Self-aligned, monolithic, solid microlaser with passive switching by a saturable absorber and a production process therefor
US5495494A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1673
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A self-aligned, monolithic, solid microlaser with passive switching by a saturable absorber and a production process therefor. The cavity for the microlaser has a solid active medium, a saturable absorber, an entrance mirror and an exit mirror, wherein the saturable absorber is a thin film of saturable absorbent material directly deposited on the solid active medium.
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