Laser cavity passively switched by a saturable absorber and laser incorporating said cavity
US5502737A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 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 laser cavity with passive switching by a saturable absorber and a laser incorporating the cavity. The laser cavity has a solid, active material saturable absorber, an entrance mirror and an exit mirror. The saturable absorber is a thin film of saturable absorber material directly deposited on the solid, active medium. The laser incorporates such cavity and a mechanism for pumping the cavity.
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