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Solid laser oscillator

US5218609A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 1991
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/1625
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a tunable solid laser oscillator that uses titanium-doped sapphire as a laser medium the improvement wherein a light source of non-continuous radiation is used as an exciting light source and a Q-switching mechanism is placed within the cavity at a position where laser light to be produced will make at least one pass through the device.

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