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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175132 | Laser device and lasing method A laser device which causes lasing with a use of a semiconductor quantum dot is provided with: a laser member (11) in which the semiconductor quantum dot is formed; a resonator (14) for resonating light generated in the laser member (11); and a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7835416 | Laser device and optical amplifier Laser light emission across a wide bandwidth emission spectrum is enabled in a laser device equipped with solid gain media. The laser device is equipped with: a resonator; a plurality of solid gain media, having fluorescent spectra that at least partially overlap wi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813404 | Laser processing apparatus and solid laser resonator To provide a laser processing apparatus compatible with increase in the output of the pumping light source without increasing the reflectance of the output mirror. A solid laser medium for generating laser oscillation when pumping light from an pumping light source ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7760789 | High energy solid-state laser with offset pump and extraction geometry A laser system and method. The inventive laser includes an annular gain medium; a source of pump energy; and an arrangement for concentrating energy from the source on the gain medium. In a more specific implementation, a mechanism is included for rotating the gain ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756183 | Line narrowed laser apparatus The control of the spectral purity width E95 is performed while imparting practically no effect to the control of a central wavelength, and the spectral purity width E95 is stabilized. A wavefront adjuster 32 is provided on an output side of the interior of a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7539231 | Apparatus and method for generating controlled-linewidth laser-seed-signals for high-powered fiber-laser amplifier systems Apparatus and method for generating controlled-linewidth laser-seed-signals for high-powered fiber-laser amplifier systems. In some embodiments, the natural chirp (frequency change of laser light over a short start-up time) of a DBR laser diode when driven by pulsed... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7529286 | Scalable thermally efficient pump diode systems Scalable, thermally efficient pump diode systems. These systems may include an arrangement of pump diodes and thermally conductive spacers mounted within a single indentation in a substrate or substrate clamps, so as to provide enhanced heat removal from the system.... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7421166 | Laser spark distribution and ignition system A laser spark distribution and ignition system that reduces the high power optical requirements for use in a laser ignition and distribution system allowing for the use of optical fibers for delivering the low peak energy pumping pulses to a laser amplifier or laser... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420191 | Discharge radiation source, in particular UV radiation The invention concerns a radiation source, comprising an anode (2), a cathode (3), an electric discharge gap (4) between the anode (2) and the cathode (3) and a gas input conduit (30) in the discharge gap (4). The gas... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418023 | Laser-diode-excited laser apparatus, fiber laser apparatus, and fiber laser amplifier in which laser medium doped with one of Ho, SM, EU, DY, ER and TB is excited with GaN-based compound laser diode A solid-state laser crystal constituting a laser-diode-excited solid-state laser apparatus or an optical fiber constituting a fiber laser apparatus or fiber laser amplifier is doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411990 | Laser-diode-excited laser apparatus, fiber laser apparatus, and fiber laser amplifier in which laser medium doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er3+, and Tb3+ is excited with GaN-based compound laser diode A solid-state laser crystal constituting a laser-diode-excited solid-state laser apparatus or an optical fiber constituting a fiber laser apparatus or fiber laser amplifier is doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403554 | Laser-diode-excited laser apparatus, fiber laser apparatus, and fiber laser amplifier in which laser medium doped with one of Ho, Sm, Eu, Dy, Er, and Tb is excited with GaN-based compound laser diode A solid-state laser crystal constituting a laser-diode-excited solid-state laser apparatus or an optical fiber constituting a fiber laser apparatus or fiber laser amplifier is doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379486 | Technique for optically pumping alkali-metal atoms using CPT resonances Systems and methods for optically pumping alkali-metal atoms using Coherence Population Trapping (CPT) resonances are disclosed. An illustrative push-pull optical pumping system for inducing CPT resonances in a resonance cell containing an admixture of alkali-metal ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366214 | Diode-pumped solid-state laser with self-maintained multi-dimensional optimization A diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) has self-maintained multi-dimensional optimization. The output property of the DPSSL, including optical power, noise level, and the operation conditions of its individual components, including the drive current and temperatur... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365369 | Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device used chiefly as an LD and an LED element. In order to improve the output and to decrease Vf, the device is given either a three-layer structure in which a nitride semiconductor layer doped with n-type impurities serving as an n-type co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362789 | Laser-diode-excited laser apparatus, fiber laser apparatus, and fiber laser amplifier in which laser medium doped with one of Ho, Sm, Eu, Dy, Er, and Tb is excited with GaN-based compound laser diode A solid-state laser crystal constituting a laser-diode-excited solid-state laser apparatus or an optical fiber constituting a fiber laser apparatus or fiber laser amplifier is doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356065 | Laser-diode-excited laser apparatus, fiber laser apparatus, and fiber laser amplifier in which laser medium doped with one of Ho, Sm, Eu, Dy, Er, and Tb is excited with GaN-based compound laser diode A solid-state laser crystal constituting a laser-diode-excited solid-state laser apparatus or an optical fiber constituting a fiber laser apparatus or fiber laser amplifier is doped with one of Ho3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, Er | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352784 | Laser burst boosting method and apparatus Methods and apparatus for managing thermal loads on a laser gain medium and for boosting the output power of a diode pumped laser are disclosed. The short-term average pumping power to the gain medium is increased, to provide a burst of pumping energy to the laser g... