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H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED
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A ring-laser system that includes a plurality of ring-laser gain elements and a spectral-beam-
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(51) Int. Cl.(57) ABSTRACT GO2B 6/32(2006.01) Method and apparatus for forming an
optical-fiber-array GO2B 6/26(2006.01) assembly, which include providing a plurality of …

Fiber-laser light is Raman shifted to eye-safer wavelengths prior to spectral beam
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Various types of holey fiber provide optical propagation. In various embodiments, for
example, a large core holey fiber comprises a cladding region formed by large holes …

Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining of light from a plurality of high-power
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A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while
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