Patent ID: 9099837
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G02F,H01S

Abstract:
1. An optically locked high-energy self-synchronizing laser amplification system, the system comprising: a modelocked laser source configured to emit a plurality of pulses along an optical path; an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) in the optical path configured to generate an output pulse in response to some of the plurality of pulses; a first pulse picker disposed in the optical path downstream of the modelocked laser source and upstream of the OPO that is configured to select a first selected pulse of the plurality of pulses for diversion from the optical path to a first bypass optical path that bypasses the OPO; a first laser amplifier in the first bypass optical path configured to amplify the first selected pulse to generate an amplified first selected pulse; a first reflector configured to reflect the amplified first selected pulse toward a first beam combiner; the first beam combiner configured to combine the amplified first selected pulse with the output pulse to generate a first combined pulse; and a first optical parametric amplifier (OPA) configured to receive the first combined pulse and to generate an amplified first combined pulse.