822results about "Active medium material" patented technology

A flight path clearing system comprising a laser beam system in an aircraft and a controller. The controller is configured to select a number of characteristics for a laser beam based on an object type. The controller is configured to control the laser beam system to emit the laser beam with the number of characteristics in a direction relative to a flight path of the aircraft. The controller is configured to control the laser beam system to move the laser beam with the number of characteristics selected for the object type to scan an area using a pattern that is based on a sequence of locations in the pattern being nearest to a center of the area, wherein a number of objects of the object type hit by the laser beam is cleared from the flight path.

The invention discloses a high-tolerance synchronous dual-band pulse laser, and relates to the field of lasers, and the laser comprises a first resonant cavity and a second resonant cavity; the first resonant cavity comprises a first pumping source and an optical annular cavity formed by sequentially connecting a first wavelength division multiplexer, a first thulium-doped optical fiber, a first optical coupler, a first isolator, a second wavelength division multiplexer, a high-nonlinearity saturable absorber, a third wavelength division multiplexer and a first polarization controller; the second resonant cavity comprises a second pumping source and an optical annular cavity which is formed by sequentially connecting a fifth wavelength division multiplexer, a second erbium-doped fiber, a second optical coupler, a second wavelength division multiplexer, a high-nonlinearity saturable absorber, a third wavelength division multiplexer, an electric control adjustable delay line, a fourth wavelength division multiplexer, a second polarization controller and a second isolator, and the fifth wavelength division multiplexer, the second erbium-doped fiber, the second optical coupler, the high-nonlinearity saturable absorber, the third wavelength division multiplexer, the electric control adjustable delay line, the fourth wavelength division multiplexer, the second polarization controller and the second isolator; and the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler respectively output synchronization pulses in the wave bands of 2 microns and 1.5 microns. The device is compact in structure, low in manufacturing cost, convenient to operate and capable of covering the mid-infrared band of 2 microns.

The invention provides a holmium and ytterbium co-doped mid-infrared microsphere Raman laser and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of laser preparation, the holmium and ytterbium co-doped mid-infrared microsphere Raman laser comprises an infrared transmission optical fiber, a pump light source, holmium and ytterbium co-doped tellurate glass microspheres and passive tellurate glass microspheres, pump light emitted by the pump light source is guided to a conical region through the infrared transmission optical fiber, and the holmium and ytterbium co-doped tellurate glass microspheres and the passive tellurate glass microspheres are arranged in the conical region; sequentially carrying out optical coupling with holmium and ytterbium co-doped tellurate glass microspheres and passive tellurate glass microspheres; in the holmium and ytterbium co-doped tellurate glass microspheres, the doping amount of the holmium element is 0.3%, and the doping amount of the ytterbium element is 0.45% according to the mass percentage. Compared with the prior art, through the cascade structure of the holmium-ytterbium co-doped microspheres and the passive microspheres, three-step wavelength conversion of pump light-rare earth ion lasing-Raman frequency shift is realized in a single system for the first time, and the wavelength limitation that a traditional single microsphere depends on a rare earth ion fixed energy level is broken through.

The invention relates to a microsphere laser and a preparation method thereof, the microsphere laser comprises an optical fiber, microspheres and a pump light source, the microspheres are erbium-ytterbium co-doped microspheres containing erbium ions and ytterbium ions, the number of the microspheres is two, the microspheres are respectively a first microsphere and a second microsphere, the diameter of the first microsphere is smaller than that of the second microsphere, and the pump light source is arranged between the optical fiber and the pump light source. A conical area which is gradually shrunk from the two ends to the middle is arranged at the position, close to the center, of the optical fiber, the first end of the conical area is close to the pump light source, the second end of the conical area is far away from the pump light source, and the two microspheres are located on the upper side and the lower side of the conical area of the optical fiber respectively. The first microsphere is disposed proximate a first end of the tapered region to couple with a first end of the optical fiber, and the second microsphere is disposed proximate a second end of the tapered region to couple with a second end of the optical fiber. Through the arrangement form of the two microspheres, the optical fiber and the pump light source, the threshold value is reduced.

A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an electrical steel sheet substrate; and an insulating film layer that is disposed on the electrical steel sheet substrate. At least one deformation portion having a linear shape is formed on a surface of the electrical steel sheet substrate, and a natural corrosion potential value of the electrical steel sheet is -350 mV or more.

