Modular slab assembly for a face-pumped laser
US5418809A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/092
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A modular slab assembly for a face-pumped laser includes a slab module having top and bottom reflector segments, with first and second inner end caps joined thereto. A plurality of alignment keys are disposed between the inner end caps and the reflector segments for maintaining alignment therebetween, with the inner end caps being removably fastened to the reflector segments. The inner end caps have central apertures for supporting a slab tube, with a laser slab being disposed through the tube and supported at its ends by outer end caps removably fixedly joined to respective ones of the inner end caps. A pair of removable lamp modules are disposed on opposite sides of the slab module and contain lamps for exciting the laser slab.
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