Acousto-optically Q-switched CO2 laser
US7903699B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2232
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pulsed CO2 laser is Q-switched by an intracavity acousto-optic (AO) Q-switch including an AO material transparent at a fundamental wavelength of the laser. In one example the AO material is germanium.
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