The invention discloses a dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on tri-doped rare earth ions and a preparation method thereof, the dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on tri-doped rare earth ions comprises a silica fiber, the middle part of the silica fiber is provided with a conical region; the pump light source is arranged at one end of the silica fiber; the erbium, holmium and ytterbium tri-doped tellurate glass microspheres are arranged in the conical region; pump light emitted by the pump light source is guided to the conical region through the single-mode optical fiber and is optically coupled with the erbium-holmium-ytterbium tri-doped tellurate glass microsphere; in the erbium-holmium-ytterbium triple-doped tellurate glass microspheres, infrared-transmitting tellurate glass is used as a matrix, and the doping amount of an erbium element is 0.11%, the doping amount of a holmium element is 0.22%, and the doping amount of an ytterbium element is 0.80% in percentage by mass. According to the dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on the three-doped rare earth ions, efficient and stable dual-wavelength laser output is achieved.

The utility model discloses a relaxation oscillation suppression high-power quasi-continuous thulium-doped fiber laser. The relaxation oscillation suppression high-power quasi-continuous thulium-doped fiber laser comprises a multi-wavelength hybrid pump, a wavelength division multiplexer, a first fiber bragg grating, a thulium-doped fiber, a second fiber bragg grating and a cladding stripper which are connected in sequence, the multi-wavelength hybrid pump comprises a bias pump source and a plurality of pulse pump sources; the output ends of the plurality of pulse pumping sources are connected with the input end of the wavelength division multiplexer; the bias pumping source is connected with one end of the third fiber bragg grating, the other end of the third fiber bragg grating is connected with one end of the erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber, the other end of the erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber is connected with one end of the fourth fiber bragg grating, and the other end of the fourth fiber bragg grating is connected with the input end of the wavelength division multiplexer. The laser provided by the utility model not only can stably suppress relaxation oscillation, but also can greatly reduce the power of the bias continuous substrate required in a light path, thereby reducing the power consumption and heat productivity of the laser, and avoiding destructive influence on a processing environment and acting substances.

The invention provides a laser crystal heterogeneous bonding method and an optical element, and relates to the technical field of laser, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the ultra-precise surface treatment of the to-be-bonded surfaces of a laser crystal and a heterogeneous material based on the laser crystal and the heterogeneous material; respectively depositing at least one transition layer on the two to-be-bonded surfaces after surface treatment through a physical or chemical deposition method; the outermost layers of the two transition layers are made of the same material; carrying out ion beam activation treatment on the two surfaces to be bonded on which the transition layers are deposited so as to form high-activity surfaces; and aligning the two activated surfaces to be bonded in a vacuum environment at room temperature and applying pressure, and realizing room-temperature bonding through electrostatic force and chemical bond action to obtain a bonding body of the laser crystal and the heterogeneous material. According to the invention, thermal-mechanical property and chemical property differences among heterogeneous materials are overcome, and high-strength, low-stress and high-optical-quality bonding is realized.

Systems and methods of in situ pressure control at an anatomical environment during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary irrigation and suction system comprises a user input configured to receive from a user a desired pressure to be applied to the anatomical environment, or a desired flow condition corresponding to the desired pressure. The system comprises a pressure sensor to sense a pressure at or near the anatomical environment, and a control module to adjust one or more of an irrigation flow rate or a suction flow rate of at least one working channel of a medical device to maintain the pressure of the anatomical environment at substantially a level of the desired pressure, or to maintain the desired flow condition in the working channel during the procedure.

The invention provides a high-power wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser generation method, and relates to the technical field of infrared ultrafast laser. According to the method, the 1.5 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal is adopted, compared with a traditional 1 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal, the heat accumulation effect is greatly reduced, and the operation stability of the system is remarkably improved in combination with a water-cooling heat dissipation device. Through crystal cutting angle optimization and phase matching design, 10-16 [mu] m wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser output is achieved, the power reaches 100 mW, and the application requirements in the fields of molecular spectrum recognition, environment monitoring and the like are met.

Systems and methods of in situ unclogging a working channel in a medical device during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary unclogging system comprises a flow sensor to sense a flow rate through a working channel, and a control module to detect a channel state indicating a presence or absence of clogging based on the flow rate. In the presence of channel clogging, the control module can control one or more of an irrigation source or a suction source to provide respectively irrigation fluid or suction pressure to unclog the obstructed channel. The control module can adjust one or more of an irrigation flow rate or a suction flow rate through the working channel to maintain a desired pressure of the anatomical environment at the anatomical site, or to maintain a desired flow condition in the working channel, during the procedure.

