Mr. Scott R. Karlsen Profile

Scott R. Karlsen

Distinguished Optical Engineer at Nlight Inc

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Advanced metal processing enabled by fiber lasers with tunable beam properties

Dahv Kliner, R. Farrow, J. Lugo, B. O'Dea, R. Hawke, B. Victor, K. Gross, A. Hodges, A. Brown, J. Pruyn, R. Stephens, B. Foley, K. Almonte, B. Kehoe, M. Hamilton, M. Reynolds, C. Luetjen, T. Lowder, S. Karlsen, D. Balsley, M. Antoina, T. Kokki, D. Swenson, C. Archer, R. Martinsen, M. Hepp

Proceedings Volume 11981, 119810C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614728

KEYWORDS: Additive manufacturing, Laser welding, Materials processing, Fiber lasers, Laser cutting, Beam shaping, Laser applications, Laser processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

Progress in commercial wavelength-stabilized high-brightness diode sources suitable for pumping Yb-doped fiber lasers

Aaron Brown, Paul Leisher, Geoff Fanning, Scott Lerner, Zhigang Chen, Ling Bao, Mike Grimshaw, Mark DeVito, Kirk Price, Keith Kennedy, Shelly Lin, Mitchell Reynolds, Scott Karlsen, Jay Small, Robert Martinsen, Jim Haden

Proceedings Volume 8039, 80390O (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883194

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, High power diode lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Reliability, Near field optics, Volume holography, Holography

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2011 Paper

Reliability of high power diode laser systems based on single emitters

Paul Leisher, Mitch Reynolds, Aaron Brown, Keith Kennedy, Ling Bao, Jun Wang, Mike Grimshaw, Mark DeVito, Scott Karlsen, Jay Small, Chris Ebert, Rob Martinsen, Jim Haden

Proceedings Volume 7918, 791802 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875858

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Failure analysis, Semiconductor lasers, Laser systems engineering, Diodes, Fiber lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, High power diode lasers, Continuous wave operation, Heatsinks

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

KW-class industrial diode lasers comprised of single emitters

Kirk Price, Frank Pfeffer, Paul Leisher, Scott Karlsen, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7583, 75830E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842164

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Laser systems engineering, Reliability, Diodes, Fiber lasers, High power lasers, Polarization, Collimation, Fiber coupled lasers, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

High-brightness fiber-coupled pump laser development

Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, Paul Leisher, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7583, 758308 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842102

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser development, Solid state lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Materials processing, Geometrical optics

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2009 Paper

High brightness diode laser module development at nLIGHT Photonics

Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, Aaron Brown, Mitch Reynolds, Ron Mehl, Paul Leisher, Steve Patterson, Jake Bell, Rob Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7325, 73250T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823411

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber lasers, Diodes, Fiber coupled lasers, Laser development, Photonics, Lithium, Collimation, Cladding

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

100-W 105-um 0.15NA fiber coupled laser diode module

Scott Karlsen, R. Kirk Price, Mitch Reynolds, Aaron Brown, Ron Mehl, Steve Patterson, Robert Martinsen

Proceedings Volume 7198, 71980T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809710

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, Fiber coupled lasers, Collimation, Free space optics, Lithium, Cladding, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

High-performance wavelength-locked diode lasers

Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Scott Karlsen, David Balsley, Doug Newman, Rob Martinsen, Steve Patterson

Proceedings Volume 7198, 719812 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.813528

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Absorption, Solid state lasers, Diodes, Laser applications, Optical design, Epitaxy, Fiber Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2008 Paper

High-power diode lasers operating around 1500-nm for eyesafe applications

Steve Patterson, Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Keith Kennedy, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Shiguo Zhang, Jason Patterson, Suhit Das, Scott Karlsen, Rob Martinsen, Jake Bell

Proceedings Volume 6952, 69520W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795157

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, High power lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Solid state lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Diodes, Reliability, Copper, Crystals, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2006 Paper

High-power high-efficiency high-brightness long-wavelength laser diodes

Steve Patterson, Paul Crump, Jun Wang, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Shiguo Zhang, Sandrio Elim, Suhit Das, Mike Bougher, Jason Patterson, Guokui Kuang, Jake Bell, Jason Farmer, Mark DeVito

Proceedings Volume 6216, 62160A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667431

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Er:YAG lasers, Solid state lasers, Diodes, Laser dentistry, Crystals, Nd:YAG lasers, Optical parametric oscillators, High power lasers, Semiconductors

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 2000 Paper

532-nm pumped PPLT OPOs at 1 and 33 kHz

Jason Farmer, Scott Karlsen, Jonathan Seamans, Robert Batchko, Jan-Peter Meyn

Proceedings Volume 3928, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379912

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Lithium, Nonlinear crystals, Energy efficiency, Resonators, Laser crystals, Temperature metrology, Photorefraction, Output couplers

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