Abstract:
A method is described to improve and produce purer Cr4+-doped laser materials and lasers with reduced co-incorporation of chromium in any other valence states, such as Cr3+, Cr2+, Cr5+, and Cr6+. The method includes: 1) certain crystals of olivine structure with large cation (Ca) in octahedral sites such as Cr4+:Ca2GeO4, Cr4+:Ca2SiO4, Cr4+:Ca2GexSi1-xO4 (where 0
Abstract:
An optical system has a diode pump source, and a gain media made of a material with an anisotropic absorption. The gain media is cut at an angle to produce substantially polarization-independent absorption of a pump beam. An optical coupler is positioned between the diode pump source and the gain media. The optical coupler produces a pump beam that has substantially equal amounts of pump power along any two orthogonal axis that are orthogonal to the pump beam in the gain medium. The wavelength range allowed for the pump source is extended.
Abstract:
A short pulse laser system uses dispersive optics in a chirped-beam amplification architecture to produce high peak power pulses and high peak intensities without the potential for intensity dependent damage to downstream optical components after amplification.
Abstract:
An optical system has a diode pump source, and a gain media made of a material with an anisotropic absorption. The gain media is cut at an angle to produce substantially polarization-independent absorption of a pump beam. An optical coupler is positioned between the diode pump source and the gain media. The optical coupler produces a pump beam that has substantially equal amounts of pump power along any two orthogonal axis that are orthogonal to the pump beam in the gain medium. The wavelength range allowed for the pump source is extended.
Abstract:
A laser apparatus for generating laser beams of predetermined wavelengths comprises a solid-state laser medium for generating a light beam having predetermined at least three fundamental wavelengths, at least three wavelength converters which respectively convert the light beam into harmonics corresponding to three primary colors of blue, green, and red, the wavelength-converter being circumferentially arranged, wavelength-converter holder for holding the wavelength converters, light blocking portions disposed between the wave length converters; rotating unit for rotating the wavelength-converter holder, thereby repeatedly positioning each of the wavelength converters and each of the light blocking portions on an optical axis of the solid-state laser medium, and a laser resonant optical system which resonates the light beams generated by the solid-state laser medium and outputs the harmonics converted by the wavelength converters.