GB2008314A - Face-pumped laser with diffraction-limited output beam - Google Patents

Face-pumped laser with diffraction-limited output beam

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GB2008314A
GB2008314A GB7844012A GB7844012A GB2008314A GB 2008314 A GB2008314 A GB 2008314A GB 7844012 A GB7844012 A GB 7844012A GB 7844012 A GB7844012 A GB 7844012A GB 2008314 A GB2008314 A GB 2008314A
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plane
reflection
diffraction
ray
output beam
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General Electric Co
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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
    • H01S3/05—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
    • H01S3/08081—Unstable resonators
    • 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
    • H01S3/05—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
    • H01S3/0606—Crystal lasers or glass lasers with polygonal cross-section, e.g. slab, prism
    • 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
    • H01S3/05—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
    • H01S3/08095—Zig-zag travelling beam through the active medium

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
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  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)

Abstract

Diffraction-limited output beam quality is achieved with a laser having an elongated homogeneous active medium pumped through two optically plane, parallel faces 11, 12, and situated within a resonant cavity defined by a plane reflector 22 at one end and a concave spherical reflector 21 at the opposite end. For a ray of optical energy passing through the active medium, the effective optical length of the medium is greater in the plane of reflection than in a plane perpendicular to the plane of reflection and containing the ray, and separation between the reflectors is selected to form a stable resonator in the plane of reflection but unstable in the plane perpendicular to the plane of reflection and containing the ray. <IMAGE>
GB7844012A 1977-11-14 1978-11-10 Face-pumped laser with diffraction-ltd output beam Expired GB2008314B (en)

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US85144577A 1977-11-14 1977-11-14

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GB2008314A true GB2008314A (en) 1979-05-31
GB2008314B GB2008314B (en) 1982-02-17

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JP (1) JPS5481794A (en)
DE (2) DE7833585U1 (en)
FR (1) FR2408927B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2008314B (en)
IL (1) IL55912A (en)

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US6904069B2 (en) * 2000-12-29 2005-06-07 The Regents Of The University Of California Parasitic oscillation suppression in solid state lasers using optical coatings

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JPH0722210B2 (en) * 1985-05-29 1995-03-08 寛人 黒田 Slab type solid-state laser oscillator
JPH0728065B2 (en) * 1985-05-29 1995-03-29 寛人 黒田 Slab type solid-state laser oscillator
DE3725144A1 (en) * 1987-07-29 1989-02-09 Baasel Carl Lasertech SOLID LASER ROD
JP2666350B2 (en) * 1988-04-22 1997-10-22 三菱電機株式会社 Solid-state laser device
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2239984A (en) * 1989-12-18 1991-07-17 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Solid laser device
GB2239984B (en) * 1989-12-18 1994-10-05 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Solid laser device
US6904069B2 (en) * 2000-12-29 2005-06-07 The Regents Of The University Of California Parasitic oscillation suppression in solid state lasers using optical coatings

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FR2408927B1 (en) 1986-10-31
FR2408927A1 (en) 1979-06-08
JPS6337514B2 (en) 1988-07-26
DE2849007A1 (en) 1979-06-13
DE7833585U1 (en) 1979-07-19
JPS5481794A (en) 1979-06-29
IL55912A (en) 1982-02-28
GB2008314B (en) 1982-02-17

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