AU2003259753A1 - Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping - Google Patents

Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping

Info

Publication number: AU2003259753A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: numerical aperture; thin disk; large numerical; disk laser; pumping
Prior art date: 2002-08-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2003259753A

Other versions

AU2003259753A8 (en

Inventor

James D. Kafka

Dirk Sutter

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Newport Corp USA

Original Assignee

Spectra Physics Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2002-08-30

Filing date

2003-08-11

Publication date

2004-03-19

2002-08-30 Priority claimed from US10/232,885 external-priority patent/US7027477B2/en

2002-08-30 Priority claimed from US10/233,138 external-priority patent/US6891876B2/en

2002-08-30 Priority claimed from US10/233,140 external-priority patent/US7003011B2/en

2003-08-11 Application filed by Spectra Physics Inc filed Critical Spectra Physics Inc

2004-03-19 Publication of AU2003259753A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003259753A1/en

2004-03-19 Publication of AU2003259753A8 publication Critical patent/AU2003259753A8/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/02—Constructional details
- H01S3/04—Arrangements for thermal management
- H01S3/042—Arrangements for thermal management for solid state lasers
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
- H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
- H01S3/0627—Construction or shape of active medium the resonator being monolithic, e.g. microlaser
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
- H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
- H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
- H01S3/0941—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode
- H01S3/09415—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode the pumping beam being parallel to the lasing mode of the pumped medium, e.g. end-pumping
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/02—Constructional details
- H01S3/04—Arrangements for thermal management
- H01S3/0405—Conductive cooling, e.g. by heat sinks or thermo-electric elements
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
- H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
- H01S3/0602—Crystal lasers or glass lasers
- H01S3/0604—Crystal lasers or glass lasers in the form of a plate or disc
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/14—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range characterised by the material used as the active medium
- H01S3/16—Solid materials
- H01S3/1601—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion
- H01S3/1603—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion rare earth
- H01S3/1618—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion rare earth ytterbium

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Electromagnetism (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Lasers (AREA)
Optical Head (AREA)

AU2003259753A 2002-08-30 2003-08-11 Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping Abandoned AU2003259753A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US10/232,885 US7027477B2 (en)	2002-08-30	2002-08-30	Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling
US10/233,138 US6891876B2 (en)	2002-08-30	2002-08-30	Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pumping of solid state lasers
US10/233,138		2002-08-30
US10/232,885		2002-08-30
US10/233,140 US7003011B2 (en)	2002-08-30	2002-08-30	Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping
US10/233,140		2002-08-30
PCT/US2003/025127 WO2004021334A2 (en)	2002-08-30	2003-08-11	Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2003259753A1 true AU2003259753A1 (en)	2004-03-19
AU2003259753A8 AU2003259753A8 (en)	2004-03-19

Family

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2003278707A Abandoned AU2003278707A1 (en)	2002-08-30	2003-08-11	Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pumping of solid state lasers
AU2003259753A Abandoned AU2003259753A1 (en)	2002-08-30	2003-08-11	Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping

Family Applications Before (1)

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AU2003278707A Abandoned AU2003278707A1 (en)	2002-08-30	2003-08-11	Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pumping of solid state lasers

Country Status (4)

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CN (2)	CN1685576A (en)
AU (2)	AU2003278707A1 (en)
DE (2)	DE10393167T5 (en)
WO (2)	WO2004021526A2 (en)

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2003
- 2003-08-11 AU AU2003278707A patent/AU2003278707A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-08-11 WO PCT/US2003/025075 patent/WO2004021526A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2003-08-11 WO PCT/US2003/025127 patent/WO2004021334A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2003-08-11 AU AU2003259753A patent/AU2003259753A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-08-11 DE DE10393167T patent/DE10393167T5/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2003-08-11 CN CN 03822635 patent/CN1685576A/en active Pending
- 2003-08-11 CN CN 03822636 patent/CN1685577A/en active Pending
- 2003-08-11 DE DE10393190T patent/DE10393190T5/en not_active Withdrawn

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DE10393190T5 (en)	2005-09-15
WO2004021526A3 (en)	2005-01-13
CN1685576A (en)	2005-10-19
AU2003278707A8 (en)	2004-03-19
WO2004021334A2 (en)	2004-03-11
WO2004021526A2 (en)	2004-03-11
CN1685577A (en)	2005-10-19
AU2003259753A8 (en)	2004-03-19
DE10393167T5 (en)	2005-08-25
AU2003278707A1 (en)	2004-03-19
WO2004021334A3 (en)	2004-05-13

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2005-05-26	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase