Variable-aperture cavity laser

Coherent light generators – Particular resonant cavity

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ABSTRACT:
A diffusion-cooled laser has a lasing region shaped to provide a high power output laser beam of a high optical quality. The lasing region, which contains a lasing medium, has a narrow-aperture section and a free-space section. The narrow-aperture section is defined by resonator walls spaced apart a sufficiently small distance that enables effective excitation and cooling of the lasing medium. The free-space section is defined by resonator walls spaced apart a sufficiently larger distance that enables the laser beam to expand without restriction from the resonator walls in the free-space section. The narrow-aperture section enables the laser to generate a high power laser beam using a relatively low (40 MHz) ISM frequency. The free-space section allows the laser beam to expand sufficiently to exit the lasing region with a shape that is easily focused by inexpensive optical elements.

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