Method and system for compact efficient laser architecture
AssigneeLawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
InventorsAndrew James Bayramian, Kenneth Manes, Robert J. Deri, Al Erlandson, John Caird, Mary Spaeth
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Abstract
A laser amplifier module having an enclosure includes an input window, a mirror optically coupled to the input window and disposed in a first plane, and a first amplifier head disposed along an optical amplification path adjacent a first end of the enclosure. The laser amplifier module also includes a second amplifier head disposed along the optical amplification path adjacent a second end of the enclosure and a cavity mirror disposed along the optical amplification path.
Claims11
A quad-beam laser amplifier module including an enclosure, the quad-beam laser amplifier module comprising:
- a set of four input ports disposed on a top surface of the enclosure;
- a set of four output ports disposed on the second end of the enclosure;
- a first amplifier head disposed at a first end of the enclosure, wherein the first amplifier head includes four amplifiers;
- a second amplifier head disposed at a second end of the enclosure, wherein the second amplifier head includes four amplifiers;
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- a cavity mirror operable to reflect light into the second amplifier head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.