Laser-pumped compound waveguide lasers and amplifiers

Details Laser-pumped compound waveguide lasers and amplifiers Laser-pumped compound waveguide lasers and amplifiers

1998-11-02

2000-12-12

Scott, Jr., Leon

Coherent light generators

Thin film laser

372 64, 372 34, 372 10, 372 39, 372 11, 372 19, 372 70, 372 55, 372105, 372 45, H01S 330

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ABSTRACT:
A compound planar waveguide comprising multiple confinement structures that provides independent containment of pump and laser radiation. The waveguide may be formed of multiple layers of laser-active and laser-inactive materials to provide step changes in refractive index. The planar waveguide may include a central laserable core layer substantially sandwiched by at least two non-laserable cladding layers to provide an interface between the inner surfaces of the cladding layers and the gain medium core to define a first waveguide by virtue of an index of refraction discontinuity for containing developed laser radiation, and wherein the outer surfaces of the cladding layers define a second waveguide by virtue of an index of refraction discontinuity for containing pump radiation within the waveguide. The second waveguide may be also defined by an interface formed between the cladding layers and additional non-laserable external layers which sandwich the cladding layers. The laser waveguide provides confinement of developed laser radiation which may be independently configured from the waveguide structure that confines the pump radiation. The planar waveguide layers may be also optically bonded together and consist of different optical quality crystals or glass.

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