Abstract: Methods and systems for generating ultra-short fiber laser pulses are disclosed, including generating a signal laser pulse from a seed fiber laser; using a pulse stretcher comprising an input and an output, wherein the signal laser pulse is coupled into the input of the pulse stretcher; using a Tm:ZBLAN fiber comprising an input and an output, wherein the stretched signal laser pulse from the output of the pulse stretcher is coupled into the input of the Tm:ZBLAN fiber; using a pump laser coupled to either the output or the input of the Tm:ZBLAN fiber to amplify the stretched signal laser pulse; and using a compressor comprising an input and an output, wherein the output of the Tm:ZBLAN fiber is coupled to the input of the compressor and the output of the compressor emits the amplified signal laser pulse. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for tuning an archery bow are disclosed, including providing a bow having a string, providing a laser plane, rotating the laser plane to be inline with the string and aligning the bow to the laser plane.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating high energy, mode locked, femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation from a pump laser; coupling the electromagnetic radiation to a rare Earth doped fiber using a pump/signal coupler; coupling the output from the rare Earth doped fiber to a first fiber; coupling a bandpass filter to the first fiber output and to a second fiber; coupling a first in-line polarization controller to the second fiber output and an in-line polarization beam splitter comprising a non-polarization maintaining fiber output and a polarization maintaining fiber output configured to emit an output laser pulse; coupling a polarization insensitive isolator to the non-polarization maintaining fiber output of the in-line polarization beam splitter and to a second in-line polarization controller; coupling a third fiber output to the second in-line polarization controller and to the pump/signal coupler. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A converging lines of sight mount which utilizes handgun type scopes. It provides for elevation, windage and draw length adjustments. It features a graduated range scale with highly discernable graduations each representing less than one yard. It is constructed for mounting on a bow forward of the archer, having two forward facing oscillating arms with integral gears. A linkage connects both arms at one end and a pinion imparts synchronized motion at the opposite end. Said arms arc lengths, being dissimilar, impart a tilting motion to the linkage. Said tilting provides for converging lines of sight at the archer's eye at any elevation setting. Said converging point equates to draw length and is adjustable by means of an offset rotary device which alters the arm length ratio between arms. An effective windage adjustment provides in excess of 240 inches at 100 yards with a resolution of approximately 2 inches.

Abstract: A fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) laser system includes a fiber mode-locking oscillator for generating a laser for projecting to a fiber stretcher for stretching a pulse width of the laser wherein the stretcher further comprising a Photonic Bandgap (PBG) fiber having a lower nonlinearity and an abnormal dispersion than a solid core fiber for connecting and transmitting a laser from the stretcher to a multistage amplifier for amplifying the laser into an output laser whereby a separate compressor is not required.

Abstract: A short pulse fiber laser amplification system includes a special fiber stretcher, managed preamplifier, managed amplifier chain, and managed compressor to control an increase of a passive dispersion by managing a third order dispersion (TOD) to a group velocity dispersion (GVD) ratio for matching a nonlinearity chirp. In an exemplary embodiment, the TOD to GVD ratio is managed between approximately 1.5 to 15 fs to match a nonlinearity in range between 1? to 10?. In another exemplary embodiment, the TOD to GVD ratio is managed between approximately 15 to 705 fs to match a nonlinearity in range between 1? to 50?.

Abstract: A method for generating a laser projection by employing a laser gain medium for receiving an optical input projection from a laser pump. The method further includes a step of employing a mode selection filter comprising an electro-optical (EO) tunable layer disposed between two parallel reflection plates for generating a laser of a resonant peak.

Abstract: A fiber laser cavity that includes a laser gain medium for receiving an optical input projection from a laser pump. The fiber laser cavity further includes a positive dispersion fiber segment and a negative dispersion fiber segment for generating a net negative dispersion for balancing a self-phase modulation (SPM) and a dispersion induced pulse broadening/compression in the fiber laser cavity for generating an output laser with a transform-limited pulse shape.

Abstract: A fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) laser system includes a fiber mode-locking oscillator for generating a laser for projecting to a fiber stretcher for stretching a pulse width of the laser. The fiber CPA laser system further includes a multistage amplifier for amplifying the laser and a high-order dispersion compensating compressor for compensating high order dispersions and compressing the pulse width of the laser. The high-order dispersion compensating compressor further includes a pair of gratings coupled with a pair of prisms, a grating pair engraved on the surfaces of a pair of prisms, a chirped grating pair and a phase modulator consists of a grating and a deformable mirror, for generating a negative group velocity dispersion (GVD) and a negative third order dispersion (TOD) for the laser.

Abstract: A fiber laser cavity that provides a new pulse shaping and spectral shaping technique is disclosed in this invention to achieve the purpose of resolving the difficulties arising from the issues related to Q-switched solid state lasers. The laser system achieves high repetition rate (1 kHz-100 kHz) and high pulse-to-pulse energy stability with small timing jitter of the laser pulses and scalable to the Joule pulse energy level. The laser system of this invention employs new approach with a hybrid fiber/waveguide master Oscillator-High Power Amplifier (MOPA) laser system in combination with the pulse shaping technology that allows not only to scale the fiber laser pulse energy to the multi-Joule level with high pulse-to-pulse energy stability but also achieve precise control of laser pulse timing jitter in a scale of <100 ps that is at least 5 to 10 time more accurate than for Q-switched systems where the same parameter reaches 500-1000 ps range.