Abstract:
A semiconductor saturable absorber and the fabrication method thereof are provided. The semiconductor saturable absorber includes a Fe-doped InP substrate, a periodic unit comprising an AlGaInAs QW formed on the Fe-doped InP substrate and an InAlAs barrier layer formed on one side of the AlGaInAs QW, and another InAlAs barrier layer formed on the other side of the AlGaInAs QW. Each of the InAlAs barrier layers has a width being a half-wavelength of a light emitted by the AlGaInAs QW.
Abstract:
A large number of passes of pump light through an active mirror in a solid state disk laser is realized using a pair of coupled imaging systems, where the optical axes of imaging systems are not coincident. Two imaging systems are optically coupled, so that an image of the first imaging system is an object of the second imaging system, and vice versa. An active mirror is disposed at the object or image plane, or at the focal plane of any one of the coupled imaging systems, where the position of the reflected pump beam during the multi-reflection between the first and second imaging systems is substantially unchanged.
Abstract:
A thin disk laser includes a thin disk of a host material incorporating a laser gain medium. The disk has opposite first and second surfaces, at least one of which is non-planar. The first surface is coated with a high reflectivity coating. The second surface has an anti-reflection coating thereon. The shape and mounting of the laser is such that mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion between the disk laser and the mount does not affect scaling of the laser to larger size disks for higher power lasers
Abstract:
A laser configuration producing up to 100's of Watts of output is provided, based on a solid-state gain medium, a source of pump energy which is detuned from the maximum absorption wavelength for the gain medium, and optics arranged to deliver the pump energy through an end of the gain medium to propagate along the length of the gain medium. The length of the gain medium and the doping concentration in the gain medium are sufficient the absorption length is on the order of 10's of millimeters, and more than ⅓ of the length, and that 90 percent or more of the pump energy is absorbed within two or fewer passes of the gain medium. A pump energy source that supplies 100 Watts to 1000 Watts or more.
Abstract:
A method for reducing speckle noise of a monolithic microchip laser with intracavity beam combining and sum frequency mixing is based on time averaging of uncorrelated speckle patterns generated from a large number of independent longitudinal modes and comprises schemes including selection of gain media and nonlinear optical materials to support broadband sum frequency mixing; adoption of gain-conjugated and/or chirped mirrors for flat-top spectra and/or mode phase diversification; multimode laser operation introduced by RF modulation; and multiplication of source modes in frequency mixing process featured with degeneration free and narrowed/uneven intervals. A device and an apparatus for generating low speckle noise red, green, blue lasers adaptable for color display systems are developed based on the inventive method.
Abstract:
A garnet type compound has a composition, which may be represented by the general formula: A1(III)3-2xA2(II)xA3(III)xB(III)2C1(III)3-xC2(IV)xO12 wherein each of the Roman numerals in the parentheses represents the valence number of ion; each of A1, A2, and A3 represents the element at the A site; B represents the element at the B site; each of C1 and C2 represents the element at the C site; each of A1, A2, B, C1, and C2 represents at least one kind of element exhibiting the corresponding valence number of ion defined above; A3 represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of trivalent rare earth elements of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu; A1 and A3 represent different elements; x represents a number satisfying a condition 0
Abstract translation:石榴石型化合物具有可以由以下通式表示的组成:<?in-line-formula description =“In-line Formulas”end =“lead”?> A1(III)3-2x < A2(II)x A3(III)x B(III)2(C1)(III)3-x < C2(Ⅳ)x O <??the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the 括号中的罗马数字表示离子的价数; A1,A2和A3各自表示A位点的元素; B代表B位点的元素; C1和C2各自表示C位点的元素; A1,A2,B,C1和C2中的每一个表示至少一种表现出上述定义的离子价数的元素; A3表示选自La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm,Eu,Gd,Tb,Dy,Ho,Er,Tm,Yb和Lu中的三价稀土元素中的至少一种元素; A1和A3代表不同的元素; x表示满足条件0
Abstract:
A laser oscillator is provided that makes it possible to stably obtain a laser beam output in continuous or pulsed oscillation that has an intensity distribution of a top-hat profile or a fundamental transverse mode profile. An optical resonator is used that maintains the polarization of a laser beam traveling in the resonator but rotates the transverse mode pattern thereof. The resonator can be a ring resonator that includes an image rotating element, a nonplanar ring resonator, a diagonally crossed right-angle prism resonator or other such resonator. A combination of a polarizer, and a half-wave plate or Faraday rotator is used to preserve the polarization in the resonator. The optical path of the laser resonator can be intersected with another resonator of a conventional Fabry-Perot or planar ring resonator, and the optical paths coupled, using a beam-splitter or polarizer. A laser output beam from a counterclockwise or clockwise traveling wave in the laser oscillator is reflected back into the resonator by a reflector, suppressing such traveling laser oscillation.
Abstract:
The End Pumped Slab Laser Cavity incorporates all optical components required for a short-pulse laser. These optical components are ‘locked’ into alignment forming an optical laser cavity for diode laser or flash lamp pumping. The optical laser cavity never needs optical alignment after it is fabricated. The cavity is configured for optimal absorbtion for diode laser end-pumping over broad temperature ranges.
Abstract:
A solid state laser module for amplification of laser radiation. The module includes a laser gain medium having a pair of generally parallel surfaces that form a disc-like shape, that receive and transmit laser radiation. At least one undoped optical medium is disposed adjacent a peripheral edge of the laser gain medium and in optical communication therewith. A source of optical pump radiation directs optical pump radiation into the undoped optical medium generally normal to the parallel surfaces and the undoped optical medium transports the optical pump radiation into the laser gain medium to pump the laser gain medium to a laser transition level. Alternative embodiments include arrangements for directing cooling fluids between adjacently disposed laser gain media.
Abstract:
To provide a laser oscillation method and a laser device, which use a laser medium such as an Nd:GdVO4 crystal to which neodymium is doped in high concentration exceeding 1% in atomicity ratio, the laser medium comprised of the gadolinium-vanadate crystal to which neodymium as laser active ion is doped by a floating zone method such that concentration becomes exceeding 1% in atomicity ratio.