Slab laser and amplifier and method of use

A method of manufacturing comprising the steps of:

• providing a slab laser comprising:
• a slab crystal adapted to emit an amplified high-energy pulsed laser beam from an end,
• a light source providing light energy including a first frequency band,
• a cavity filter material provided on at least one side of the slab crystal adapted for receiving at least a portion of the light energy from the light source, and adapted for converting at least part of the light energy at the first frequency band into light energy at a second frequency band for absorption by the slab crystal for amplifying a laser beam, and
• a cooling subsystem adapted for cooling the laser;
• providing a workpiece;
• and
• using the slab laser to emit the high-energy pulsed beam for depositing one or more layers of a material on the workpiece.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:

• providing a slab laser comprising:
• a slab crystal, adapted to emit an amplified high-energy pulsed laser beam from an end,
• a light source providing light energy including a first frequency band,
• a cavity filter material provided on at least one side of the slab crystal and adapted for receiving at least a portion of the light energy from the light source, and adapted for converting at least part of the light energy at the first frequency band into light energy at a second frequency band for absorption by the slab crystal for amplifying a laser beam, and
• a cooling subsystem adapted for cooling the laser;
• providing a semiconductor workpiece;
• providing a source of carbon;
• and
• using the slab laser to emit the high-energy beam of very short pulses for depositing one or more layers of diamond or diamond-like carbon on the workpiece from the source of carbon.

A method of manufacturing an energy storage device comprising the steps of:

• providing a slab laser comprising:
• a slab crystal, adapted to emit an amplified high-energy laser beam from an end,
• a light source providing light energy including a first frequency band,
• a cavity filter material provided on at least one side of the slab crystal and adapted for receiving at least a portion of the light energy from the light source, and adapted for converting at least part of the light energy at the first frequency band into light energy at a second frequency band for absorption by the slab crystal for amplifying a laser beam, and
• a cooling subsystem adapted for cooling the laser;
• providing a workpiece;
• providing a source of carbon;
• and
• using the slab laser to emit the high-energy beam for depositing one or more layers of diamond or diamond-like carbon on the workpiece from the source of carbon;
• and
• incorporating said workpiece in the energy storage device.

A system for transferring a material from a first object to a second object, comprising:

• providing a first amplifying subsystem comprising one or more first laser devices, wherein each one of said first laser devices is comprised of a slab laser including:
• a slab crystal, and
• a cavity filter material provided on at least one side of the slab crystal and adapted for receiving light energy from a light source, such that the cavity filter material converts light energy received at a first frequency band into light energy at a second frequency band that is absorbed by the slab crystal, wherein
• the slab crystal is adapted to receive an incident light beam into one end of the slab crystal at one angle and also emits an amplified laser beam from the one end at either an angle different than the one angle or emits the amplified laser beam linearly shifted from the incident light beam after absorbing the light energy at the second frequency;
• providing a first seed laser adapted for outputting a first seed laser beam having first desired pulse characteristics for inputting into said first amplifying subsystem for generating a first laser beam output;
• providing a second amplifying subsystem comprising one or more second laser devices;
• providing a second seed laser adapted for outputting a second seed laser beam having desired pulse characteristics for inputting into said second amplifying subsystem for generating a second laser beam output;
• providing a first laser routing subsystem adapted for routing at least a portion of said first laser beam output to the first object to vaporize a portion of the first object, wherein
• providing a second laser routing subsystem adapted for routing at least a portion of said second laser beam output to the second object to prepare the second object for accepting at least part of the vaporized portion of the first object onto or into the second object.