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Monolithic solid state laser assembly and method of manufacture

US6556614B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 2002
Grant dateApr 29, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/1643
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser cavity assembly for high power optical range-finders consisting of two rods of lasing material co-axially mounted on a thin substrate of the same or thermally equivalent material, selected end-faces of the rods being bonded to layers or wafers of optical materials chosen from a group consisting of materials used in Q-switches, filters, matching transformers, linear polarizers and reflecting mirrors.

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