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Donald Sipes

President and CEO at Optical Engines Inc

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Proceedings Article | 11 April 2024 Presentation

Advanced glass processing creating high-power fiber lasers for directed energy applications

Donald Sipes

Proceedings Volume PC12939, PC129390N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013086

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Glass processing, Directed energy weapons, High power fiber lasers, Laser processing, Structured optical fibers, Beam controllers, Laser glasses, Eye, Etching

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper

PM 56/400 Yb tapered fiber monolithic amplifier in a pulsed MOPA configuration for high energy/power applications

Brian Schulz, John Pickron, Dan Schulz, Carson Shollenbarger, Jason Tafoya, Don Sipes

Proceedings Volume 12865, 128651E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001843

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Ytterbium, Scattered light, Raman spectroscopy, Mirrors, Fiber lasers, Structured optical fibers, Quantum limits, Pulse signals

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

A monolithic linearly polarized counter-pumped 85 µm core rod fiber amplifier architecture for high-energy pulsed applications

Carson Shollenbarger, Jason Tafoya, Brian Schulz, Dan Schulz, John Pickron, Donald Sipes

Proceedings Volume 12865, 1286506 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001834

KEYWORDS: Optical testing, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Simulations, Pulse signals, Cladding, Beam diameter, Retroreflectors, Modeling

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2023 Presentation

All-fiber integrated 85um core chirally-coupled core fiber high energy amplifiers for compact coherently combined laser arrays

Mingshu Chen, Alexander Rainville, Manoj Kanskar, Jim Zhang, Ossi Kimmelma, Arto Nieminen, Donald Sipes, Brian Schulz, Carson Shollenbarger, Tong Zhou, Russell Wilcox, Almantas Galvanauskas

Proceedings Volume 12400, 124000I (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650915

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Current controlled current source, Fiber lasers, Optical amplifiers, Ultrafast phenomena, Structured optical fibers, Pulsed laser operation, Prototyping, Plasma generation, Plasma

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2014 Paper

Photonic crystal fiber pump combiner for high-peak power all-fiber thulium lasers

Alex Sincore, Jason Tafoya, Donald Sipes, Lasse Leick, Lawrence Shah, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 8961, 896133 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041327

KEYWORDS: Photonic crystal fibers, Fiber lasers, Polarization, Amplifiers, Modulation, Fiber amplifiers, YAG lasers, Optical amplifiers, Optical isolators, Superluminescent sources

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

High-power monolithic fiber amplifiers based on advanced photonic crystal fiber designs

Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya, Daniel Schulz, Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Johannes Weirich, Christina Olausson

Proceedings Volume 8961, 896114 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040345

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Photonic crystal fibers, Diffraction, Semiconductor lasers, Phase modulation, Fiber lasers, Array processing, Transform theory

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 2012 Paper

Monolithic eye-safer photonic crystal fiber lasers and amplifiers

Chad Carlson, Benjamin Ward, Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya

Proceedings Volume 8547, 85470P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974668

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Optical amplifiers, Amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Cladding, Photonic crystal fibers, Phase modulation, Diodes, Erbium, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2012 Paper

KW monolithic PCF fiber amplifers for narrow linewidth and single mode operation

Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya, Daniel Schulz, Christina Olaussen, Martin Maack

Proceedings Volume 8381, 83811E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921246

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Amplifiers, Photonic crystal fibers, Acoustics, Refraction, Semiconductor lasers, Phase modulation, Cladding, Ytterbium

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2012 Paper

1.5-micron MOPA deep space downlink transmitter

Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya, Daniel Schulz, Benjamin Ward, Chad Carlson

Proceedings Volume 8246, 82460J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909444

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Transmitters, Erbium, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Absorption, High power fiber amplifiers, Photonic crystal fibers, Modulation, High power lasers

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2012 Paper

Advanced components for multi-kW fiber lasers

Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya, Daniel Schulz, Benjamin Ward, Chad Carlson

Proceedings Volume 8237, 82370P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909337

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Optical amplifiers, Amplifiers, Phase modulation, Fiber couplers, High power fiber amplifiers, Diffraction, Signal attenuation

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2010 Paper

A systems approach for designing compact low-cost high-power fiber amplifiers

Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya

Proceedings Volume 7686, 768618 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852629

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Neodymium, Diodes, Optical amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, High power fiber amplifiers, Laser energy, Solid state lasers

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2010 Paper

High-efficiency, high-power, fiber master oscillator power amplifier for deep-space communication operating at 1532 nm

D. Sipes, A. Moretti, X. Luo, A. Sugg

Proceedings Volume 7587, 75870R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843607

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Cladding, High power fiber amplifiers, Transmitters, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber couplers, Erbium, Photonic crystal fibers, Modulators, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

A monolithic pump signal multiplexer for air-clad photonic crystal fiber amplifiers

Benjamin Ward, Donald Sipes, Jason Tafoya

Proceedings Volume 7580, 75801C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845769

KEYWORDS: Photonic crystal fibers, Cladding, Signal attenuation, Multiplexers, Polarization, Fiber lasers, Capillaries, Signal processing, Fiber amplifiers, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 10 May 2007 Paper

Architectural issues and designs in creating high energy fiber lasers

Donald Sipes

Proceedings Volume 6552, 65520W (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.731035

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, Semiconductor lasers, Laser applications, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser energy, Laser development, Diodes, Laser cutting, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2001 Paper

Deep fiber networks: new ready-to-deploy architectures yield technical and economic benefits

Donald Sipes, Robert Loveless

Proceedings Volume 4532, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436036

KEYWORDS: Network architectures, Analog electronics, Reliability, Optical amplifiers, Dense wavelength division multiplexing, Video, Fiber optics, Computer programming, Fiber amplifiers, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 10 June 1994 Paper

Wide-dynamic-range optical link using DSSC linearizer

Eitan Gertel, Donald Sipes

Proceedings Volume 2155, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177407

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Dye sensitized solar cells, Optical amplifiers, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Double sideband modulation

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