Solid-state laser system
AssigneeCompound Photonics Limited
InventorAkheelesh K. Abeeluck
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Abstract
A laser in an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed that includes a laser pump source, a pump-beam coupler (PBC) coupled with the laser pump source, a laser gain medium coupled with the PBC, a second-harmonic generator (SHG) coupled with the laser gain medium; and an output coupler coupled with the SHG.
Claims20
A solid state laser system, comprising:
- a pump source that includes a wavelength stabilizer that is integrated into the pump source:
- a laser medium positioned after the pump source, wherein said laser medium comprises Nd:YVO4;
- a frequency doubler positioned after the laser medium, wherein said frequency doubler is a chirped PPLN.
A lens that receives light from a pump source in a diode pumped solid state laser device, comprising:
- a first surface on a first side of the lens, having a radius of curvature in a range between and including approximately 0.2 mm and 0.6 mm, that shapes a beam of light along the fast axis;
- and
- a second surface on a second surface of the lens having a radius of curvature that shapes a beam of light along the slow axis.
A lens that receives light from a pump source in a diode pumped solid state laser device, comprising:
- a first surface having a height in a range between and including 0.25 mm and 0.75 mm;
- and
- a second surface having a width in a range between and including 0.3 mm and 0.6 mm.
A solid state laser system, comprising:
- a laser gain medium;
- an output coupler positioned after the laser gain medium, wherein the output coupler has a first surface that is coated with an HR, and a second surface that is coated with an AR, and wherein the output coupler is a plano-concave output coupler.
The laser system of claim 13, further comprising a frequency doubler, and wherein the frequency doubler is positioned between the output coupler and the laser medium.
A laser system, comprising:
- a pump source that pumps light at a pump wavelength;
- a laser gain medium positioned after the pump source and having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the lasing medium generates light at an intracavity lasing wavelength, and wherein the first surface is an AR at the pump wavelength, and wherein the second surface is an AR at the intracavity lasing wavelength and at least one of an AR and HR at the pump wavelength.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.