EP2954600A4 - Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams

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Publication number
EP2954600A4
EP2954600A4 EP13874791.0A EP13874791A EP2954600A4 EP 2954600 A4 EP2954600 A4 EP 2954600A4 EP 13874791 A EP13874791 A EP 13874791A EP 2954600 A4 EP2954600 A4 EP 2954600A4
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Prior art keywords
high power
laser beams
power laser
fiber delivery
delivery
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2954600A1 (en
Inventor
David A Rockwell
James Randolph Mulroy
Vladimir V Shkunov
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Raytheon Co
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Raytheon Co
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02004—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating characterised by the core effective area or mode field radius
    • G02B6/02009—Large effective area or mode field radius, e.g. to reduce nonlinear effects in single mode fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/024—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating with polarisation maintaining properties
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S2301/00—Functional characteristics
    • H01S2301/03—Suppression of nonlinear conversion, e.g. specific design to suppress for example stimulated brillouin scattering [SBS], mainly in optical fibres in combination with multimode pumping

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
EP13874791.0A 2013-02-08 2013-02-08 Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams Withdrawn EP2954600A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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PCT/US2013/025404 WO2014123538A1 (en) 2013-02-08 2013-02-08 Method and apparatus for fiber delivery of high power laser beams

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EP2954600A4 true EP2954600A4 (en) 2016-03-02

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JP (1) JP6227676B2 (en)
IL (1) IL239551B (en)
WO (1) WO2014123538A1 (en)

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WO2014123538A1 (en) 2014-08-14
EP2954600A1 (en) 2015-12-16
JP6227676B2 (en) 2017-11-15
IL239551B (en) 2018-08-30
IL239551A0 (en) 2015-08-31

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