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Unstable imaging resonator

US9166356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Michael C. Cates · Albuquerque, US
Matthew H. Beckmann · Albuquerque, US
Matthew D. Nixon · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2013
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

In one aspect a power amplifier comprises a first plurality of laser disks disposed in a first vertical plane and a second plurality of laser disks disposed in a second vertical plane, opposite the first vertical plane, wherein the plurality of laser disks are disposed in a central horizontal plane, and a first plurality of reflecting mirrors disposed in the first vertical plane and a second plurality of reflecting mirrors disposed in the second vertical plane, wherein a first set of reflecting are disposed in a lower horizontal plane and a second set of reflecting mirrors are disposed in an upper horizontal plane, wherein respective laser disks and reflecting mirrors adjacent along an optical axis are positioned to provide a 1:1 imaging system therebetween. Other aspects may be described.

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