US4945315A
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Method of and apparataus for projecting a laser beam into light amplifier
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-10-28
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Granted: 1990-07-31
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Expires: 2008-10-28
Abstract
Abstract A method of and an apparatus for projecting an incident laser beam into a broad contact-type light amplifier. The laser beam is projected after the intensity distribution of the laser beam is made to coincide with the electromagnetic field distribution in the fundamental mode of the light amplifier. Since only the fundamental mode is used as the propagation mode of the light amplifier, a Gaussian beam amplified by the light amplifier is emitted. Consequently, the laser beam emitted from the light amplifier can be made into a several-micron spot by condensing the laser beam to a diffraction limit.
Inventors
- 👤 Hidetoshi Shinada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 23:21
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/005; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4204; G02B6/4206; G02B6/4207; G02B6/4208; G02B6/4209; H01S5/00; H01S5/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A method of projecting an incident laser beam into a light amplifier, said laser beam being projected into a light waveguide region of said light amplifier in which a width of said light waveguide region is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, comprising the steps of: making the intensity distribution of said laser beam coincide with an electromagnetic field distribution in a fundamental mode of said light waveguide region; and subsequently projecting said laser beam into said light waveguide region.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
82 words
A method of projecting an incident laser beam into a light amplifier, said laser beam being projected into a light waveguide region of said light amplifier in which a width of said light waveguide region is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, comprising the steps of: making the intensity distribution of said laser beam coincide with an electromagnetic field distribution in a fundamental mode of said light waveguide region; and subsequently projecting said laser beam into said light waveguide region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method of projecting an incident laser beam according to claim 1, wherein said intensity distribution of said laser beam is made to coincide with said electromagnetic field distribution by generating said laser beam by a laser diode which oscillates in a fundamental mode and by projecting said laser beam incidence through an optical system.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
137 words
An apparatus for projecting an incident laser beam into a light amplifier in which a width of a light waveguide region is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, said apparatus comprising: a laser beam source for outputting a laser beam in a fundamental mode; a collimator for making said laser beam parallel; a light isolator for propagating said laser beam from said laser beam source only in the direction of said light amplifier; a beam shaping device for shaping said laser beam in such a manner that the distribution of said laser beam being projected into said light amplifier becomes identical with or approximate to the distribution of the fundamental mode of said light amplifier; and a light condensing element for condensing said shaped laser beam and for projecting the same into said light amplifier.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
137 words
An apparatus for projecting an incident laser beam into a light amplifier in which a width of a light waveguide region is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, said apparatus comprising: a laser beam source for outputting a laser beam in a fundamental mode; a collimator for making said laser beam parallel; a light isolator for propagating said laser beam from said laser beam source only in the direction of said light amplifier; a beam shaping device for shaping said laser beam in such a manner that the distribution of said laser beam being projected into said light amplifier becomes identical with or approximate to the distribution of the fundamental mode of said light amplifier; and a light condensing element for condensing said shaped laser beam and for projecting the same into said light amplifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said laser beam source is a laser diode which oscillates a laser beam in a fundamental mode.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said laser diode and said light amplifier are disposed in such a manner that an active region of said laser diode and an active region of said light amplifier become parallel, and said beam shaping device is constituted by an optical system which condenses a laser beam in the direction in which said active regions extend.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said optical system is one of a cylindrical lens and a prism disposed in such a manner so as to condense said laser beam in the direction in which said active regions extend.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said light isolator includes a Faraday rotor, a pair of polarizers disposed on an incident side and an emission side of said Faraday rotor, and a plate of λ/2 wavelength disposed on said emission side of said emission side polarizer.
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