An apparatus includes an optical fiber having a plurality of optical cores therein. Each optical
core is located lateral in the optical fiber to the remaining one or more optical cores and is …

Hybrid laser systems include fiber amplifiers using tapered waveguides and Solid-state
amplifiers. Typically, Such sys tems represent a technically simple and low cost approach to …

Small sized vessels can become occluded for various reasons including both hereditary and
acquired hypercoagulable states. Depending on the site of the occlusion, blood clot (eg …

A modular and scalable high-power fiber laser system is configurable to generate 1 kW or
more of laser output, and includes one or more separable pump modules separately …

The apparatus includes a fiber comprising an axial center, a central single-mode
waveguiding core and a plurality of peripheral single-mode waveguiding cores. The central …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for photoacoustic guided diffuse opti cal imaging of a
sample include at least one light Source configured to deliver light to the sample, at least …

Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and systems for providing an optical beam
delivery system, comprising an optical fiber including a first length of fiber comprising a first …

Fiber amplifiers and oscillators include tapered waveguides Such as optical fibers that
permit multimode propagation but produce amplification and oscillation in a fundamental …

An apparatus includes a laser system that includes a first fiber having an output end and
situated to propagate a first laser beam with a first beam parameter product (bpp) and a …

Nonlinear optical systems include fiber amplifiers using tapered waveguides such as optical
fibers that permit multi mode propagation but produce amplification and oscillation in a …