US 11,914,166 B2
Systems and methods for alignment of wavelength beam combining resonators
Wang-Long Zhou, Andover, MA (US); Bien Chann, Merrimack, NH (US); Krzysztof Michal Nowak, Andover, MA (US); and Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Middleton, MA (US)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,859.
Application 17/890,859 is a continuation of application No. 16/751,743, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,454,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/797,438, filed on Jan. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390759 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 27/4255 (2013.01) [G02B 7/14 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignable laser system comprising:
a laser resonator comprising (i) a plurality of beam emitters for emitting a plurality of input beams, (ii) a plurality of optical elements for manipulating the input beams, and (iii) a beam output, wherein the laser resonator is configured to spatially overlap the input beams along a wavelength-beam-combining (WBC) dimension and output a resulting output beam from the beam output; and
an alignment system comprising a beam profiler for generating images of the input beams emitted by the beam emitters.