Coherent light generators – Particular resonant cavity – Specified cavity component
Patent
1995-11-22
1997-09-02
Scott, Jr., Leon
Coherent light generators
Particular resonant cavity
Specified cavity component
372 6, 372 75, 372 36, 372 92, 372 19, 372 22, 372101, 372 99, 372703, H01S 308
Patent
active
056639791
ABSTRACT:
A laser diode package couples laser diode outputs into a plurality of fibers, and these are bundled and brought to an output face that produces a divergent composite beam from the fiber ends. The beam end pumps a solid-state laser across a gap, and the divergence allows a wide tolerance in alignment of the pump and crystal. Preferably, one cavity mirror is a focusing mirror that reconcentrates residual pump light in the desired mode. In a preferred embodiment, the output face of the package is at a short stub or ferrule that provides a simple and effective pump beam centering alignment. The solid-state laser may be a rod or crystal and is preferably sufficiently short, in relation to pump beam diameter and divergence in the rod, that the pump beam within the rod lies in the TEM.sub.OO mode volume of the laser cavity. A concave mirror then refocuses residual pump light back into that mode. The rod preferably has a high index at the pump wavelength, but need not have high absorption. A common mounting plate and heat sinking arrangement are provided for the package and crystal, and the assembly is relatively insensitive to alignment variations, with only one cavity mirror requiring optical alignment. The bundle packing may take various shapes to match modes of a sheet or rectangular lasing medium.
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Jr. Leon Scott
Light Solutions Corporation
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