273 results about "Ring laser" patented technology

A ring-laser system that includes a plurality of ring-laser gain elements and a spectral-beam-combining output stage configured to combine a plurality of beams coming from the gain elements into an output beam and that includes chromatic-dispersion compensation. In some embodiments, the output stage includes a plurality of highly reflective dielectric-coated focussing elements. In some embodiments, the output stage includes a plurality of high-efficiency dielectric-coated grating elements. In some embodiments, the output stage includes a mostly reflective but partially transmissive output mirror and a highly reflective beam-reversing mirror configured to reflect a majority of a backward-traveling signal beam such that it becomes forward traveling. In some embodiments, each gain element further includes a photonic-crystal-rod power amplifier. Some embodiments have an amplitude modulator configured to pulse the plurality of beams, and a timing controller configured to synchronize the pulses of the plurality of beams. Some embodiments further include a non-linear wavelength-conversion device.

A ring laser includes a large-core rare-earth-doped fiber ring-connected with a free-space path having an electro-optic switch, output coupler, and intracavity band-pass filter to enforce lasing operation in narrow wavelength range. In some cavity-dumped modes, the laser is configured in a similar manner, except that an output coupler is omitted since the optical power is extracted from the laser cavity by the electro-optic switch itself. The same laser can be configured to operate in Q-switched and/or cavity-dumping modes as well as in hybrid modes (e.g., partial Q-switch, followed by cavity dumping, or even CW). In some embodiments, the laser can be used as, or inject laser light into, a regenerative solid-state amplifier, or a Raman laser, or can be also used to generate visible, ultra-violet, mid-infrared, and far-infrared (THz) radiation via nonlinear wavelength conversion processes. The various embodiments can use a power oscillator or seed-plus-amplifier MOPA configuration.

An optical engine for providing a point-to-point optical communications link between a first computing device and a second computing device. The optical engine includes a modulated hybrid micro-ring laser formed on a substrate and configured to generate an optical signal traveling parallel to the plane of the substrate. The optical engine further includes a waveguide, also formed in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate, that is configured to guide the optical signal from the modulated ring laser to a defined region, a waveguide coupler at the defined region configured for coupling the optical signal into a multi-core optical fiber, and a multi-core optical fiber at the defined region that is configured to receive and transport the optical signal to the second computing device.

The present invention discloses a polarization relevant output multi-wavelength and passive mode-locking optical fiber laser which belongs to laser and light communication field. A ring laser cavity includes Er-doped fiber that is taken as gain medium; a 980nm/1550nm wavelength-division multiplexer is used to couple pumping laser of 980nm into the Er-doped fiber; a polarization relevant isolator with tail optical fiber on two ends guaranties the laser work in one way, meanwhile plays the role of a polarizer; two polarization controllers respectively on two side of the polarization relevant isolator are used to control polarization state, a 10dB coupler with 10% of the terminal port used to output optical signal and 90% of the optical signal stays in the cavity for cycle. A segment of long single mode fiber is inserted in the laser cavity and used to increase nonlinear effect inside the laser cavity; a piece of polarization maintaining optical fiber and a polarization relevant isolator constitute a birefraction optical fiber periodicity filter; the optical fiber laser is provided with two different output modes, namely mode locking pulse output and multi- wavelength continuous wave output, and can adjust polarization and switch between the two output modes.

The invention discloses a sensing signal detecting device and a sensing signal detecting method based on a fiber Brillouin ring laser. The device comprises a narrow linewidth DFB (distributed feedback) laser, three optical fiber couplers, a pulse modulator, two erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, two optical fiber circulators, two single-mode fibers, an optical isolator, a polarization controller and a photoelectric detector, wherein the fiber Brillouin ring laser is composed of the second optical fiber circulator, the second single mode fiber, the optical isolator, the second optical fiber coupler and the polarization controller. Light emitted from the laser is divided into two beams of light via the optical fiber couplers, wherein the probe light is modulated into pulsed light which enters into sensing optical fiber after passing through the erbium-doped fiber amplifiers to ensure that back spontaneous Brillouin scattered signals are generated; the reference light passes through the center frequency of the fiber Brillouin ring laser to ensure that a Brillouin frequency shift is generated; and the coherent detection is carried out on the two Brillouin scattered signals which are scattered back to ensure that the advantages of rapid high-accuracy detection and simple structure are realized by utilizing low-cost devices.

