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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emily Cheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dave R Dudley, El Granada, CA (US);
William L. Nighan, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
James D. Kafka, Mountain View, CA (US);
David E. Spence, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David S. Bell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spectra Physics Lasers, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/14 ;
Abstract
A high power, diode pumped laser has a Nd:YVO gain media. Scaling to higher powers is achieved with the use of a low doped gain media, increasing the length of the gain media as well as increasing the pump volume. Passive cooling is extended to output powers of 10 W or greater.