Coherent light generators – Short wavelength laser
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Harvey, Mingun Oh (Department: 2828)
Coherent light generators
Short wavelength laser
C372S025000, C372S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06917631
ABSTRACT:
A source of pulses of coherent radiation at a wavelength of approximately 1 μm, comprises a pump source for producing pump light, a laser cavity comprising an Yb3+-doped gain medium arranged to receive the pump light, the laser cavity being modelocked to generate laser pulses at a defined repetition rate; a pulse detector arranged to generate a pulse selection signal indicative of the repetition rate; a pulse selector arranged to reduce the repetition rate of the laser pulses responsive to the pulse selection signal from the pulse detector by passing only selected ones of the laser pulses; and at least one optical amplifier for amplifying the laser pulses of reduced repetition rate. The at least one optical amplifier can be configured for chirped or parabolic pulse amplification.
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Ibsen Morten
Lefort Laurent
Malinowski Andrew
Nilsson Lars Johan Albinsson
Price Jonathan Hugh Vaughan
Harvey Mingun Oh
Jackson Cornelius H.
Stallman & Pollock LLP
University of Southampton
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