Device for measuring the distribution of strain and/or temperature along an optical fibre through the analysis of the stimulated Brillouin scattering, characterized by the fact that both the “optical pump” light from which the scattered energy is derived, and the “stimulus” or “probe” light that stimulates the scattering process are both derived by the same ring-type tuneable optical circuit that at the same type amplifies the amplitude of the “optical pump” light and generates, through a controlled Brillouin amplified scattering, the “probe” light having the spectrum linewidth required for the measurement needs and a wavelength shift with respect to the “optical pump” light that is accurately and quickly tuneable and fully adjustable within the range that is needed for interrogating a distributed optical fibre sensor.

The present invention discloses a precise tunable multi-wavelength ring optical fiber laser structure. A ring laser cavity includes Er-doped fiber that is taken as gain medium; a 980nm/1550nm wavelength-division multiplexer is used to couple pumping laser of 980nm into the Er-doped fiber; a polarization relevant isolator with tail optical fiber on two ends guaranties the laser work in one way, meanwhile plays the role of a polarizer; two polarization controllers respectively on two side of the polarization relevant isolator are used to control polarization state, a 10dB coupler with 10% of the terminal port used to output optical signal and 90% of the optical signal stays in the cavity for cycle. A segment of long single mode fiber is inserted in the laser cavity and used to increase nonlinear effect inside the laser cavity; a piece of polarization maintaining optical fiber and a polarization relevant isolator constitute a birefraction optical fiber periodicity filter; the on-line birefraction optical fiber filter simplifies structure of the optical fiber laser, makes the optical fiber laser be more easily integrated, and allow the multi- wavelength optical fiber laser with precise tenability.

An electrically pumped semiconductor laser is provided as including a waveguide structure disposed on the substrate. An optical coupling layer is disposed on the substrate and the waveguide. A resonator layer is disposed on the optical coupling layer and may be adapted to include a photonic crystal lattice having a plurality of substantially cylindrical pores extending downwardly into the resonator layer. An insulating cap layer may be disposed on the resonator layer which operatives to seal the photonic crystal lattice. A first plug filled vias is formed on a central region of the cap layer, which extends downwardly to permit a bottom portion of the first plug to communicate with the photonic crystal lattice. Further, a second plug filled vias is formed on an edge region of the cap layer and extends downwardly to permit a bottom portion of the second plug to communicate with the photonic crystal lattice.

The invention is a device and measuring method for using Brillouin optical fiber circle laser to measure linewidth of ultra-narrow laser, which relates to a measuring device and method for laser linewidth. The output of the laser source is connected to the input of the isolator, the output of the isolator is connected to the input of the fiber coupler, the output of the coupler is connected to the inlet of the fiber coupler, the output of the fiber coupler is connected to the input of the photoelectric diode, the output of the photoelectric diode is connected to the input of the frequency spectrum analyzer, the fiber circular cavity is formed by connection one end of the aperture circle made up of unimodular fiber and the port of the fiber coupler, another end of the aperture circle is connected to the port three of the coupler. The method is: the laser needed to be measured is sent into the fiber circle cavity, when the power of the laser needed to be measured reach the threshold of SBS, it generates a first order Stokes light in the coupler, when the power of the first order stokes light reach the SBS threshold, it generates the second order stokes light in the coupler, then the second order stokes light and the laser needed to be measured frequency are analyzed by the frequency spectrum analyzer, and the linewidth can be acquired.

The present invention discloses laser circular cutting punching method and device. The method includes converting circular laser beam into ring laser beam, focusing the ring laser beam, regulating the processed sheet to the focus and forming ring laser spot on the sheet to be processed so as to melt and gasify the sheet material forming hole through circular cutting. The device includes mainly laser, image lens, and laser ring generator set between the laser and the image lens. The laser ring generator consists of one pair of separated negative conic light wedge and positive conic light wedge, and is used to perform the said conversion. The present invention has the features of wide processing hole aperture range, easy regulation of processing hole aperture, high processing efficiency, low cost, etc.

