Diode pumped solid state laser

Patent · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5827283

Scerbak, D G; Pearson, L P; Dutcher, J A

This patent describes a method for fabricating a diode pumped solid state laser of the type in which the diode optical pump includes a semiconductor diode source of the optical pumping radiation and contained within an apertured enclosure with the optical pumping beam being emitted from the source through the aperture in the enclosure and including an optically transmissive window member closing over the aperture in the enclosure. The method consists of mounting a member of solid lasant material in the beam path of the diode optical pump for optically pumping the lasant material; and mounting a gradient refractive index lens directly on to the window member for focusing an image of the pumping diode source onto the solid lasant material, whereby the thermal mass of the gradient index lens and its mount is reduced.

• Assignee: Lightwave Electronics Corp., Mountain View, CA
• Patent Number(s): US 4827485
• OSTI ID: 5827283
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 6 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
SOLID STATE LASERS
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
DESIGN
FOCUSING
LASER MATERIALS
LENSES
OPTICAL PUMPING
LASERS
MATERIALS
PUMPING
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)