The invention relates to a high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser, and belongs to the technical field of laser. The high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser comprises a pumping source, a pumping cavity, a diamond, a heat sink, a first resonant cavity and a second resonant cavity, the first resonant cavity comprises a first erbium-doped YAG slice crystal, and the second resonant cavity comprises a second erbium-doped YAG slice crystal. The first erbium-doped YAG sheet crystal is used for generating 1.64 [mu] m laser which oscillates back and forth in a back-and-forth light path provided by the first resonant cavity; and the second erbium-doped YAG sheet crystal is used for generating 2.94 [mu] m laser which oscillates back and forth in a back-and-forth light path provided by the second resonant cavity. According to the high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser provided by the invention, synchronous output of 1.64 mu m and 2.94 mu m dual-wavelength laser is realized, the multifunctionality and medical adaptability of the laser are enhanced, and multi-type treatment requirements of soft tissues and hard tissues can be met at the same time.

The present invention provides a thin-film dual-pulse-width output laser, comprising: a femtosecond laser; a polarization beam splitting module for splitting the laser pulses output by the femtosecond laser into two laser beams; one of the laser beams is sequentially introduced into a first regenerative amplifier through a first reflector, a first thin-film polarizer, a first Faraday rotator, a first half-wave plate and a first polarizer, oscillated and amplified therein, and then output after dispersion compensation by a first dispersion grating; the other laser beam is broadened to 2.7 ps by a second chirped volume Bragg grating, and then sequentially introduced into a second regenerative amplifier through a second reflector, a second thin-film polarizer, a second Faraday rotator, a second half-wave plate and a second polarizer, oscillated and amplified therein, and then output after dispersion compensation by a second dispersion grating. A laser output method is also provided. Dual-pulse-width lasers can be output simultaneously in the above device and method.

A light emitting device is provided including a wavelength conversion structure configured to convert electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength in to an electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength; a plurality of light sources, wherein at least one light source is configured to emit an electromagnetic radiation of the first wavelength, wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged on or above the wavelength conversion structure; and an optical metastructure configured as optical cavity comprising a resonance frequency at about the second wavelength.

Systems and methods of in situ unclogging a working channel in a medical device during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary unclogging system comprises a flow sensor to sense a flow rate through a working channel, and a control module to detect a channel state indicating a presence or absence of clogging based on the flow rate. In the presence of channel clogging, the control module can control one or more of an irrigation source or a suction source to provide respectively irrigation fluid or suction pressure to unclog the obstructed channel. The control module can adjust one or more of an irrigation flow rate or a suction flow rate through the working channel to maintain a desired pressure of the anatomical environment at the anatomical site, or to maintain a desired flow condition in the working channel, during the procedure.

The present invention concerns a waveguide amplifier comprising: —at least one embedding cladding material or layer, and—at least one rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride material or layer embedded in the at least one embedding cladding material or layer, the at least one rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride material or layer defining a waveguide core enclosed by the at least one embedding cladding material or layer.

The invention discloses an adjustable optical frequency comb system and method based on a magnesium fluoride crystal micro-bottle cavity, magnesium fluoride crystals are used as a micro-bottle cavity material, and the system has the optical performance of extremely high quality factor and low absorption loss, so that the system can realize efficient optical frequency comb generation under low pumping power, and the generation efficiency and stability of the optical frequency comb are improved. The piezoelectric ceramic element is introduced into the structure to realize the tuning of the optical frequency comb, and the application of the piezoelectric fine tuning module enables the stress tuning of the micro-bottle cavity to be more accurate and flexible. Through fine adjustment of the axial stress applied to the micro-bottle cavity, rapid tuning of the positions of the comb teeth of the optical frequency comb can be realized, the system structure and the operation process are simplified, and the usability of the system is improved. The adjustability of the optical frequency comb is realized under the condition that the optical frequency of the pump laser is not changed, and the stability and the anti-interference capability of the system are greatly enhanced. Meanwhile, the stable mode field in the micro-bottle cavity provides high signal quality, the output stability of the optical frequency comb is improved, and the application value of the system is enhanced.

