Burst oscillation method in laser system and apparatus for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9077147-B2
Application number	US-201113703695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2011
Priority date	Oct 13, 2010
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is a burst mode oscillation method for burst mode oscillation by controlling the peak output of light pulses in a laser system. The burst mode oscillation apparatus includes a seed beam generator which receives electrical input signals having different pulse widths, modulates pulse widths and amplitudes of outputs in output light according to the received electrical input signals, and outputs the modulated pulse light, an amplifier which amplifies the modulated pulse light and outputs amplified pulse light, and a non-linear wavelength converter which can control wavelength-converted output light according to the amplitudes of the peak output changed through the pulse widths of the amplified pulse light.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A burst mode oscillation apparatus for a laser system, comprising:
a seed beam generator having a laser and a direct modulator,
where the direct modulator is configured to receive electrical input signals having different pulse widths, to modulate the received electrical input signals to generate modulated light signals having the same repetition rate and different pulse widths, and to output the modulated light signals to the laser;
an amplifier configured to amplify the modulated light signals and output amplified pulse light; and
a non-linear wavelength converter configured to convert wavelengths of the amplified pulse light and output wavelength-converted light,
wherein the direct modulator determines a critical value for the wavelength conversion based on a magnitude of the shortest pulse width; and
wherein wavelength conversion is not performed when the modulated light signals have peak outputs less than or equal to the critical value or the wavelength-converted light has lower amplitudes than the amplified pulse light.

2. The burst mode oscillation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peak outputs of the modulated light signals are determined by the seed beam generator as inversely proportional to the magnitude of the shortest pulse width.

3. The burst mode oscillation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength-converted light is generated proportional to the square of an intensity of the electrical input signals.

4. A burst mode oscillation method in a laser system, comprising:
receiving electrical signals having different pulse widths;
modulating the received electrical input signals to generate modulated light signals, having the same repetition rate and different pulse widths, to control a peak output, and outputting the modulated light signals;
determining a critical value for wavelength conversion based on a magnitude of the shortest pulse width;
amplifying the modulated light signals to output amplified pulse light; and
converting wavelengths of the amplified pulse light to output wavelength-converted light,
wherein wavelength conversion is not performed when the modulated light signals have peak outputs less than or equal to the critical value or the wavelength-converted light has lower amplitudes than the amplified pulse light.

5. The burst mode oscillation method according to claim 4 , wherein the peak outputs of the modulated light signals are determined as inversely proportional to the magnitude of the shortest pulse width.

6. The burst mode oscillation method according to claim 4 , wherein the wavelength-converted light is generated proportional to the square of an intensity of the electrical input signals.

Assignees

• Shin Woojin
• Noh Young-Chul
• Yu Bong-Ahn
• Lee Yeung Lak
• Kwangju Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Shin Woojin
• Noh Young-Chul
• Yu Bong-Ahn
• Lee Yeung Lak

Classifications

• H01S3/0092

  Nonlinear frequency conversion, e.g. second harmonic generation [SHG] or sum- or difference-frequency generation outside the laser cavity (nonlinear frequency conversion per se G02F1/35) · CPC title

• H01S3/2375

  Hybrid lasers (H01S3/07 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01S5/06216

  Pulse modulation or generation · CPC title

• H01S3/2316

  Cascaded amplifiers · CPC title

• B23K26/0622 Primary

  by shaping pulses · CPC title