232 results about "High peak" patented technology

A laser system capable of efficient production of high energy sub-nanosecond pulses in the 2-15 μm spectral region is disclosed. Diode pumped solid state lasers are used as pump sources. The system design is simple, reliable and compact allowing for easy integration. The laser system includes a combination of compact solid-state ˜1 micron laser sources, producing high power picosecond pulses, with optical parametric amplification and a quasi-continuous wave laser for seeding the amplification process that enables the efficient conversion of the high power ˜1 micron laser radiation to tuneable mid-infrared sub-ns pulses. New parametric processes are presented for achieving high gains in bulk nonlinear crystals. Furthermore, a method of exceeding the fundamental conversion efficiency limit of direct three wave mixing is presented. The compact and robust nature of this novel laser system opens up the use of high power and high peak power mid-infrared laser pulses to a wide variety of important medical and dental applications.

A power management system and method for a wireless communication device generates an average desired transmit power signal based on at least one of a received signal strength indicator signal and a power control instruction signal from a base station. A power supply level adjustment signal is generated based on the data parameters of an outgoing data stream and at least one environmental information signal. A combination of the power supply level adjustment signal and the average desired transmit power or a gain control signal and an altered version of the power supply level adjustment signal is used to generate a variable power supply signal that is provided to an output amplifier block for sufficiently generating outgoing wireless device radio signals while reducing power loss in the output amplifier block.

A modified photonic crystal fiber yielding a higher peak power for a given maximum intensity. The multi-mode signal core has a depressed index of refraction that pushes the mode distribution to the core edges while a pattern of larger air holes is used to flatten the mode distribution. The core is further surrounded by tuned cladding elements defined by a pattern of smaller air holes that cause loss in all of the core modes except the fundamental while maintaining robust guiding of the fundamental mode.

The invention comprises a system and method for non-ablative laser treatment of dermatologic conditions. A laser energy is transmitted to an underlying target element in the skin. The target element is heated to a temperature of at least forty degrees Celsius. In some embodiments, a pulsed, near infrared, high peak power laser energy is used. The systems and methods of the present invention may be used to treat acne, smooth wrinkles, remove hair, treat leg veins, treat facial veins, improve skin texture, decrease pore sizes, reduce rosacea, reduce “blush/diffuse redness, reduce striae, reduce scarring, or the like.

A flywheel energy storage system emphasizing enhancements developed for space applications including development of a flywheel rotor system capable of achieving maximum energy density, while being capable of repeated high peak-power demands. Illustrated is a rotor system comprising a composite hub, capable of supporting an optimized high-speed composite rim and shaft, working in combination with a switched reluctance motor.

The present invention generally concerns the use of Bragg optical fibers in chirped pulse amplification systems for the production of high-pulse-energy ultrashort optical pulses. A gas-core Bragg optical fiber waveguide can be advantageously used in such systems to stretch the duration of pulses so that they can be amplified, and/or Bragg fibers can be used to compress optical signals into much shorter duration pulses after they have been amplified. Bragg fibers can also function as near-zero-dispersion delay lines in amplifier sections.

A system and method for patterned exposure of a photoactive medium is described wherein a pulsed optical beam with a high peak-power is stretched in the time domain to reduce the peak power while maintaining the average power. The stretched pulse illuminated a pattern, such as a transparent or reflective photolithography mask. The pattern is then imaged onto the photoactive medium after recompressing the beam. This arrangement prevents damage to the mask by the high peak power of the pulsed optical beam.

In one embodiment, an algorithm dynamically selects a method for reducing distortion in a multi-carrier modulated signal, such as an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The algorithm directs a transmitter to transmit peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR)-reduction signals over reserved tones (i.e., frequencies) if reserved tones are available. If reserved tones are not available, then the algorithm directs the transmitter to transmit PAPR-reduction symbols over free tones if free tones are available. If the free tones for this transmitter are used by adjacent transmitters, then interference-reduction techniques may be used to reduce interference with the adjacent transmitters. If reserved tones and free tones are not available, then the transmitter may use an alternative method to reduce distortion, such as successive clipping and filtering. In another embodiment, the transmitter may transmit PAPR-reduction symbols over both free and reserved tones, if available.

Methods and systems for providing emission of incoherent radiation and uses therefor are disclosed. A system for providing emission of high peak power (in watts) incoherent radiation, comprises an electrically impeded discharge lamp linked to an electrical energy supply. The lamp comprises a discharge chamber which is at least partially transparent to the incoherent radiation, a discharge gas in the chamber, two electrodes disposed with respect to the chamber for discharging electrical energy therebetween, at least one dielectric barrier disposed between the two electrodes to electrically impede electrical energy passing between the two electrodes, an electrical energy supply capable of providing test risetime, high peak power unipolar voltage pulses, means of electrically linking the electrodes with the supply, the energy supply being capable of providing a sequence of high peak power unipolar voltage pulses from the energy supply to the electrodes and means to control (i interpulse period, and (ii) pulse risetime, whereby, in use, a substantially homogeneous discharge occurs between the two electrodes which causes emission of incoherent radiation pulses of high peak power from the lamp.

