Patent ID: 8248688
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: B23K,H01S

Abstract:
1. A tandem photonic amplifier, comprising: a tandem amplifier controller; a dynamic laser pulse shaping generator emitting tailored pulse spectral output in response to the tandem amplifier controller, the laser pulse shaping generator including a pulsed optical fiber-based laser source configured to produce at an operating pulse repetition frequency the tailored pulse spectral output at a first peak power, a first pulse energy, and a tailored temporal pulse profile; a solid state photonics amplifier operatively associated with the laser pulse shaping generator and having an emission wavelength; and a frequency selective device operatively associated with the pulsed optical fiber-based laser source and the solid state photonics amplifier to effectively couple the tailored pulse spectral output to the emission wavelength of the solid state photonics amplifier, and to thereby enable the solid state photonics amplifier to produce an amplified laser output characterized by substantially faithful replication of the tailored temporal pulse profile of the tailored pulse spectral output at a second peak power and a second pulse energy that are greater than, respectively, the first peak power and the second pulse energy.