Birefringent beamsplitter for high power lasers and laser applications
US5590148A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0903
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The design and application of an uncoated sapphire crystal as a beamsplitter and output coupler of a laser resonator includes placing the crystal sufficiently close to the Brewster angle to intercept a beam from a lasing medium in a free electron laser to provide a Fox-Smith type resonator or a Michelson type resonator depending on the optical path through the crystal to enable use of high power lasers in interferometric and optical coupling measurements.
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