Patents by Inventor Mark Bendett
Mark Bendett 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).
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Patent number: 10898381Abstract: A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on the material to be worked. Apparatus, in accordance with the invention, for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue comprising a pulsed laser, wherein the laser has a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency of from 50 kHz to 1 MHz is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Mark Bendett, Mark Bischoff, Mario Gerlach, Dirk Mühlhoff
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Patent number: 10256597Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Donald J. Harter, Gyu C. Cho, Zhenlin Liu, Martin E. Fermann, Xinhua Gu, Salvatore F. Nati, Lawrence Shah, Ingmar Hartl, Mark Bendett
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Publication number: 20180110655Abstract: A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on the material to be worked. Apparatus, in accordance with the invention, for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue comprising a pulsed laser, wherein the laser has a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency of from 50 kHz to 1 MHz is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AGInventors: Mark Bendett, Mark Bischoff, Mario Gerlach, Dirk Mühlhoff
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Patent number: 9844464Abstract: A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on the material to be worked. Apparatus, in accordance with the invention, for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue comprising a pulsed laser, wherein the laser has a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency of from 50 kHz to 1 MHz is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Mark Bendett, Mark Bischoff, Mario Gerlach, Dirk Mühlhoff
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Publication number: 20170179676Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Donald J. HARTER, Gyu C. CHO, Zhenlin LIU, Martin E. FERMANN, Xinhua GU, Salvatore F. NATI, Lawrence SHAH, Ingmar HARTL, Mark BENDETT
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Patent number: 9680280Abstract: An electronic circuit for controlling a laser system consisting of a pulse source and high power fiber amplifier is disclosed. The circuit is used to control the gain of the high power fiber amplifier system so that the amplified output pulses have predetermined pulse energy as the pulse width and repetition rate of the oscillator are varied. This includes keeping the pulse energy constant when the pulse train is turned on. The circuitry is also used to control the temperature of the high power fiber amplifier pump diode such that the wavelength of the pump diode is held at the optimum absorption wavelength of the fiber amplifier as the diode current is varied. The circuitry also provides a means of protecting the high power fiber amplifier from damage due to a loss of signal from the pulse source or from a pulse-source signal of insufficient injection energy.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Salvatore F. Nati, Otho E. Ulrich, Jr., Gyu C. Cho, Wayne A. Gillis, Donald J. Harter, Mark Bendett, Ingmar Hartl
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Patent number: 9640940Abstract: A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs. A modelocked linear fiber laser cavity with enhanced pulse-width control includes concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Xinhua Gu, Mark Bendett, Gyu Cheon Cho, Martin E. Fermann
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Patent number: 9590386Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Donald J. Harter, Gyu C. Cho, Zhenlin Liu, Martin E. Fermann, Xinhua Gu, Salvatore F. Nati, Lawrence Shah, Ingmar Hartl, Mark Bendett
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Publication number: 20170020733Abstract: A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on the material to be worked. Apparatus, in accordance with the invention, for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue comprising a pulsed laser, wherein the laser has a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency of from 50 kHz to 1 MHz is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AGInventors: Mark BENDETT, Mark Bischoff, Mario Gerlach, Dirk Mühlhoff
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Patent number: 9320650Abstract: A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on the material to be worked. Apparatus, in accordance with the invention, for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue comprising a pulsed laser, wherein the laser has a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency of from 50 kHz to 1 MHz is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Mark Bendett, Mark Bischoff, Mario Gerlach, Dirk Muehlhoff
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Publication number: 20150325977Abstract: A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs. A modelocked linear fiber laser cavity with enhanced pulse-width control includes concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Xinhua Gu, Mark Bendett, Gyu Cheon Cho, Martin E. Fermann
