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US 7,889,776 B2Granted
High-power semiconductor laser
AssigneeTrumpf Photonics, Inc.
InventorsGreg Charache, John Charles Connolly, Holger Schlüter, Claus Schnitzler
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Abstract
A light source includes a semiconductor laser diode and a narrow spectral and spatial bandwidth reflector in optical communication with respect to the semiconductor diode laser and aligned with the output beam of the diode laser, such that a portion of the light in the output beam is reflected back into the laser.
Claims7
A light source comprising:
- a first multi-spatial mode semiconductor diode laser;
- a first reflector having a three-dimensional pattern of refractive index variations within the reflector, the first reflector being in optical communication with the first semiconductor diode laser and aligned with an output beam of the first laser such that a portion of the output beam of the first laser is reflected back into the first laser by the first reflector;
- a second multi-spatial mode semiconductor diode laser;
- a second reflector having a three-dimensional pattern of refractive index variations within the reflector, the second reflector being in optical communication with the second semiconductor diode laser and aligned with an output beam of the second laser such that a portion of the output beam of the second laser is reflected back into the second laser by the second reflector;
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- a first beam combiner arranged to combine the output beams of the first laser and the second laser,
- wherein the output beams of the first laser and the second laser have different polarizations.
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A light source comprising:
- a first multi-spatial mode semiconductor diode laser;
- a first reflector having a three-dimensional pattern of refractive index variations within the reflector, the first reflector being in optical communication with the first semiconductor diode laser and aligned with an output beam of the first laser such that a portion of the output beam of the first laser is reflected back into the first laser by the first reflector;
- a second multi-spatial mode semiconductor diode laser;
- a second separate reflector having a three-dimensional pattern of refractive index variations within the reflector, the second reflector being in optical communication with the second semiconductor diode laser and aligned with an output beam of the second laser such that a portion of the output beam of the second laser is reflected back into the second laser by the second reflector;
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- a first beam combiner arranged to combine the output beams of the first laser and the second laser,
- wherein the first beam combiner is a third separate reflector having a three-dimensional pattern of refractive index variations within the third reflector.
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