Coherent light generators – Particular beam control device – Control of pulse characteristics
Patent
1997-02-11
1998-09-29
Davie, James W.
Coherent light generators
Particular beam control device
Control of pulse characteristics
372 18, 372 26, 372 27, 372 32, 372 34, 372100, 372103, 372107, H01S 310
Patent
active
058155198
ABSTRACT:
An ultrashort pulse laser apparatus of the this invention includes (1) a laser medium, (2) a laser resonator which stores the laser medium and externally extracts a laser beam, and (3) an excitation source for outputting an excitation energy to the laser resonator to excite the laser medium. The laser resonator includes (i) a plurality of resonant mirrors disposed on both sides of the laser medium to form a resonant optical path, and (ii) a phase dispersion compensation unit which includes two optical members respectively arranged on two light input/output surface sides of the laser medium on the resonant optical path and compensates phase dispersion of light in the resonant optical path. That is, the laser medium is disposed in the optical path between the two optical members of the phase dispersion compensation unit. With this arrangement, even when the laser medium is arranged almost at the center of the laser resonator to stabilize mode locking, the cavity length of the resonant optical path can be reduced. Therefore, the repetition frequency of laser pulses can be increased, and simultaneously, size reduction of the laser apparatus itself can be achieved.
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Aoshima Shinichiro
Ito Haruyasu
Tsuchiya Yutaka
Davie James W.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
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