Patent ID: 9147989
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G01J,H01S

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a source of laser pulses, wherein said laser pulses comprise bursts of composite laser pulses, said composite pulses comprising two or more pulses overlapped in time, or spaced very closely in time, at least one of said two or more pulses comprising an ultrashort pulse, said source comprising at least one fiber amplifier; a controller to control said source; and a beam manipulator to monitor one or more pulse characteristics of said laser pulses and to generate feedback data for said controller, wherein said pulse characteristics comprise an output power, a pulse energy, a pulse width, a wavelength, a repetition rate, a polarization, a temporal delay, a temporal phase, a spatial phase, or a combination thereof, wherein said controller receives signals representative of said one or more pulse characteristics and generates control signals to vary at least one of said pulse characteristics, said controller being networked to at least one computing means via a physical link and/or wireless link.