Patent 9744618 was granted and assigned to LSP Technologies, Inc. on August, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for temporal pulse shaping of laser pulses used in laser shock peening applications. In one embodiment, a system for temporal pulse shaping of a laser beam used for laser shock peening comprises a laser; a modulator; a high voltage driver, a waveform generator, a polarizer, and an optical amplifier.