Cr-doped scandium borate laser

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:867011

Chai, Bruce H ^[1]; Lai, Shui T ^[2]; Long, Margaret N ^[3]

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1. Bridgewater, NJ
2. Florham Park, NJ
3. Landing, NJ

A broadly wavelength-tunable laser is provided which comprises as the laser medium a single crystal of MBO.sub.3 :Cr.sup.3+, where M is selected from the group of Sc, In and Lu. The laser may be operated over a broad temperature range from cryogenic temperatures to elevated temperatures. Emission is in a spectral range from red to infrared, and the laser is useful in the fields of defense, communications, isotope separation, photochemistry, etc.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc. (Morris Township, Morris County, NJ)
• Patent Number(s): US 4841530
• OSTI ID: 867011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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