Cavity-dumped pulsed solid-state laser with variable pulse-duration
US7760772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/115
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a cavity-dumped, repetitively-pulsed, solid-state laser cavity dumping is protracted over a predetermined time longer than a round-trip time of the resonator of the laser. The cavity dumping is effected by a Pockels cell optical switch. During a dumping period a voltage applied to the Pockels cell falls in a predetermined time. Varying the voltage fall-time varies the duration of pulses provided by the laser, independent of the pulse-repetition frequency.
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