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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998

Filed:

Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

William M Grossman, Los Altos, CA (US);

Jason D Henrie, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lightwave Electronics Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 22 ; 372 21 ; 372 66 ; 372 92 ; 372 27 ; 372108 ;
Abstract

A third-harmonic crystal has a Brewster-cut dispersive output surface for separating the p-polarized fundamental and third-harmonic beams without introducing losses into the beams. The output surface of the third-harmonic crystal is optically uncoated, and thus insensitive to potential ultraviolet (UV)-induced damage. Frequency doubling and tripling lithium triborate (LBO) crystals are used with a Brewster-cut Nd-YAG active medium in a resonant cavity to generate UV light at 355 nm from infrared (IR) light at 1064 nm. Except for the tripling crystal output surface, the doubling and tripling crystal optical surfaces are normal-cut and anti-reflection (AR) coated.


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