The invention provides an all-fiber structure laser system capable of generating high-energy femtosecond pulse, aiming at solving the technical problems of low pulse energy and poor stability of the existing erbium-doped fiber laser. The all-fiber structure laser system comprises a ring laser used for generating high-energy pulse and single-mode fibers used for pulse compression, wherein the ring laser comprises a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), an erbium-doped fiber, a first polarization controller, a polarization dependent isolator (PDI), a second polarization controller and an output coupler which are sequentially connected through the single-mode fibers in a cavity; the input end of the WDM is provided with a pump light source, the output end of the output coupler is connected with single-mode fibers arranged outside the cavity so as to compress high-energy pulse generated in the cavity. The laser system has the advantages of simple structure, low price, good stability and the like in application, in particular compared with the solid laser for generating high-energy femtosecond pulse, the laser system has the advantages of high pumping efficiency, convenient adjustment and the like and is easy to couple with fibers.

The invention relates to an absolute calibration device and method for a radio telescope antenna surface type. The absolute calibration device for the radio telescope antenna surface type is composed of a PSD position sensor array, a supporting shaft, annular laser devices and a control circuit. The PSD position sensor array is composed of multiple coaxial PSD position sensor coils, each PSD position sensor coil is composed of multiple PSD position sensor units with multiple position points on a central axis as circle centers, and the photosensitive surfaces are dead against the central axis and are in parallel with the central axis. The supporting shaft is arranged on the central axis and provided with the annular laser devices, and the emitting surfaces of the annular laser devices are perpendicular to the central axis. The device is simple in structure, low in cost and easy to manufacture and assemble. The active reflecting surfaces of the radio telescope are convenient to upgrade, performance of the radio telescope is guaranteed in real time, and the implementation technology is simple.

Multi-surface emitting mid-IR multiwavelength distributed-feedback quantum cascade ring lasers laid out in a concentric circle are disclosed. The lasers utilize quantum cascade core designs to produce optical gain in the mid-infrared region and may generate several wavelengths simultaneously or sequentially. Methods of making along with methods of using such devices are also disclosed.

A frequency-tripled laser-resonator has three resonator-branches. The branches are optically connected with each other by one or more polarization-selective devices. Unpolarized fundamental radiation is generated by optically pumping a gain-element in one branch of the resonator. The polarization-selective device provides that radiation in the other branches is plane-polarized, with the polarization planes of radiation entering the branches perpendicular to each other. Two optically nonlinear crystals are located in one of the branches of the resonator in which the fundamental radiation is plane-polarized and arranged to generate third-harmonic radiation. Three-branch resonators including two gain-elements having a optical relay therebetween, and a three-branch ring-laser-resonator are also disclosed.

The invention relates to an impact dynamic tension test method and a device thereof of a ring laser, relating to the technical field of dynamic tension mechanics performance test of materials. In the invention, a high power ring pulse laser is adopted to contain a test-piece in a hollow part of a laser beam; and a ring pulse laser gets through the test-piece via the hollow part and impacts a target, so that the test-piece arranged between a bracket and the target acquires instant tension so as to complete the impact dynamic tension test of the test-piece. The method and the device of the invention are used for for measuring dynamic stress strain relation of the materials under ultrahigh strain state, the device has simple structure, simple and convenient test process, and can perform direct dynamic tension test; and the method and the device can perform the dynamic tension test of the materials under the conditions of different high strain rates and ultrahigh strain rates, thereby having low cost and good application prospect.

A non-planar Q-switched ring laser system including a ring laser having a gain medium and a closed optical path lying in at least two distinct planes, and a Q-switch in the closed optical path for automatically varying the loss in the closed optical path.

In the present invention a Multi-Wavelength Ring Laser Source (MWRLS) design based on Erbium Doped Fiber Laser is provided. A LiNbO₃ modulator is used to extend laser channels and as mode-locking device.