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Patent number: 9071037Abstract: A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs. A modelocked linear fiber laser cavity with enhanced pulse-width control includes concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Xinhua Gu, Mark Bendett, Gyu Cheon Cho, Martin E. Fermann
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Publication number: 20150085885Abstract: A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs. A modelocked linear fiber laser cavity with enhanced pulse-width control includes concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Xinhua Gu, Mark Bendett, Gyu Cheon Cho, Martin E. Fermann
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Publication number: 20140376084Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Donald J. HARTER, Gyu C. CHO, Zhenlin LIU, Martin E. FERMANN, Xinhua GU, Salvatore F. NATI, Lawrence SHAH, Ingmar HARTL, Mark BENDETT
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Patent number: 8855151Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Imra America, Inc.Inventors: Donald J. Harter, Gyu C. Cho, Zhenlin Liu, Martin E. Fermann, Xinhua Gu, Salvatore F. Nati, Lawrence Shah, Ingmar Hartl, Mark Bendett
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Publication number: 20130329279Abstract: An electronic circuit for controlling a laser system consisting of a pulse source and high power fiber amplifier is disclosed. The circuit is used to control the gain of the high power fiber amplifier system so that the amplified output pulses have predetermined pulse energy as the pulse width and repetition rate of the oscillator are varied. This includes keeping the pulse energy constant when the pulse train is turned on. The circuitry is also used to control the temperature of the high power fiber amplifier pump diode such that the wavelength of the pump diode is held at the optimum absorption wavelength of the fiber amplifier as the diode current is varied. The circuitry also provides a means of protecting the high power fiber amplifier from damage due to a loss of signal from the pulse source or from a pulse-source signal of insufficient injection energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Salvatore F. NATI, Otho E. ULRICH, JR., Gyu C. CHO, JR., Wayne A. GILLIS, JR., Donald J. HARTER, JR., Mark BENDETT, JR., Ingmar HARTL, JR.
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Publication number: 20130293941Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Donald J. HARTER, Gyu C. CHO, Zhenlin LIU, Martin E. FERMANN, Xinhua GU, Salvatore F. NATI, Lawrence SHAH, Ingmar HARTL, Mark BENDETT
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Patent number: 8537864Abstract: A pulsed laser comprises an oscillator and amplifier. An attenuator and/or pre-compressor may be disposed between the oscillator and amplifier to improve performance and possibly the quality of pulses output from the laser. Such pre-compression may be implemented with spectral filters and/or dispersive elements between the oscillator and amplifier. The pulsed laser may have a modular design comprising modular devices that may have Telcordia-graded quality and reliability. Fiber pigtails extending from the device modules can be spliced together to form laser system. In one embodiment, a laser system operating at approximately 1050 nm comprises an oscillator having a spectral bandwidth of approximately 19 nm. This oscillator signal can be manipulated to generate a pulse having a width below approximately 90 fs.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Xinhua Gu, Mark Bendett, Gyu Cheon Cho
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Patent number: 8537459Abstract: An electronic circuit for controlling a laser system consisting of a pulse source and high power fiber amplifier is disclosed. The circuit is used to control the gain of the high power fiber amplifier system so that the amplified output pulses have predetermined pulse energy as the pulse width and repetition rate of the oscillator are varied. This includes keeping the pulse energy constant when the pulse train is turned on. The circuitry is also used to control the temperature of the high power fiber amplifier pump diode such that the wavelength of the pump diode is held at the optimum absorption wavelength of the fiber amplifier as the diode current is varied. The circuitry also provides a means of protecting the high power fiber amplifier from damage due to a loss of signal from the pulse source or from a pulse-source signal of insufficient injection energy.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Salvatore F. Nati, Otho E. Ulrich, Jr., Gyu Cheon Cho, Wayne A. Gillis, Donald J. Harter, Mark Bendett, Ingmar Hartl
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Patent number: 8509270Abstract: The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.Inventors: Donald J. Harter, Gyu C. Cho, Zhenlin Liu, Martin E. Fermann, Xinhu Gu, Salvatore F. Nati, Lawrence Shah, Ingmar Hartl, Mark Bendett