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Tunable, multiple frequency laser diode

US5524012A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1994
Grant dateJun 4, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/143
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A diode laser utilizing a grazing incidence grating in combination with collimating and refocusing devices and a mirror having a plurality of spaced reflective areas which are effective to return different wavelengths to the grating and thence to the laser to sustain oscillation at the reflected frequencies with tuning of the frequencies accomplished by translation of the mirror to position the reflective areas to change the reflected wavelengths.

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