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Active-switching laser and microchip laser

US5889798A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1997
Grant dateMar 30, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/108
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a laser cavity having an active laser medium and two mirrors forming a Fabry-Perot cavity, characterized in that the cavity is at the optical stability limit and in that there are means for varying the optical length of the cavity, so as to pass from an optically unstable state into a stable state.

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