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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1990
Anthony J Alfrey, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
James A Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Alignment of a birefringent device characterized by a first face and a second face cut at Brewster's angle so that a plane of polarization is defined. The optical device is secured in the optical path by a rotatable member having an axis of rotation that is normal to the Brewster faces of the optical device. Coupled with the rotatable member on the axis of rotation is a support allowing adjustment of the angular position about the axis of rotation of the rotatable member. An operator adjusts the angular position of the rotatable member until the C-axis lies in the plane of polarization. Even though the C-axis may not be parallel to the direction of polarization, the depolarization effects of the misalignment are eliminated by proper adjustment of the angular position relative to the plane of polarization. A tunable, solid state laser using the alignment apparatus with a birefringent filter achieves greater linear tuning range.