An active LMA optical fiber for mitigating Transverse Mode Instability effects is provided. The core of the fiber includes a center core region having one or more rare-earth center dopants and one or more center co-dopants, and a peripheral core region free of rare-earth dopants and having one or more peripheral dopants. The radial refractive-index profile of the core is generally continuous across a boundary between the center core region and the peripheral core region. The selection and the concentrations and distributions of the rare-earth center dopants, the center co-dopants and the peripheral dopants are such that the temperature coefficient is lower in the peripheral core region than in the center core region.

A fiber laser device comprises a ring shaped resonator (1) to generate pulses in a mode-locked regime, the ring shaped resonator (1) comprising a doped fiber (10), a virtual saturable absorber (11) receiving the output of the doped fiber (10), a standard fiber (12) connected to the virtual saturable absorber (11) and connected in loop to the doped fiber (10), the resonator (1) including an isolator (16) for unidirectional laser propagation from the doped fiber (10) to the saturable absorber (11), the virtual saturable absorber (11) comprising a splitter (115) to output a part of the light as main output, The doped fiber (10) is selected to operates in a regime where the group-velocity dispersion is negative within the selected band, the splitter (115) outputting more than 85% of the light power from the resonator (1), the resonator (1) comprising filtering means (17) selecting a band of light coupled to the standard fiber (12). Method of controlling such a device.

An amplifier operable with an electric drive signal can amplify signal light having a signal wavelength. A laser diode has an active section with input and output facets. The facets are in optical communication with the signal light and are configured to pass the signal light through the laser diode. The active section is configured to generate pump light in response to injection of the electrical drive signal into the active section. The pump light has a pump wavelength different from the signal wavelength. A doped fiber doped with an active dopant is in optical communication with the signal light and is in optical communication with at least a portion of the pump light from the laser diode. The pump wavelength of the pump light is configured to interact with the active dopant of the fiber and thereby amplify the signal light.

The invention provides a low-cost ytterbium-doped Yb calcium silicate niobium aluminum gallium laser crystal and a preparation method and application thereof. According to the invention, Al < 3 + > is introduced to replace 50% Ga < 3 + >, Yb < 3 + > ions are doped, and the Yb: Ca3NbAl < x > Ga < 3-x > Si2O14 laser crystal (0lt; xlt; and 3) the raw material cost is greatly reduced, the growth period is shortened, the laser performance of the crystal is improved, the absorption cross section and the emission cross section of the crystal are increased, the half-peak width of absorption and emission peaks is broadened, the oblique efficiency and the light conversion efficiency of continuous laser output are further improved, the laser threshold value is reduced, and watt-level continuous laser output is obtained.

Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise an optical amplifier system, with the system comprising an erbium-doped fiber amplifier comprising a C band EDFA configured to generate C band light, and an L band EDFA configured to generate L Band light. A Raman amplifier comprising a fiber span may be pumped using a backward pump light.

This invention relates to a compound, magnesium gallium selenide (MgHgGa4Se8), and a magnesium gallium selenide (MgHgGa4Se8) infrared nonlinear optical crystal, along with their preparation methods and applications. The compound has the molecular formula MgHgGa4Se8 and a molecular weight of 1135.46 g / mol. The crystal, also with the molecular formula MgHgGa4Se8 and a molecular weight of 1135.46 g / mol, lacks a center of symmetry, belongs to the tetragonal crystal system, and has a space group of MgHgGa4Se8. Its cell parameters are α = β = γ = 90°, Z = 1, and its volume is determined by the high-temperature melt method, chemical vapor transport method, or crucible lowering method. This crystal exhibits advantages such as significant nonlinear optical effects, good crystal growth habit, good mechanical properties, high hardness, resistance to breakage and deliquescence, and ease of processing and storage. It can be used to fabricate infrared nonlinear optical devices, which have important applications in optoelectronic warfare, laser communication, and medical fields.

