Pulsed tunable solid state laser
US4873692A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 12, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1055
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tunable solid state laser oscillator with very narrow spectral line width for pulsed output comprises a solid state laser medium that generates a laser beam along a resonant path, a beam expander, such as a prism beam expander or cylindrical optic, and a grating mounted with an adjustable angle of incidence with respect to the laser beam. By adjusting the angle of incidence of the beam on the grating, the laser output wavelength is tuned. Further, the reflectivity of the grating provides very narrow spectral line width for oscillation in the laser over the entire tuning range.
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