Coupling of ring lasers
US4841541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/083
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved ring laser system having mutual coupling between two or more ring laser resonators employs a two-step coupling process, in which coupling power is coupled into the adjoint forward mode of an adjacent resonator, from which it diffractively couples to the forward mode. A portion of forward-mode power is coupled into the adjoint reverse mode from which it diffractively couples to the reverse mode within each resonator. A portion of this reverse mode power is used to coupled into other resonators. A complementary configuration employs forward-mode radiation as the coupling radiation.
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