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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2017
Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Joseph Schaar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ching-Yuan Chien, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Boggy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James D. Kafka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adi Diner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Newport corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-power ytterbium-doped calcium fluoride laser system is disclosed herein which includes at least one pump source, at least one laser cavity formed by at least one high reflector and at least one output coupler, and at least one ytterbium-doped calcium fluoride optical crystal positioned within the laser cavity in communication with the pump source, the ytterbium-doped calcium fluoride optical crystal configured to output at least one output signal of at least 20 W, having a pulse width of 200 fs or less, and a repetition rate of at least 40 MHz.