US Patent Issued to Trumpf Laser UK on Feb. 10 for "Optical amplifier with two seed source lasers controlled to reduce stimulated Brillouin scattering" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,969, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Trumpf Laser UK Ltd. (Hedge End, Great Britain).

"Optical amplifier with two seed source lasers controlled to reduce stimulated Brillouin scattering" was invented by Sebastien Georges Desmoulins (Southampton, Great Britain) and Michael Kevan Durkin (Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for providing optical radiation (9), which apparatus comprises; a first seed source (1) for providing first seeding radiation (11); a second seed source (2) for providing second seeding radiation (12); a coupler (3) connected to the first seed source (1) and the second seed source (...