Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Chirped acousto-optic Q switch

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6484074

An improved acousto-optic laser Q-switch utilizing a chirped fm pulse in the acousto-optic cell to diffract and focus the input beam into a resonating high-Q mode is described. When the rf acoustic pulse is not wholly within the cell the beam is diverted to the output. A reflective surface is placed on the cell to yield only one output beam and to yield a retroreflective beam back into the cavity for a high Q condition whenever a correctly generated chirp acoustic wave is in the proper position within the cell.

Assignee:
Secretary of the Navy
Patent Number(s):
US 4105953
OSTI ID:
6484074
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Improved, chirped acousto-optic q switch. [Patent application]
Technical Report · Sun Jan 23 23:00:00 EST 1977 · OSTI ID:7091529

Acousto-optically Q-switched laser with modulated output
Patent · Mon Feb 02 23:00:00 EST 1976 · OSTI ID:7365335

Q-switched laser with stable output and method of making the same
Patent · Tue Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · OSTI ID:5381211