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349455 | Solid-state laser with compensation for thermooptical effects To compensate for undesirable thermooptical effects in optical pumping of solid-state laser rods, regions of the lateral surface are heated in such a way that reverse thermal gradients are created at these locations. This is achieved by providing said regions with a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348516 | Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles A laser pulse with a specially tailored temporal power profile, instead of a conventional temporal shape or substantially square shape, severs an IC link. The specially tailored laser pulse preferably has either an overshoot at the beginning of the laser pulse or a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346091 | High energy solid-state laser with offset pump and extraction geometry A laser system and method. The inventive laser includes an annular gain medium; a source of pump energy; and an arrangement for concentrating energy from the source on the gain medium. In a more specific implementation, a mechanism is included for rotating the gain ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339727 | Method and system for diffractive beam combining using DOE combiner with passive phase control A system and method for combining plural low power light beams into a coherent high power light beam. Optical amplifiers transmit a plurality of light beams propagating at a common wavelength through an array of optical fiber emitters. Each constituent beam is emitt... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336690 | Solid-state laser system A simple and high-reliability constitution provides a solid-state laser system that allows a high-output, long-pulse-width laser beam to be obtained. A solid-state laser system that includes a solid-state laser medium 1, a light source 2 for pum... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335259 | Growth of single crystal nanowires The present invention provides nanowires which are substantially straight and substantially free of nanoparticles and methods for making the same The nanowires can be made by seeded approaches, wherein nanocrystals bound to a substrate are used to promote growth of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330319 | High brightness LED package with multiple optical elements A light source includes an LED die with an emitting surface and a plurality of optical elements having input surfaces in optical contact with distinct portions of the emitting surface. The optical elements can comprise tapers or concentrators that have reflective si... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319709 | Creating photon atoms A narrow linewidth fluorescent emitter can incorporate a chromophore into a microcavity that can support low-order optical modes. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317741 | Amplified spontaneous emission ducts Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) ducts are disclosed for use with various gain media. An ASE duct may be configured and arranged to remove ASE from solid state or liquid gain media and transmit the ASE to an exterior optical medium. The refractive index of an AS... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317574 | Long-distance quantum communication Apparatus and methods for high fidelity quantum communication over long communication channels even in the presence of significant loss in the channels are disclosed. The invention employs laser manipulation of quantum correlated atomic ensembles using linear optic ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308007 | Increased laser output energy and average power at wavelengths below 35 nm Saturated tabletop lasers having increased output energy and operating at 5 Hz repetition rate, were demonstrated at wavelengths about 18.9 nm for molybdenum targets, 16.4 nm for ruthenium targets, 14.7 nm for palladium targets, 13.9 nm for silver targets, and 13.2 ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7292614 | Organic laser and liquid crystal display An asymmetric light emitting structure for producing polarized light that includes a light emitting layer having a plurality of light emitting species, wherein orientation of the light emitting species is uncontrolled. Receipt of the emitted light from the light emi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288086 | High-efficiency, side-pumped diode laser system An apparatus for cutting or ablating hard tissue, includes an optical cavity; a gain medium disposed within the optical cavity; a diode light pump disposed within the optical cavity and optically aligned to light pump the gain medium to generate laser light. The gen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286241 | System and method for high-speed laser detection of ultrasound A system and method for laser light amplification provides amplification of a laser light beam emitted from a laser light source as low-amplification seed laser light signal. The low-amplification seed laser light signal is transmitted to an amplification component.... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280569 | Electro-optical modulator module for COlaser Q-switching, mode-locking, and cavity dumping Various electro-optical modulator module designs are presented, which can provide for uniform, symmetric, and efficient heat removal for mode-locking, Q-switching, and/or cavity dumping operations. Heat can be uniformly extracted from an EO crystal without imposing ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277229 | Linear light beam generating optical system An optical system includes semiconductor lasers arranged in the direction of the slow axis of the laser beam, an optical means which makes parallel the collimated laser beams, an optical member which is provided with inlet and outlet faces which are positioned in pe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266257 | Reducing crosstalk in free-space optical communications An optical transmitter includes a modulator, a dispersion adjustment module, and an optical amplifier. The optical transmitter is configured to transmit optical pulses over a free-space optical communication channel. The modulator is configured to produce an optical... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266138 | Pump arrangement for transversally pumping an active medium The invention relates to a pump arrangement for transversally pumping an active medium, especially a laser rod, wherein two pump light sources are arranged on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the active medium, especially pertaining to the laser rod... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260133 | Diode-pumped laser A diode-pumped laser with a direct edge coupling of a pump beam is provided. The laser includes a microchip laser cavity optically pumped by a laser diode emitting an astigmatic pump beam having a substantially elliptical beam cross-section at an output laser diode ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256931 | Optical amplifying device In an optical amplifying device, an optical beam passes multiple times through a grazing-incidence bounce amplifier, accessing different parts (G1,G2) of the gain region on each transit. This provides improved characteristics in beam quality, with high... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7224710 | Optically pumped semiconductor laser apparatus An optically pumped semiconductor laser apparatus having a vertical emitter (2) and having one pump laser (5) for optically pumping the vertical emitter (2), with the vertical emitter (2) and the pump laser (5) being monolithically... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224532 | Optical uses diamondoid-containing materials Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may ... | 05/29/2007 |
