under difficult and harsh conditions and to manage and mitigate the adverse effects of back reflections.},
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Works referenced in this record:
Methods and Apparatus for Delivering High Power Laser Energy to a Surface
patent-application, February 2010
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 12/544094; 20100044105