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Q-switched solid-state laser

US11201450B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2019
Grant dateDec 14, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/1643
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a Q-switched solid-state laser having a resonator (3, 30) in the form of a linear resonator or a ring resonator having an active laser material (1) and at least one first and one second mirror (4, 5) and a resonator length (a) of less than 50 mm, preferably less than 25 mm, in the case of the configuration as a linear resonator and of less than 100 mm, preferably less than 50 mm, in the case of the configuration as a ring resonator, at least substantially only one longitudinal mode oscillates in the resonator (3). The resonator (3, 30) is in the form of an unstable resonator, with one of the mirrors (4, 5) being a gradient mirror.

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