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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc Schmid, Bern, CH;
Thomas Graf, Urtenen, CH;
Assignee:
Universität Bern, Bern, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/08 ;
Abstract
A method for generating polarized laser output radiation utilizes a laser resonator whose active medium exhibits thermally induced birefringence. The radiation fields oscillating in the laser resonator are not subjected to polarization selection, and only the radiation field exhibiting the desired polarization state (p) is partially output. Only a prescribed polarization of the radiation fields of the laser radiation which can oscillate in the resonator can be partially output from the resonator with a prescribed output level and all differently polarized radiation fields remain in the resonator in a completely reflecting fashion.