WO2002017444A3 - Solid state laser - Google Patents

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WO2002017444A3
WO2002017444A3 PCT/US2001/025960 US0125960W WO0217444A3 WO 2002017444 A3 WO2002017444 A3 WO 2002017444A3 US 0125960 W US0125960 W US 0125960W WO 0217444 A3 WO0217444 A3 WO 0217444A3
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laser
state laser
solid state
compact
color
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Mark Gregory Knights
Glen Allan Rines
Masayuki Karakawa
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Corp For Laser Optics Res
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Priority to EP01962263A priority patent/EP1312140A2/en
Priority to AU2001283459A priority patent/AU2001283459A1/en
Priority to CA002419974A priority patent/CA2419974A1/en
Publication of WO2002017444A2 publication Critical patent/WO2002017444A2/en
Publication of WO2002017444A3 publication Critical patent/WO2002017444A3/en

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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
    • H01S3/06—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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/353—Frequency conversion, i.e. wherein a light beam is generated with frequency components different from those of the incident light beams
    • G02F1/3532—Arrangements of plural nonlinear devices for generating multi-colour light beams, e.g. arrangements of SHG, SFG, OPO devices for generating RGB light beams
    • 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
    • H01S3/0615—Shape of end-face
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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
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/07—Construction or shape of active medium consisting of a plurality of parts, e.g. segments
    • 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
    • H01S3/08059—Constructional details of the reflector, e.g. shape
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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
    • H01S3/08086—Multiple-wavelength emission
    • H01S3/0809—Two-wavelenghth emission
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    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/0941—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode
    • 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
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2383—Parallel arrangements

Abstract

The invention is directed to a compact optically side-pumped solid-state laser with an optimized overlap between the mode of the laser beam propagating in the laser material and the pump beam. Using a common pump volume, the compact solid-state laser can simultaneously emit laser beams at different wavelengths. The laser can be combined with nonlinear optical elements to provide a RGB three color laser architecture suitable for color projection display applications.
PCT/US2001/025960 2000-08-18 2001-08-20 Solid state laser WO2002017444A2 (en)

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JP2002522030A JP2004507891A (en) 2000-08-18 2001-08-20 Solid state laser
EP01962263A EP1312140A2 (en) 2000-08-18 2001-08-20 Solid state laser
AU2001283459A AU2001283459A1 (en) 2000-08-18 2001-08-20 Solid state laser
CA002419974A CA2419974A1 (en) 2000-08-18 2001-08-20 Solid state laser

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US60/226,180 2000-08-18

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US5315612A (en) * 1993-03-11 1994-05-24 National Research Council Of Canada High efficiency transversely pumped solid-state slab laser
US5799032A (en) * 1994-07-06 1998-08-25 Forsvarets Forskningsanstalt Laser resonator for at least two laser modes from an optically pumped laser medium
US5894489A (en) * 1995-02-08 1999-04-13 Daimler-Benz Ag Solid-state laser system for color picture projection

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US5315612A (en) * 1993-03-11 1994-05-24 National Research Council Of Canada High efficiency transversely pumped solid-state slab laser
US5799032A (en) * 1994-07-06 1998-08-25 Forsvarets Forskningsanstalt Laser resonator for at least two laser modes from an optically pumped laser medium
US5894489A (en) * 1995-02-08 1999-04-13 Daimler-Benz Ag Solid-state laser system for color picture projection

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