Lockheed Martin Corporation

Robert Andrew Sims

Michael L Tartaglia

Jesse William Fisher

Micah Boyd

Joel Richard Blum

Luke L Wieczorek

Andrew Jonathan Gleason

Ezra Takara

Zachary William Prezkuta

Ross Hartman

Samuel David Field

A planar waveguide laser crystal assembly includes an optical bench and a laser crystal mount mounted on the optical bench. The laser crystal mount includes an upper housing having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal, a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal surface, and a cavity defined between the interior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings. A laser crystal is mounted in the cavity of the laser crystal mount. Each of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings is oriented parallel to a length of the laser crystal. The laser crystal assembly further includes a heat dissipating structure thermally coupled to at least one of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings to dissipate heat transferred from the laser crystal mount.

Systems and methods for planar waveguide mounting and cooling

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Lafayette, CO, United States of America

Robert Andrew Sims