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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L Nighan, Jr, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mark S Keirstead, San Jose, CA (US);
David R Dudley, El Granada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 92 ; 372 13 ; 372 75 ;
Abstract
A high power diode pumped, acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO.sub.4 laser includes at least one resonator mirror and an output coupler defining a resonator cavity. At least one acousto-optic Q-switch device and at least one laser crystal, with strong thermal focussing properties, are positioned in the resonator. One or more diode pump sources supply a pump beam to the laser crystal or crystals to generate an output beam. A power source supplies power to the diode pump source.