Integrated spectral and all-fiber coherent beam combination

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8184361
APP PUB NO 20110032603A1
SERIAL NO

12537854

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A fiber laser amplifier system including a plurality of master oscillators each generating a signal beam at a different wavelength. A splitter is provided for each master oscillator that splits the signal beam into a plurality of fiber beams where a separate fiber beam is sent to a fiber amplifier. A tapered fiber bundle couples the output ends the fiber amplifiers for each wavelength group into a combined fiber providing a combined output beam, where a separate combined output beam is provided for the wavelength for each master oscillator. An end cap is optically coupled to an output end of each of the tapered fiber bundles to expand the combined output beam. A spectral beam combination grating receives the combined beams from the tapered fiber bundles at different angles and outputs an output beam of all of the combined beams as a single beam being directed in the same direction.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE FALLS CHURCH VA 22042-4511

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cheung, Eric Chiu Tat Torrance, US 4 69
Rothenberg, Joshua Elliott Los Angeles, US 10 406

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