A radar wherein, in response to an increase in the level of noise appearing in a frequency spectrum caused by interference being superimposed on a beat signal, peaks exceeding a threshold are extracted as target peaks in an ordinary state and a predetermined number of peaks in descending order starting from the peak having the highest peak value are extracted in the case where interference occurs.

A process of bit rate control includes asymmetrical reactions to changes in the signal density of the digital video signals. In the process, two different averaging periods are employed to meet a long term bit rate target and to achieve a short term quick reaction. When encoding a motion picture, the bit rate control is relaxed during high motion scenes to allow high peaks of bit rate at those points. The coding process reacts slowly to transitions from low to high motion sequences to preserve the best overall video quality, and reacts quickly to transitions from high to low motion sequences to enhance the image quality.

A pulse source generates both terahertz radiation (T-rays) and X-rays consecutively at high peak intensity using the same electron beam generated in an RF photoinjector and two different extractors/radiators for the T- and X-rays.

A gas separation apparatus which uses electrostatic precipitators and a DC power supply is controlled to optimally remove moderate to high resistivity ash. The DC power supply is pulse width modulated to maximize the product of the peak electric field and the average electric field. The method used to optimize operation includes selecting initial on and off times for the power supply, operating the power supply using the initial off and on times, and progressively decreasing the off time. A determination is made whether the off time may be further decreased. Ultimately, the on and off time intervals that produce the highest peak and average voltage are determined, and the system is operated using these parameters. A procedure may be periodically repeated to monitor the process and detect if there has been a change in the system that would require new time intervals. The novel separation apparatus and control method offer particular synergy when applied to the effluent stream from a coal-fired electric power plant or other similar gas streams.

The invention discloses a high-capacity reversible watermark method based on predication and companding technique. Through the introduction of the companding technique, the invention includes two processes: watermark embedding and watermark extracting. The invention effectively solves the problem of capacity consumption of position drawing in reversible watermark algorithm, and achieves high embedding capacity even in the situation of low threshold value. Meanwhile, due to the operation of data re-embedding after the compression of high predication errors, the invention still can maintain high peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR value).

The invention relates to an optical pulse amplifier comprising

• • a first optical fiber amplifier adapted to receive an input pulse,
  • a splitter connected to said first optical fiber, said splitter having a plurality of outputs;
  • a plurality of optical fiber amplifiers, each optical fiber amplifier being connected to one of said plurality of outputs, said plurality of optical fiber amplifiers generating a plurality of output pulse signals.

The optical pulse amplifier of the invention has the advantage that it can produce high peak and high average power.

The invention provides a fiber laser system with narrow-line-width and high-peak power pulse output. The fiber laser system comprises a seed laser source generator capable of generating narrow-line-width seed laser which is of wavelength interval 1-50 nm and outputs multiple wavelengths. The seed laser is amplified through a high-power fiber amplifier and then output through an output fiber. The seed laser source generator comprises at least two narrow-line-width lasers with low-power fiber output, pulse modulation circuits with sequential control, a fiber combiner and a first optical isolator; laser emitted by each narrow-line-width laser is modulated by the corresponding pulse modulation circuit and then passes through the fiber combiner and the first optical isolator sequentially. The multiple low-power narrow-line-width pulse seed lasers generated by the fiber laser system have high power, thus gain of the fiber amplifier is reduced. With the low-power narrow-line-width pulse seed laser sources, power of laser of each wavelength can be reduced during amplification, and nonlinear effects such as stimulated Brillouin scattering and stimulated Raman scattering can be avoided.

The invention discloses an optical fiber chirped pulse amplifier for ultra-short laser pulse output, which has the advantages of high pulse repetition rate, high power and ultra-short laser pulse output and belongs to the technical field of optical information. The optical fiber chirped pulse amplifier adopts an optical fiber type concave attenuating long-period fiber grating as a seed laser pulse of a high-power chirped femtosecond laser pulse amplifier or a spectral shaping component of a laser pulse amplified by a preamplifier, thereby eliminating the gain spectrum narrowing effect caused during amplification of the high-power chirped femtosecond laser pulse optical-fiber amplifier, increasing the spectral bandwidth of the amplified laser pulse. The laser pulse with smaller pulse width and higher peak power can be obtained through compression. The high-power chirped femtosecond laser pulse amplifier which has the advantages of high repetition rate, high power, simple structure and high efficiency and can be fully made of optical fiber is applicable to such industrial fields as precision machining, precision lithography, laser fusion and the like of semiconductor devices and metal materials and the basic scientific research such as biomedical imaging.