Abstract: A pulsed fiber laser including fiber preamplifier and power amplifier stages is disclosed. A fiber preamplifier includes first and second preamplifier stages that receive and amplify a seed pulse. A filter isolator placed between the preamplifier stages suppresses noise from the first preamplifier stage. An acoustic optical modulator located in the second preamplifier stage eliminates unwanted wavelengths from the amplified seed pulse received from the first preamplifier stage. The pulsed fiber laser is rugged and lightweight.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 13, 2012
Publication date:
February 7, 2013
Applicant:
Optical Data Air Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Philip Rogers, Priyavadan Mamidipudi, Rupak Changkakoti, Peter Gatchell