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Laser layout

US4899343A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1989
Grant dateFeb 6, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/1123
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a laser layout, a rapid photodiode is coordinated with a fully reflecting mirror of a laser, the output signal of which is compared in a comparator with a reference voltage that may be set on a potentiometer, so that if the power density detected in the resonator of the laser by a photodiode exceeds the reference voltage, the laser is deactivated to protect a frequency doubling crystal by actuating a Q-switch and/or a shutter.

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