H01S 3/0085
Modulating the output, i.e. the laser beam is modulated outside the laser
Official title: {Modulating the output, i.e. the laser beam is modulated outside the laser cavity}
H01S3/0085 (Modulating the output, i.e. the laser beam is modulated outside the laser) appears on 621 US grants and 708 published applications in this corpus.
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