DE69202416D1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Erhöhung der Pulswiederholfrequenz eines kontinuierlich gepumpten Lasers. - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Erhöhung der Pulswiederholfrequenz eines kontinuierlich gepumpten Lasers.

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DE69202416D1
DE69202416D1 DE69202416T DE69202416T DE69202416D1 DE 69202416 D1 DE69202416 D1 DE 69202416D1 DE 69202416 T DE69202416 T DE 69202416T DE 69202416 T DE69202416 T DE 69202416T DE 69202416 D1 DE69202416 D1 DE 69202416D1
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pulse repetition
continuously pumped
pumped laser
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David Clifford Long
Howard Albert Bender
William Dale Carbaugh
Mark Joseph Laplante
Christopher David Setzer
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/0915—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by incoherent light
    • H01S3/092—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by incoherent light of flash lamp
    • H01S3/093—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by incoherent light of flash lamp focusing or directing the excitation energy into the active medium
    • H01S3/0931—Imaging pump cavity, e.g. elliptical
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    • H01S3/02—Constructional details
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    • H01S3/0404—Air- or gas cooling, e.g. by dry nitrogen
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    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/0602—Crystal lasers or glass lasers
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    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/08—Construction or shape of optical resonators or components thereof
    • H01S3/08018—Mode suppression
    • H01S3/0804—Transverse or lateral modes
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    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
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    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
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    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/102—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation
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    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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    • H01S3/1026—Controlling the active medium by translation or rotation, e.g. to remove heat from that part of the active medium that is situated on the resonator axis

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Lasers (AREA)
DE69202416T 1991-07-23 1992-07-23 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Erhöhung der Pulswiederholfrequenz eines kontinuierlich gepumpten Lasers. Expired - Fee Related DE69202416T2 (de)

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US07/734,499 US5172388A (en) 1991-07-23 1991-07-23 Method and apparatus for an increased pulse repetition rate for a CW pumped laser
CA002077062A CA2077062A1 (en) 1991-07-23 1992-08-27 Method and apparatus for an increased pulse repetition rate for a cw pumped laser

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