Laser cavity passively switched by a saturable absorber and laser incorporating said cavity
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsIsabelle Chartier, Bernard Ferrand, Denis Pelenc, Christophe Wyon
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Abstract
A laser cavity with passive switching by a saturable absorber and a laser incorporating the cavity. The laser cavity has a solid, active material saturable absorber, an entrance mirror and an exit mirror. The saturable absorber is a thin film of saturable absorber material directly deposited on the solid, active medium. The laser incorporates such cavity and a mechanism for pumping the cavity.
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A laser cavity, which comprises:
- a solid, active laser medium, a saturable absorber, an entrance mirror and an exit mirror, wherein the saturable absorber comprises a thin saturable absorber material film deposited directly on the solid, active medium.
Laser cavity incorporating a solid, active laser medium, a saturable absorber, an entrance mirror and an exit mirror, wherein the saturable absorber comprises a thin saturable absorber material film, the cavity having a waveguide structure and wherein the active medium and saturable absorber comprise a single film.
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