Abstract:
A microlaser cavity including an entry mirror, an exit mirror (36), an active laser medium. Also included is a mechanism for selecting cavity transverse modes when the cavity is pumped, in order to enable oscillation of one or several cavity transverse modes and to prevent oscillation of other cavity transverse modes.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a laser cavity with passive triggering by saturable absorbent and with controlled polarization, and to a laser and in particular to a microlaser containing the said cavity and means of pumping this cavity.The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing the said microlaser.The laser cavity with controlled polarization comprises a substrate made of Y3Al5O12 (YAG) active laser material that may or may not be doped, on which a monocrystalline layer of saturable absorbent doped YAG material is deposited directly by liquid phase epitaxy or by a similar process, in which the said active laser material has a [100] orientation, and in which the said monocrystalline layer of saturable absorbent material is deposited with the same [100] orientation.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种具有可饱和吸收和被控偏振的被动触发的激光腔,并且涉及一种激光器,特别涉及一种包含所述腔体的微型激光器和泵送该腔体的装置。 本发明还涉及一种用于制造所述微激光器的方法。 具有受控偏振的激光腔包括由Y 3 N 5 Al 2 O 12(YAG)活性激光材料制成的衬底,其可以是或可以不是 其中可饱和吸收剂掺杂的YAG材料的单晶层通过液相外延直接沉积,或通过类似的工艺沉积,其中所述活性激光材料具有[100]取向,并且其中所述单晶层的可饱和吸收剂 材料以相同的[100]取向沉积。
Abstract:
The invention relates to an active laser material having a base material doped with active ions, giving said base material laser properties, the ion concentration being equal to or higher than 2%.The invention also relates to a microlaser produced with such a material, as well as a process for producing such a material. The microlaser incorporates an active medium (6) produced by epitaxial growth on a substrate (8), the latter then being removable, as well as microlaser cavity mirrors (2, 4). A pumping beam (10) makes it possible to optically pump the cavity.
Abstract:
Laser device comprising: a laser source (10) including a light emitting structure (1); a guide structure (40) to deliver light generated by the emitting structure, this guide structure (40) comprising at least a first portion (40.1) and a second portion (40.2), the first portion housing a diffraction grating (3) that forms a reflector of the laser source and cooperates with the emitting structure (1), the second portion (40.2) being a waveguide that delivers light generated by the emitting structure (1) and propagated in the first portion (40.1). The emitting structure (1) is made using the III-V technology or II-VI technology, and the guide structure (40) is made using the silicon technology.
Abstract:
A microlaser cavity to a microlaser incorporating an active solid medium (38) and means (44) for switching the cavity, whilst also having, within said cavity, at least one element (46) of an optically nonlinear material, making it possible to multiply the basic frequency of the laser cavity by a factor n (n.gtoreq.2).
Abstract:
Laser device comprising: a laser source including a light emitting structure; a guide structure to deliver light generated by the emitting structure, this guide structure comprising at least a first portion and a second portion, the first portion housing a diffraction grating that forms a reflector of the laser source and cooperates with the emitting structure, the second portion being a waveguide that delivers light generated by the emitting structure and propagated in the first portion. The emitting structure is made using the III-V technology or II-VI technology, and the guide structure is made using the silicon technology.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a procedure for assembling two structures (2, 4) comprising:formation on at least one of the structures of studs (12, 14, 16) made of a material that can flow and is wettable on both structures,positioning of the two structures such that said studs are on their interface,assembly of the two structures by heating the studs causing them to flow, and by bringing the two structures together as intimately as possible.According to a different procedure, joints made of a fluidizable, wettable material are incorporated in notches etched into one of the structures to be assembled.Application to microlasers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical parametric oscillator characterized in that it comprises an OPO nonlinear material (18) and two mirrors (24, 26) on either side of said nonlinear material and forming an OPO cavity and a switched microlaser (2, 6, 8, 26) for generating an OPO cavity laser pumping beam.