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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:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael L Dennis, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372-6 ; 372 41 ; 372 68 ; 372 75 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a fluorozirconate laser host doped with a suffict amount of Tm.sup.3+ ions to permit significant emission at a wavelength between about 790 nm and about 830 nm when pumped at a wavelength or wavelengths to excite Tm.sup.3+ ions from the .sup.3 H.sub.6 ground state to the .sup.3 F.sub.4 excited state, and then from the .sup.3 F.sub.4 excited state to the .sup.3 H.sub.4 excited state.