Laser generator
    91.
    发明授权
    Laser generator 失效
    激光发生器

    公开(公告)号:US4099141A

    公开(公告)日:1978-07-04

    申请号:US667799

    申请日:1976-03-17

    IPC分类号: H01S3/08 H01S3/081

    摘要: The invention relates to a laser generator. That generator comprises optical resonant cavity of the folded type, limited by two plane mirrors arranged in a same plane, side by side and a corner cube reflector for sending back the radiation coming from one of the said mirrors towards the other mirror. Application to telemeters and to illuminators.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种激光发生器。 该发生器包括折叠型的光学谐振腔,由并排布置在同一平面中的两个平面镜限定,并且用于将来自所述反射镜中的一个的辐射发射回另一镜的角立方反射器。 应用于遥测仪和照明器。

    Method and apparatus for providing a calibrated scan for a scanning laser
    92.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for providing a calibrated scan for a scanning laser 失效
    用于为扫描激光器提供校准扫描的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4081765A

    公开(公告)日:1978-03-28

    申请号:US692533

    申请日:1976-06-03

    CPC分类号: H01S3/106 H01S3/137

    摘要: Apparatus and a method are disclosed for continuously varying the output radiation frequency of a scanning laser system about a selected nominal output radiation frequency with a calibrated scan. Apparatus is disclosed for continuously varying the resonant frequencies of both the laser cavity and the reference cavity, for controlling this scanning and for calibrating the scan width. A method for calibrating the scan width is also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于通过校准扫描连续地改变扫描激光系统关于所选择的标称输出辐射频率的输出辐射频率的装置和方法。 公开了用于连续改变激光腔和参考空腔的谐振频率的装置,用于控制该扫描和校准扫描宽度。 还公开了用于校准扫描宽度的方法。

    Device for internal modulation of laser radiation
    96.
    发明授权
    Device for internal modulation of laser radiation 失效
    用于激光辐射内部调制的装置

    公开(公告)号:US3418476A

    公开(公告)日:1968-12-24

    申请号:US35830364

    申请日:1964-04-08

    申请人: SIEMENS AG

    摘要: 1,068,052. Modulating laser and maser radiation. SIEMENS A.G. April 13, 1964 [April 11, 1963; April 16, 1963; May 22, 1963], No. 15099/64. Heading H1C. The oscillatory radiation path in a laser or maser extends through a modulator which is controllable so that variable proportions of the laser or maser radiation may be retained in the radiation path and picked off from the path. In Fig. 1, laser element 1 lies in a resonant cavity 2, 2 1 , partial reflector 2 forming with a partial reflector 4 a further cavity containing a control element 5, the refractive index is varied by means of a modulating electric field. The assembly 2, 4, 5 forms a variable reflectivity interference mirror allowing the proportions of radiation picked off and retained to be varied. The assembly is adjusted so that a mean beam intensity is picked off in the absence of a modulating field, or element 5 is D.C. biased. In a push-pull system (Fig. 3, not shown) a similar interference mirror is arranged at the opposite end of the laser element, the control elements of the two assemblies being energized in antiphase. In this arrangement the radiation retained is unchanged by the modulation. In a modification, Fig. 4, control elements 325, 325 1 operated in push-pull vary the plane of polarization of the oscillatory radiation and Nicol prisms 324, 324 1 , 324 11 separate the differently polarized components. Output beams 326, 326 1 , 327, 3271 are obtained. Prism 3241 may be omitted, beam 327 then having an intensity equal to the combined intensities of the original beams 327, 327 1 . If the modulation frequency is low both prisms 324 1 and 324 11 may be omitted. A non-push-pull arrangement is also described (Fig. 2, not shown) in which a single prism and a single control element are used. In Fig. 5 the radiation circulates around a closed path, a unidirectional coupler 336 defining the direction of circulation. Control elements 332, 332 1 are placed in a waveguide (Fig. 6, not shown) and microwave radiation is passed from a source (344) through element 332 (342) is phasereversed and is then passed through element 332 1 (342 1 ) to a non-reflective termination (345). The relationship between the time taken for the modulating beam to travel from element 332 to element 332 1 in the waveguide and the time taken for the laser beam to travel between the two members is selected so that operation is push-pull, and the relationship may be such that push-pull operation is achieved without phase reversal of the microwave radiation. For high modulation frequencies elements 332, 332 1 are combined and the relationship between the travel time for the laser beam and the period of the modulating wave is suitably selected. The laser element may be a monocrystalline solid, e.g. ruby, a gaseous medium, a junction semi-conductor crystal (either a PN-junction or a junction between regions having different doping levels) or a semi-conductor crystal without a junction. The control element may be either electrically or magnetically controllable and may be a KDP or ADP crystal or a nitrobenzene cell. In the embodiments of Fig. 4 and 5 the Nicol prisms may be replaced by Wollaston or Rochon prisms. Element 5 in the embodiment of Fig. 1 may consist of a series of dielectric layers of different refractive indices, at least one layer being controllable by the modulating signal. It is also stated that modulation at low frequencies may be achieved by varying the separation between mirrors 2 and 4. In all the embodiments the control electrodes may form the semi-reflecting surfaces of the resonant cavity or cavities, and the various elements may be cemented together.