Dye lasing arrangement including an optical assembly for altering the cross-section of its pumping beam and method
Abstract
An optical assembly is disclosed herein along with a method of operation for use in a dye lasing arrangement, for example a dye laser oscillator or a dye amplifier, in which a continuous stream of dye is caused to flow through a given zone in a cooperating dye chamber while the zone is being illuminated by light from a pumping beam which is directed into the given zone. This in turn causes the dye therein to lase and thereby produce a new dye beam in the case of a dye laser oscillator or amplify a dye beam in the case of a dye amplifier. The optical assembly so disclosed is designed to alter the pump beam such that the beam enters the dye chamber with a different cross-sectional configuration, preferably one having a more uniform intensity profile, than its initially produced cross-sectional configuration. To this end, the assembly includes a network of optical components which first act on the beam while the latter retains its initially produced cross-sectional configuration for separating it into a plurality of predetermined segments and then recombines the separated components in a predetermined way which causes the recombined beam to have the different cross-sectional configuration.
- Inventors:
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- Pleasanton, CA
- Alburquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868471
- Patent Number(s):
- 5148442
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- dye; lasing; arrangement; including; optical; assembly; altering; cross-section; pumping; beam; method; disclosed; operation; example; laser; oscillator; amplifier; continuous; stream; caused; flow; zone; cooperating; chamber; illuminated; light; directed; causes; therein; lase; produce; amplify; designed; alter; pump; enters; cross-sectional; configuration; preferably; uniform; intensity; profile; initially; produced; network; components; latter; retains; separating; plurality; predetermined; segments; recombines; separated; recombined; pumping beam; continuous stream; uniform intensity; laser oscillator; optical components; dye laser; intensity profile; pump beam; cross-sectional configuration; dye beam; optical assembly; dye chamber; separated components; beam enters; optical component; arrangement including; cooperating dye; dye lasing; lasing arrangement; /372/359/
Citation Formats
O'Neil, Richard W, and Sweatt, William C. Dye lasing arrangement including an optical assembly for altering the cross-section of its pumping beam and method. United States: N. p., 1992.
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abstractNote = {An optical assembly is disclosed herein along with a method of operation for use in a dye lasing arrangement, for example a dye laser oscillator or a dye amplifier, in which a continuous stream of dye is caused to flow through a given zone in a cooperating dye chamber while the zone is being illuminated by light from a pumping beam which is directed into the given zone. This in turn causes the dye therein to lase and thereby produce a new dye beam in the case of a dye laser oscillator or amplify a dye beam in the case of a dye amplifier. The optical assembly so disclosed is designed to alter the pump beam such that the beam enters the dye chamber with a different cross-sectional configuration, preferably one having a more uniform intensity profile, than its initially produced cross-sectional configuration. To this end, the assembly includes a network of optical components which first act on the beam while the latter retains its initially produced cross-sectional configuration for separating it into a plurality of predetermined segments and then recombines the separated components in a predetermined way which causes the recombined beam to have the different cross-sectional configuration.},
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