Patents by Inventor Mathilde CHARBONNEAU

Mathilde CHARBONNEAU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240113489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for amplifying a multi-wavelength laser beam, comprising: a. a first active laser medium having a front face and a rear face which is reflective, inclined with respect to each other at a first non-zero inclination, and b. a second active laser medium having a front face suitable for receiving the beam reflected by the rear face and refracted by the front face of the first active laser medium, and a reflective rear face, inclined with respect to each other at a second non-zero inclination, the first inclination, the second inclination and the orientation of the second active laser medium being such that the sub-beams of each wavelength, forming the output beam of the second active laser medium, are parallel to each other at the output of the second active laser medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sébastien LAUX, Alain PELLEGRINA, Sandrine RICAUD, Olivier CASAGRANDE, Mathilde CHARBONNEAU
  • Publication number: 20240055818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for amplifying a multi-wavelength laser beam, comprising: a. An active laser medium having a front face suitable for receiving the beam to be amplified each time the same passes through the active laser medium, and a reflective rear face inclined with respect to the front face, the beam reflected by the rear face and refracted by the front face during the n-th pass being called the n-th useful beam, and b. a first optical return unit arranged along the path of the first useful beam and configured for returning the first useful beam on the front face for a second pass through the active laser medium so that the sub-beams of each wavelength, forming the second useful beam, are parallel to each other at the end of the second pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Sébastien LAUX, Alain PELLEGRINA, Sandrine RICAUD, Olivier CASAGRANDE, Mathilde CHARBONNEAU
  • Patent number: 11417997
    Abstract: An M-output, where M>1, chirped pulse amplification chain that includes a stretcher of stretching factor tx_stretch, M amplifiers in cascade, M output compressors respectively placed at the output of each amplifier, wherein it comprises: a partially compressing device placed between the stretcher and the first amplifier, this partially compressing device having at least one partial compression factor, the one (or more than one) partial compression factor(s) being lower than tx_stretch, and an optical switch configured to receive a beam output from the stretcher and to direct it directly to the first amplifier of the cascade or to the partially compressing device depending on the output compressor chosen among the output compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Paul Jougla, Sébastien Laux, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Mathilde Charbonneau
  • Publication number: 20200091671
    Abstract: An M-output, where M>1, chirped pulse amplification chain that includes a stretcher of stretching factor tx_stretch, M amplifiers in cascade, M output compressors respectively placed at the output of each amplifier, wherein it comprises: a partially compressing device placed between the stretcher and the first amplifier, this partially compressing device having at least one partial compression factor, the one (or more than one) partial compression factor(s) being lower than tx_stretch, and an optical switch configured to receive a beam output from the stretcher and to direct it directly to the first amplifier of the cascade or to the partially compressing device depending on the output compressor chosen among the output compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Paul JOUGLA, Sébastien LAUX, Christophe SIMON-BOISSON, Mathilde CHARBONNEAU
  • Publication number: 20190305500
    Abstract: A folded compressor for a frequency shift system with a predetermined stretch ratio and which includes a compression network positioned to receive an input pulse and an output pulse of the compressor, mounted on a device for dynamic translation and rotation adjustment; a fold dihedral and at least one height adjustment dihedral, the compression network and the dihedrals being configured to form at least two stretched pulses on the compression network. The compression network is divided into two compression sub-networks with the same optical properties, mounted on the adjustment device: a first compression sub-network of determined length L for containing the stretched pulses, but not the input and output pulses, a second compression sub-network of length L2 for containing the input and output pulses, but not the stretched pulses, with L2<l1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Marie ANTIER, Alain PELLEGRINA, Sébastien LAUX, Mathilde CHARBONNEAU