Passively Q-switched solid-state laser with compressed pulse duration
US10868402B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1115
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A passively Q-switched solid-state laser includes a resonator (1) with an active laser material (2) and a decoupling end mirror (6) for decoupling laser pulses that have a pulse duration of less than 1 ns from the resonator (1), an optical fiber (13), into which the laser pulses decoupled from the decoupling end mirror (6) are injected, and a chirped volume Bragg grating (17), at which the laser pulses are reflected after they have passed through the optical fiber (13) for shortening the pulse duration. The pulse duration after the reflection on the chirped volume Bragg grating (17) is less than 30 ps. The active laser material (2) is Nd:YAG and a saturable absorber (3) that is formed from Cr:YAG and has a transmission in the unsaturated state of less than 50% is also arranged in the resonator. The length (a) of the resonator (1) is from 1 mm to 10 mm and the laser pulses decoupled at the decoupling end mirror (6) have a pulse energy from 1 μJ to 200 μJ.
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