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US 12,712,335 B1Granted
Low quantum-defect intra-cavity-pumped semiconductor disk lasers
OwnerAlexander Robert Albrecht, Mansoor Sheik-Bahaeinventors
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Abstract
An intra-cavity-pumped semiconductor disk laser (ICP-SDL) is disclosed that includes a laser cavity bounded at a first laser cavity end by a first reflective member and at a second laser cavity end by a first partially reflective member; and a membrane external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MECSEL) arranged within the laser cavity between the first end and the second end.
Claims20
An intra-cavity-pumped semiconductor disk laser (ICP-SDL) comprising:
- a membrane external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MECSEL) comprising a MECSEL gain medium having a plane of the MECSEL gain medium that is orthogonal to a direction of a MECSEL resonator, bounded at a first resonator end by a first reflective member and at a second resonator end by a second reflective or partially reflective member;
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- an external pump laser resonator comprising a pump laser gain medium inside the external pump laser resonator bounded by a first external reflector and a second external reflector, wherein the MECSEL is arranged in the external pump laser resonator, wherein the external pump laser resonator is configured to optically pump the MECSEL, and wherein the external pump laser resonator is oriented so that the external pump laser resonator is not in the plane of the MECSEL gain medium.
A method of lasing using an intra-cavity-pumped semiconductor disk laser (ICP-SDL) comprising:
- forming a membrane external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MECSEL) comprising a MECSEL gain medium having a plane of the MECSEL gain medium that is orthogonal to a direction of a MECSEL resonator, bounded at a first resonator end by a first reflective member and at a second resonator end by a second reflective or partially reflective member;
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- forming an external pump laser resonator comprising a pump laser gain medium inside the external pump laser resonator bounded by a first external reflector and a second external reflector, wherein the MECSEL is arranged in the external pump laser resonator, wherein the external pump laser resonator is configured to optically pump the MECSEL, and wherein the external pump laser resonator is oriented so that the external pump laser resonator is not in the plane of the MECSEL gain medium.
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