Enhanced radiation coupling from unstable laser resonators
US3969685A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/083
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing a large fraction of the energy coupling from an unstable resonator in the central lobe of the far field pattern of the output beam from the resonator are disclosed. The resonator is designed to allow a low order mode pattern to resonate about the optical axis therethrough and radiation is coupled out from both the axial region and the outer region of the mode. The geometry of the systems is formed with transmissive and reflective optics in various configurations of linear and ring lasers.
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