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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul J Suni, Longmont, CO (US);
Sammy W Henderson, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 13 ; 372 18 ; 372 32 ; 372 31 ;
Abstract
This invention is an optical device for laser sources, particularly for injection-seeded laser sources. The invention is an acousto-optic element used within a laser cavity to satisfy three functions--injection-seeding, frequency-shifting, and Q-switching. Use of this device rather than separate devices for each function increases reliability and lowers cost, while providing a large injection-signal into the laser cavity.