Compact rigid dye laser construction
This patent describes a dye laser of rigid and simplified construction is described having dye pumping means and excitation means, and having a folded resonator cavity with three cavity mirrors, comprising: a solid laser resonator block of integral, rigid material having three non-collinear cavity mirror mount locations in a folded-cavity configuration, defined by a folding mirror mount location and two end mirror locations, openings in the block for passage of a lasing beam in a folded resonating path among the three mirror mount locations, three resonator mirrors at the three mirror mount locations, at least one being fixed rigidly, directly and nonadjustably to the block at the respective mirror mount location, dye nozzle means supported by the block for producing a dye jet positioned to extend across the laser resonator cavity between two of the three mirrors, the dye nozzle means having means for connection to a dye circulation system, pumping beam directing means for receiving and directing a pumping beam to intersect the dye jet where the dye jet crosses the beam resonating path, and dye jet adjustment means for adjusting the position and orientation of the dye nozzle means and the dye jet with respect to the resonator cavity and the pumping beam.
- Assignee:
- Spectra-Physics, Inc., San Jose, CA
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4796270
- OSTI ID:
- 6362267
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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