摘要:
Device for the translational guidance of a load and method for creating such a device. The guide device (1) comprises an elongate bed plate (2), a mobile carriage (6) which serves to support the load, and guide means (7) that allow the carriage (6) to move longitudinally in relation to the bed plate (2), said carriage (6) comprising a bottom plate (9) which is provided with through-cuts (10) intended to give it at least some lateral elasticity, and which is mounted on the bed plate (2) under lateral stress, as well as a platform (13) which is fixed to the top face of this bottom plate (9) at fixing points (14).
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for in situ protection of sensitive optical materials from alteration or damage due to exposure to trace atmospheric components, during shipping, storage or operation. The sensitive optical material is disposed within an enclosure adaptable to be substantially sealed against the external atmosphere. A container, enclosing a sink material absorbing trace atmospheric components, is coupled to the enclosure by a gas permeable surface, which allows fast diffusion of the trace atmospheric components present inside the enclosure to the sink material.
摘要:
A diode pumped laser includes a resonator mirror (12) and an output coupler (14), defining a laser resonator (10) with a resonator optical axis (16). A strong thermal lens gain medium (24) with a TEM 00 mode diameter is mounted in the resonator along the resonator optical axis. The dopant level of the gain medium is in the range of 0.01 to less than 0.5 percent. A diode pump source (18) supplies a pump beam to the gain medium in the laser resonator, and produces an output beam with a diameter larger than the TEM 00 mode diameter to reduce thermal birefringence. A power source supplies power to the diode pump source. A polarizing element can be positioned in the resonator, along with an aperture stop. The laser operates well over a large range of pump powers. Its slope efficiency in the TEM 00 mode is greater than 40 %, with an overall efficiency greater than 25 %. One of the gain mediums used is Nd:YVO 4 . This material exhibits high gain and a short upper state lifetime. These properties make it attractive in designing a Q―switched laser, or one that is insensitive to optical feedback. Another material is Nd:NAG. The technique of optimizing the pump beam spot size is found to minimize loss due to thermal birefringence.
摘要:
An optically pumped laser has a gain medium positioned inside of an optical resonator cavity (120) and disposed about a resonator optical axis (150). An optical pumping source (100) is positioned outside of the optical resonator cavity. A reflective coupler (110) with a coupler body, and an interior volume passing therethrough is positioned proximal to the optical pumping source. Light from the pumping source passes into an entrance aperture (180) of the reflective coupler to an exit aperture (190) of the reflective coupler positioned distal to the optical pumping source. The interior volume of the reflective coupler is bounded by a reflective surface (170), an entrance aperture and the exit aperture, and is substantially transparent to radiation from the optical pumping source. The reflective surface has a high reflectivity matched to radiation from the optical pumping source. The reflective coupler directs radiation from the optical pumping source into the optical resonator cavity and gain medium, conditioning the numerical aperture and spatial intensity distribution across the exit aperture.
摘要:
A diode pumped laser includes a high reflector and an output coupler defining a resonator. The resonator includes a gain medium and a Q-switch and produces a fundamental beam. A first non-linear crystal is positioned extra-cavity of the resonator along a path of the fundamental beam. The first non-linear crystal generates a second harmonic beam from the fundamental beam. The first non-linear crystal is critically phased matched. A second non-linear is portioned extra-cavity of the resonator along a path of the fundamental beam and the path of the second harmonic beam. The second non-linear crystal produces a third harmonic beam. The second non-linear crystal is critically phased matched.