The invention discloses an intracavity element-free high-frequency stability compact frequency-stabilized laser, which is characterized in that three sections of capillary tubes, namely a first capillary tube, a second capillary tube and a third capillary tube, are arranged on a microcrystalline glass block; the first capillary tube is located at the top, one end of the first capillary tube is communicated with the second capillary tube, a planar high-reflection sheet is arranged at the corresponding position of the microcrystalline glass block at the communication position, and the other end of the second capillary tube is communicated with the slotted sheet; the other end part of the first capillary tube is communicated with a third capillary tube, a frequency-stabilized optical detector is arranged at a corresponding position on the microcrystalline glass block at the communication part, and the other end of the third capillary tube is communicated with a planar output sheet; the slotted vane and the planar output piece form an optical resonant cavity; the capillary tube is filled with He-Ne gas, and high voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode to excite the gas to discharge; the getter is placed in a top end groove of the glass ceramic block; and the piezoelectric ceramic is arranged on the slotted vane. The invention has the advantages of simple and compact structure, convenience in processing, good applicability, high reliability and the like.

Systems and methods of in situ pressure control at an anatomical environment during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary irrigation and suction system comprises a user input configured to receive from a user a desired pressure to be applied to the anatomical environment, or a desired flow condition corresponding to the desired pressure. The system comprises a pressure sensor to sense a pressure at or near the anatomical environment, and a control module to adjust one or more of an irrigation flow rate or a suction flow rate of at least one working channel of a medical device to maintain the pressure of the anatomical environment at substantially a level of the desired pressure, or to maintain the desired flow condition in the working channel during the procedure.

A passively, Q-switched laser is described. The laser may operate at an eye-safe lasing wavelength of 1.34 microns and use a gain element of Nd:YVO4 and a saturable absorber element of V:YAG with a space separating the gain element and saturable absorber element. The Q-switched laser is pumped by a grating stabilized laser diode. The laser may be used in laser ranging applications.

Hybrid integrated photonic integrated circuit laser comprising a photonic integrated circuit including an elongated optical waveguide comprising an elongated gain medium waveguide, at least a first and second optical reflector, the gain medium waveguide being located or extending between the first and second optical reflectors and being located inside an optical cavity to provide optical feedback. Further comprising a pump laser diode to provide electromagnetic radiation to the gain medium waveguide. The elongated optical waveguide, and the first and second optical reflectors are monolithically integrated inside the photonic integrated circuit. The gain medium waveguide comprises a rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride waveguide core. The pump laser diode is positioned adjacent to the at least one photonic integrated circuit and is edge coupled or facet coupled to a lateral edge or a facet of the photonic integrated circuit to provide pump radiation to the rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride waveguide core.

A multi-cavity system for intracavity laser pumping, comprising a first laser cavity. The first laser cavity may comprise a first gain chip, configured to generate a first laser beam, and a first end mirror disposed optically in line with the first gain chip, configured to reflect the first laser beam back to the first gain chip. The first laser cavity may further comprise a second gain chip disposed optically in line with the first gain chip. The first laser beam may be configured to excite the second gain chip. The second gain chip may be configured to generate a second laser beam upon excitation by the first laser beam. The system may further comprise a second laser cavity at least partially intersecting with the first laser cavity. The second laser beam may be configured to be directed through the second laser cavity.

The application discloses a 2 mu m wave band GHz solid mode-locked device based on electric regulation, belongs to the technical field of ultrafast laser and semiconductor device, and comprises a high-brightness fiber laser pumping source, an optical focusing coupling system for focusing and collimating the pumping source, a first input mirror for transmitting and reflecting the focused laser beam, a gain medium for generating and amplifying laser, a second input mirror and a third input mirror for reflecting the focused laser beam, and a two-dimensional Bi2O2Se electro-optic modulation device for modulating the laser beam. The application develops the two-dimensional Bi2O2Se electro-optic modulation device with low saturation flux, fast saturation recovery time and moderate modulation depth, so as to break through the technical barrier of solid GHz femtosecond mode-locked.

In an LD-pumped solid-state laser, where a solid-state laser crystal is excited by excitation light emitted from an LD to cause laser oscillation, and the resulting laser oscillation light of two frequencies is converted into a sum frequency, stable operation and cost reduction are achieved. [Solution] In an LD-pumped solid laser 1 comprising a solid laser crystal 19, an LD 11 that emits excitation light to excite the solid laser crystal 19, a resonator that resonates the light emitted from the solid laser crystal 19, and an optical wavelength conversion element 22 that converts the wavelength of solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22, a multiplexing means 21 is provided that receives the two solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22 from different directions and combines them into one, and the optical wavelength conversion element 22 converts the combined solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22 into a sum frequency.