JPH0231513B2 - - Google Patents
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- JPH0231513B2 JPH0231513B2 JP60130969A JP13096985A JPH0231513B2 JP H0231513 B2 JPH0231513 B2 JP H0231513B2 JP 60130969 A JP60130969 A JP 60130969A JP 13096985 A JP13096985 A JP 13096985A JP H0231513 B2 JPH0231513 B2 JP H0231513B2
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Classifications
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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
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- H01S3/0602—Crystal lasers or glass lasers
- H01S3/0606—Crystal lasers or glass lasers with polygonal cross-section, e.g. slab, prism
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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
- 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
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- H01S2301/00—Functional characteristics
- H01S2301/20—Lasers with a special output beam profile or cross-section, e.g. non-Gaussian
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- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/05—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
- H01S3/0805—Transverse or lateral modes by apertures, e.g. pin-holes or knife-edges
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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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
- 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
- H01S3/08072—Thermal lensing or thermally induced birefringence; Compensation thereof
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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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
- 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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- 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
- H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
- H01S3/11—Mode locking; Q-switching; Other giant-pulse techniques, e.g. cavity dumping
- H01S3/1123—Q-switching
- H01S3/115—Q-switching using intracavity electro-optic devices
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Electromagnetism (AREA)
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- Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
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- Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
- Lasers (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US06/621,676 US4559627A (en) | 1984-06-18 | 1984-06-18 | Face pumped rectangular slab laser apparatus having an improved optical resonator cavity |
| US621676 | 1984-06-18 |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| JPS6116585A JPS6116585A (ja) | 1986-01-24 |
| JPH0231513B2 true JPH0231513B2 (https=) | 1990-07-13 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| JP60130969A Granted JPS6116585A (ja) | 1984-06-18 | 1985-06-18 | 光共振空洞を持つ面ポンプ型長方形厚板レーザ装置 |
Country Status (5)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US4559627A (https=) |
| EP (1) | EP0185050B1 (https=) |
| JP (1) | JPS6116585A (https=) |
| DE (1) | DE3582659D1 (https=) |
| WO (1) | WO1986000475A1 (https=) |
Families Citing this family (23)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATE51730T1 (de) * | 1984-10-25 | 1990-04-15 | Candela Laser Corp | Abstimmbarer langpulsfarbstofflaser. |
| IT1181610B (it) * | 1985-03-18 | 1987-09-30 | Selenia Ind Elettroniche | Risonatore ottico per laser di potenza,utilizzante un "q-switch" passivo o qualsivoglia altro elemento ottico a bassa soglia di danneggiamento |
| US4660205A (en) * | 1985-05-13 | 1987-04-21 | Allied Corporation | Multi-resonator switching laser |
| US4719639B1 (en) * | 1987-01-08 | 1994-06-28 | Boreal Laser Inc | Carbon dioxide slab laser |
| US4860302A (en) * | 1987-08-13 | 1989-08-22 | Avco Research Laboratory, Inc. | Scanning beam laser pumped laser |
| DE3729053A1 (de) * | 1987-08-31 | 1989-03-16 | Deutsche Forsch Luft Raumfahrt | Hochleistungs-bandleiterlaser |
| JP2666350B2 (ja) * | 1988-04-22 | 1997-10-22 | 三菱電機株式会社 | 固体レーザ装置 |
| DE3828952A1 (de) * | 1988-08-26 | 1990-03-15 | Deutsche Forsch Luft Raumfahrt | Wellenleiter-lasersystem |
| JP2760116B2 (ja) * | 1989-12-18 | 1998-05-28 | 三菱電機株式会社 | 固体レーザ装置 |
| US5125001A (en) * | 1989-02-16 | 1992-06-23 | Mitsubishi Denki K.K. | Solid laser device |
| US4995050A (en) * | 1989-11-17 | 1991-02-19 | Spectra Diode Laboratories, Inc. | Diode laser with external lens cavity |
| JP2745905B2 (ja) * | 1991-11-21 | 1998-04-28 | 三菱電機株式会社 | パルスレーザ装置 |
| US5260964A (en) * | 1992-06-26 | 1993-11-09 | Institut National D'optique | Graded reflectivity mirror resonators for lasers with a gain medium having a non-circular cross-section |
| US5353297A (en) * | 1993-07-12 | 1994-10-04 | Coherent, Inc. | Gas slab laser with folded resonator structure |
| US5557630A (en) * | 1995-01-13 | 1996-09-17 | Scaggs; Michael J. | Unstable laser resonator |
| AU7309400A (en) | 1999-09-15 | 2001-04-17 | Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. | Optical resonators with orthogonally polarized modes |
| US8803027B2 (en) * | 2006-06-05 | 2014-08-12 | Cymer, Llc | Device and method to create a low divergence, high power laser beam for material processing applications |
| US20070278193A1 (en) * | 2006-06-05 | 2007-12-06 | Cymer, Inc. | Device and method to create a low divergence, high power laser beam for material processing applications |
| WO2011120009A1 (en) * | 2010-03-26 | 2011-09-29 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc | Multi-pass amplifier architecture for high power laser systems |
| US9966723B2 (en) * | 2015-05-14 | 2018-05-08 | Jgm Associates, Inc. | High pulse energy and high beam quality mini laser |
| US10323934B1 (en) * | 2018-04-02 | 2019-06-18 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Optical protractor to measure roll angle on a static surface and rotating surface |
| CZ307955B6 (cs) * | 2018-05-17 | 2019-09-11 | Fyzikální Ústav Av Čr, V. V. I. | Laserový systém v uspořádání nestabilního optického rezonátoru poskytující tvarovaný profil intenzity výstupního svazku a způsob jeho vytvoření |
| CN113054518B (zh) * | 2021-06-01 | 2021-08-10 | 四川光天下激光科技有限公司 | 一种曲面板条激光放大器 |
Family Cites Families (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3633126A (en) * | 1969-04-17 | 1972-01-04 | Gen Electric | Multiple internal reflection face-pumped laser |
| US4214216A (en) * | 1978-10-02 | 1980-07-22 | General Electric Company | Face-pumped laser with diffraction-limited output beam |
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1984
- 1984-06-18 US US06/621,676 patent/US4559627A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1985
- 1985-05-17 DE DE8585902817T patent/DE3582659D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1985-05-17 WO PCT/US1985/000904 patent/WO1986000475A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1985-05-17 EP EP85902817A patent/EP0185050B1/en not_active Expired
- 1985-06-18 JP JP60130969A patent/JPS6116585A/ja active Granted
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| EP0185050A4 (https=) | 1988-04-18 |
| EP0185050B1 (en) | 1991-04-24 |
| US4559627A (en) | 1985-12-17 |
| DE3582659D1 (de) | 1991-05-29 |
| EP0185050A1 (https=) | 1986-06-25 |
| JPS6116585A (ja) | 1986-01-24 |
| WO1986000475A1 (en) | 1986-01-16 |
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