Narrow beam oscillator and large volume amplifier utilizing same gain medium
US5230004A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2308
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A solid-state laser oscillator/amplifier system, which combines in a single laser crystal the operations of a narrow beam oscillator and a large volume amplifier, utilizes the polarization feature of the laser beam to effect coupling of an amplified beam out of the resonator in a manner which efficiently utilizes the whole volume of the active medium. The system generates a high brightness laser beam with high output energy contained in a small divergence angle.
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