Abstract:
Solid state lasers are disclosed herein. An example laser disclosed herein includes a monolithic body having a first end and a second end. The monolithic body includes a first reflector disposed on the first end, a second reflector disposed on the second end, and a solid state gain medium and a Q-switch disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector. The example laser also includes a pump source to cause a population inversion in the solid state gain medium to cause the monolithic body to output a laser pulse. Various applications of the solid state laser are also disclosed herein.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a laser ignition system (1) comprising at least one means for producing a pulsed laser beam (10) and at least one means for focusing (20) the pulsed laser beam produced onto a focal zone (23), for example for igniting a combustible gas mixture in an internal combustion engine or a burner, the laser ignition system (1) being designed to produce a pulsed laser beam having a fluence volume of greater 0.1.
Abstract:
A microchip laser includes a microchip laser base comprising a gain region and a passive Q-switch region. The microchip laser also includes a solid etalon coupled to the microchip laser base, and an interfacial coating disposed between the microchip laser base and the solid etalon. In some embodiments, the microchip laser further includes a dichroic coating disposed on a surface of the microchip laser base opposite the interfacial coating.
Abstract:
Provided is a passively Q-switched element or the like, which enables mode selection without increasing the number of components in a resonator in a Q-switched pulse laser or the like that oscillates in a great number of high-order modes and which is also applicable to a waveguide type laser in which a mode cannot be controlled spatially. By combining a saturable absorber (2) with a transparent material (3) which is transparent to a laser oscillation wavelength or the like, a passively Q-switched element having a mode selection function and a passively Q-switched laser device in which a passively Q-switched element has a mode selection function, and a planar waveguide type passively Q-switched element and passively Q-switched laser device are provided.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a laser system (100,200) comprises a pump diode (104,204), fiber (110,210), relay optics (120,220), and a microchip laser crystal (130,230). The pump diode (104,204) is configured to produce light at a first wavelength. The fiber (110,210), coupled to the pump diode, is configured to receive the light from the pump diode and to produce a round, homogeneous light spot at an output of the fiber. The relay optics (120,220) are configured to receive the light from the fiber. The microchip laser crystal (130,230) is configured to receive the light from the relay optics and to produce a linearly polarized single frequency output (140,240) at a second wavelength. The microchip laser crystal includes a first layer (132,232) and a second layer (136,236). The first layer (132,232) is configured to absorb the light at the first wavelength and emit light at the second wavelength. The second layer (136,236) is configured to receive the light at the second wavelength and to either provide a polarization dependent loss at the second wavelength or maintain a polarization of the light at the second wavelength.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a laser amplifier arrangement (19), comprising an optical pump source (21) for emitting pump radiation (6) and an axially arranged laser oscillator-amplifier configuration (24), which can be pumped by the pump radiation (6), wherein the laser oscillator-amplifier configuration (24) comprises a laser oscillator (9), which can be excited by a portion of the pump radiation so as to emit a laser beam (13), and a laser amplifier (23), which is designed to receive both the laser beam (13) and the pump radiation (6) in order to amplify the laser beam (13) by means of the pump radiation (6). In order to increase the power and the beam quality while achieving a high degree of miniaturization, the laser oscillator (9) and the laser amplifier (23) are arranged in a substantially coaxial or collinear manner relative to a longitudinal axis (25) of the laser oscillator-amplifier configuration (24), and the pump source (21) comprises at least one first beam source (1) for producing a first pump radiation to pump the laser oscillator (9), at least one second beam source (2) for producing a second pump radiation (6) for the laser amplifier (23), and a pump radiation conducting device (26), by means of which both the first and the second pump radiation (6) can be lead into the laser oscillator-amplifier configuration (24) substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis (25) for longitudinal pumping.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a laser system comprising a cavity (1) formed by at least two sub-cavities (2, 3), and means (4) for optically pumping a first (2) of said at least two sub-cavities (2, 3). In said system, the optical pumping means (4) are arranged in such a way as to not reach the laser emission threshold of the first sub-cavity (2), said first sub-cavity (2) comprising means (21) for generating a short impulse, and a second sub-cavity (3) comprising external triggering means (30). The first and second sub-cavities (2, 3) are coupled such that the triggering of the second sub-cavity causes the release of the short impulse generated by the first sub-cavity (2). The invention also relates to a laser generator comprising at least two such laser systems (1a, 1b), to a light emission system with a wide spectral band, comprising such a laser system and means (31) for generating non-linear optical effects inserted into the second sub-cavity (3), and to a light generator with a wide spectral band, comprising such a laser generator having at least one laser system provided with means (31) for generating non-linear optical effects inserted into the second sub-cavity (3).