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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Zayhowski, Pepperell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372106 ; 372 19 ; 372 27 ; 372 32 ; 372105 ;
Abstract
A system for controlling the polarization of lasers is described in which the polarization of laser radiation generated in a gain cavity is controlled by feedback of a controlled amount of polarized light from a polarizing cavity. The output mirror of the gain cavity forms an input mirror of the polarizing cavity.