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Solid state laserA wavelength-tunable, injection-seeded, dispersion-compensated, dispersively-pumped solid state laser includes a lasing medium; a highly reflective mirror; an output coupler; at least one isosceles Brewster prism oriented to the minimum deviation angle between the medium and the mirror for directing light of different wavelengths along different paths; means for varying the angle of the highly reflective mirror relative to the light from at least one Brewster angle for selecting a predetermined laser operating wavelength; a dispersion compensation apparatus associated with the lasing medium; a laser injection seeding port disposed between the dispersion compensation apparatus and one of the mirror and coupler and including a reflective surface at an acute non-Brewster angle to the laser beam for introducing a seed input; a dispersion compensation apparatus associated with the laser medium including opposite chirality optical elements; the lasing medium including a pump surface disposed at an acute angle to the laser beam to define a discrete path for the pumping laser beam separate from the pumped laser beam.
Document ID
20080005949
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Rines, Glen A.
Moulton, Peter F.
Harrison, James
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
August 10, 1993
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-978027
Patent Number: US-PATENT-5,235,605
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-18457
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-5,235,605
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-978027
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