Patents by Inventor Jan Distelbrink

Jan Distelbrink has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Scalable diode laser source for optical pumping
    Patent number: 9780522
    Abstract: The system and method for modifying the output beam parameters of a plurality of laser diode array sources comprises scalable pump sources for use with diode pumped alkali lasers. The present invention optimizes a diode laser pump source by spectrally-narrowing stacks of diode laser array bars using a single external cavity outfitted with a proprietary step-mirror and cylindrical optical elements. The system and method of the present invention multiplies by one-hundred fold the number of stacks that can be narrowed, vastly increasing the attainable power output by utilizing beam-splitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: University of New Hampshire
    Inventors: F. William Hersman, Jan Distelbrink
  • SCALABLE DIODE LASER SOURCE FOR OPTICAL PUMPING
    Publication number: 20140133515
    Abstract: The system and method for modifying the output beam parameters of a plurality of laser diode array sources comprises scalable pump sources for use with diode pumped alkali lasers. The present invention optimizes a diode laser pump source by spectrally-narrowing stacks of diode laser array bars using a single external cavity outfitted with a proprietary step-mirror and cylindrical optical elements. The system and method of the present invention multiplies by one-hundred fold the number of stacks that can be narrowed, vastly increasing the attainable power output by utilizing beam-splitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: F. William Hersman, Jan Distelbrink
  • Spectral-narrowing diode laser array system
    Patent number: 7769068
    Abstract: A system to increase the brightness of, and control gaps in, the light from an external cavity, spectrally narrowed, stack of diode laser bars employing a stepped mirror and transparent plates in the external cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: University of New Hampshire
    Inventors: F. William Hersman, Jan Distelbrink, Hongguo Zhu