Fiber Laser Amplifiers with Broad Applications

The Boeing Company has developed fiber-laser-amplifier technology representing the latest in diode-laser-pumped systems, providing high output power, high brightness, tunability, frequency-doubled output, multi-wavelength amplification, and narrow linewidth operation. The technology is a proven scaleable architecture capable of continuous-wave power output from watts to kilowatts. Using Raman conversion techniques and frequency-doubling techniques, Boeing's technology can meet the needs of many applications by providing access to a wide range of wavelengths. Boeing has been issued two patents on the technology: No. 5,212,707 ("Array of Diffraction-Limited Lasers and Method of Aligning Same," 1993) and No. 5,694,408 ("Fiber Optic Laser System and Associated Lasing Method," 1997).