Interface module for transverse energy input to dye laser modules
US5355387A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/022
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An interface module (10) for transverse energy input to dye laser modules is provided particularly for the purpose of delivering enhancing transverse energy beams (36) in the form of illumination bar (54) to the lasing zone (18) of a dye laser device, in particular to a dye laser amplifier (12). The preferred interface module (10) includes an optical fiber array (30) having a plurality of optical fibers (38) arrayed in a co-planar fashion with their distal ends (44) receiving coherent laser energy from an enhancing laser source (46), and their proximal ends (4) delivered into a relay structure (3). The proximal ends (42) of the optical fibers (38) are arrayed so as to be coplanar and to be aimed generally at a common point. The transverse energy beam array (36) delivered from the optical fiber array (30) is acted upon by an optical element array (34) to produce an illumination bar (54) which has a cross section in the form of a elongated rectangle at the position of the lasing window (18). The illumination bar (54) is selected to have substantially uniform intensity throughout.
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