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US 5,095,491 AGranted
Laser system and method
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam J. Kozlovsky, William P. Risk
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Abstract
A laser system uses a nonlinear ring resonator to produce Type-II nonlinear second harmonic generated light. The reflective surfaces of the resonator are all symmetrical with respect to the crystal axes. This allows orthogonally polarized light to be resonated along the same beampath in the resonator without experiencing bireflection.
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A laser system comprising:
- a first radiation source for producing radiation of a first polarization;
- a second radiation source for producing radiation of a second polarization different from said first polarization;
- a nonlinear crystal for receiving the first and second polarization radiation and producing second harmonic radiation;
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- a ring resonator integral to the nonlinear crystal for resonating the first and second polarization radiation, the resonator having a plurality of reflective surfaces which are symmetrical with respect to the axes of the nonlinear crystal, whereby the first and second polarization radiation is resonated without experiencing bireflection.
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A method for frequency conversion of radiation comprising the steps of:
- generating a first radiation beam of a first polarization;
- generating a second radiation beam of a second polarization different from said first polarization;
- coupling the first and second polarization radiation beams to a nonlinear crystal;
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- resonating the first and second polarization radiation beams inside the nonlinear crystal by reflecting the beams off of a plurality of reflective surfaces which are symmetrical with respect to the axes of the nonlinear crystal to produce second harmonic generated radiation, whereby the first and second polarization radiation beams are resonated without experiencing bireflection.
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A laser system comprising:
- a first laser for producing a radiation beam of a first polarization;
- a second laser for producing a radiation beam of a second polarization different from said first polarization;
- a nonlinear crystal for receiving the first and second polarization radiation and for producing second harmonic radiation;
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- a resonator for resonating the first and second polarization radiation, having four reflective surfaces integral to the nonlinear crystal, each of the reflective surfaces being symmetrical with respect to the axes of the nonlinear crystal, whereby the first and second polarization radiation is resonated without experiencing bireflection.
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A laser system comprising:
- a first radiation source for producing radiation of a first polarization;
- a second radiation source for producing radiation of a second polarization different from said first polarization;
- a nonlinear crystal for receiving the first and second polarization radiation and for producing second harmonic radiation;
- a ring resonator arranged around the nonlinear crystal for resonating the first and second polarization radiation, the resonator having a plurality of reflective surfaces which are symmetrical with respect to the axes of the nonlinear crystal, whereby the first and second polarization radiation is resonated without experiencing bireflection;
- an optical data storage medium;
- an optical transmission means for directing said second harmonic radiation from the resonator to the optical data storage medium;
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- an optical reception means for receiving a reflected second harmonic radiation beam from the medium and for providing a data signal responsive thereto.
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