WO2006062744A3 - Methods and systems for synchronized pulse shape tailoring - Google Patents

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WO2006062744A3
WO2006062744A3 PCT/US2005/042513 US2005042513W WO2006062744A3 WO 2006062744 A3 WO2006062744 A3 WO 2006062744A3 US 2005042513 W US2005042513 W US 2005042513W WO 2006062744 A3 WO2006062744 A3 WO 2006062744A3
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Yunlong Sun
Lei Sun
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Yunlong Sun
Lei Sun
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Abstract

A plurality of subresonators (12, 14), having different design configurations, share a common resonator section (18) such that the lasing action can be substantially synchronized to provide coherent laser pulses that merge the different respective pulse energy profile and/or pulse width characteristics imparted by the configurations of the subresonators (12, 14). The subresonators (12, 14) may share a laser medium (42) in the common section, or each distinct subresonator section (28, 36) may have its own laser medium (42). Exemplary long and short subresonators (12, 14) generate specially tailored laser pulses having a short rise time and a long pulse width at one wavelength or two different wavelengths that may be beneficial for a variety of laser and micromachining applications including memory link processing.
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JP2007545506A JP2008523619A (en) 2004-12-09 2005-11-21 Synchronization pulse waveform adjustment method and system
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