Coherent light generators – Particular pumping means – Pumping with optical or radiant energy
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-28
2008-09-30
Harvey, Minsun (Department: 2828)
Coherent light generators
Particular pumping means
Pumping with optical or radiant energy
C372S070000, C372S041000, C372S010000, C372S021000, C372S022000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07430231
ABSTRACT:
Solid-state lasers pumped by incoherent or partially coherent, monochromatic light sources such as high power VCSEL arrays. Efficient and uniform injection of pumping energy into gain medium is achieved through spectral match of the pump source with the gain medium absorption and multi-bounce reflections of unabsorbed pump light in a diffusing pump chamber. One preferred embodiment of the diffusing pump chamber is a hollow cylinder coaxially surrounding the gain medium. One or more transparent windows, slit-shaped or otherwise, for transmission of pump light are evenly distributed around the perimeter of the chamber and are parallel to the axis. Another preferred embodiment of the diffusing pump chamber is a highly reflecting compound parabolic concentrator. A 2-D VCSEL array is employed as the pump source and the gain medium is located at the focusing point of the chamber. This invention demonstrates solid-state lasers that are compact, robust, low-cost, and able to produce high power output in CW or pulse modes for practical applications. An important application of the present invention is high-power solid-state lasers featuring wavelength conversion such as optical parametric oscillation and second-harmonic generation. Another important application of the present invention is injection seeding, especially for pulse mode with high repetition rates.
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Luo Ningyi
Zhu Sheng-Bai
Harvey Minsun
Park Kinam
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