High-power solid-state laser resonator
US5381437A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/08072
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is disclosed a solid-state laser resonator capable of outputting a high power linearly polarized laser beam, in which a laser beam subjected to the birefringence in the laser resonator is effected to minimize a component of the laser beam which is orthogonal with the direction of polarization definable by a Brewster plate upon traversing a quarter-wave plate, to enable the linear polarization output distribution of the laser beam to become uniform. With this, the emission efficiency and the output power of a linearly polarized laser beam are much improved.
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