High power continuous wave injection-locked solid state laser
US5027360A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/083
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A high power injection-locked laser system (10) is disclosed which includes master and slave lasers (12, 14) both of which are solid state lasers having continuous wave outputs. The slave laser has an output power at least ten times greater than the master laser. In the preferred embodiment, the slave laser is at least one-hundred times as powerful as the master laser. In accordance with the subject invention, a servo-loop control system is used to maintain the injection locked condition. A discriminant signal is generated that is indicative of drift in the slave laser cavity. The discriminant signal is used adjust the length of the slave laser cavity to maintain the locked condition.
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