Reflex ring laser amplifier system
US4549144A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/08068
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser pulse is injected into an unstable ring resonator-amplifier structure. Inside this resonator the laser pulse is amplified, spatially filtered and magnified. The laser pulse is recirculated in the resonator, being amplified, filtered and magnified on each pass. The magnification is chosen so that the beam passes through the amplifier in concentric non-overlapping regions similar to a single pass MOPA. After a number of passes around the ring resonator the laser pulse is spatially large enough to exit the ring resonator system by passing around an output mirror.
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