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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralf Brinkmann, Lubeck, DE;
Assignee:
Medizinisches Laserzentrum Lubeck GmbH, Lubeck, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372-9 ; 372 23 ; 372 22 ; 372 10 ; 372-4 ; 372-5 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for generating laser pulses, which has a Q-switched solid state laser and at least one nonlinear crystal, and the application of this apparatus for removing material in the biomedical field. The present invention is distinguished by the nonlinear crystal being disposed inside the resonator of the solid state laser and by a pulse prolongation unit determining the pulse form and duration of the light pulse developing in the resonator.