Drs Rsta, Inc.

Litton Systems, Inc.

Schwartz Electro-optics, Inc.

Edward Joseph Adamkiewicz

Carlos Avila

Madhu A Acharekar

A laser resonator and method for forming the laser resonator are provided. The method comprises placing a housing for the laser resonator in an alignment fixture, attaching a bond plate to an optical component of the laser resonator, attaching a first end of an alignment arm to the bond plate attached to the optical component, attaching a second end of the alignment arm to the alignment fixture such that the optical component is disposed over the housing, aligning, via the alignment fixture and the alignment arm, the optical component relative to the housing, and bonding the aligned optical component to the housing. The first end of the alignment arm may removed once the aligned optical component is bonded to the housing.

Method for forming a laser resonator so that optical components of the laser resonator are aligned

A method and apparatus is presented whereby control of the frequency of pulses emitted by a resonant ring slave laser is forced to a single frequency defined by a seed laser through the control of the pathlength of the ring laser resonant path. By monitoring the time difference between turn on of a Q-switch within the laser resonant cavity and the time of occurrence of the output pulse of the slave laser, and effecting changes to the ring laser resonant path in a manner to minimize the measured time difference, the frequency of the output pulse from the slave laser is driven to a single frequency defined by the seed laser resonator.

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Edward Joseph Adamkiewicz