Incremental printing of symbolic information – Light or beam marking apparatus or processes – Scan of light
Patent
1998-07-10
2000-05-02
Mathews, Alan A.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Light or beam marking apparatus or processes
Scan of light
372 22, 372 23, 372 36, 372 50, 372 75, B41J 2455, B41J 247, H01S 3091
Patent
active
060578718
ABSTRACT:
A laser marking system and an associated microlaser apparatus are provided which include a submount, a plurality of pump sources operably mounted upon the submount, and a microlaser disposed in alignment with the pump sources such that pump signals emitted by the pump sources pump respective portions of the active gain medium of the microlaser to produce a laser output. In order to impart a mark upon a workpiece that has a number of pixels, the laser marking system can be configured such that each pixel of the resulting mark is produced by the laser output generated by a different portion of the active gain medium of the microlaser in response to pumping by a respective one of the pump sources.
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Litton Systems Inc.
Mathews Alan A.
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