20140269786 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE PULSE-WIDTH, HIGH-SPEED LASER - A laser comprises a master oscillator, a modulator, a controller, and an amplifier. The master oscillator has an optical cavity and provides a signal, which may be continuous or pulsed. The modulator resides outside of the optical cavity, receives the signal, and modulates the signal to create a new train of pulses, where the pulses of the train of pulses include a pulse width. The controller, coupled to the modulator, instructs the modulator to control the pulse width of the pulses of the pulse train. The amplifier, optically coupled to the master oscillator, amplifies the train of pulses provided by the modulator. | 09-18-2014 |