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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Fürbach, Vienna, AT;
Ferenc Krausz, Vösendorf, AT;
Assignee:
Femtolasers Produktions GmbH, , AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/098 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/098 ;
Abstract
A Laser arrangement ( ) comprising a pump unit ( ) containing a pumped laser crystal ( ), and means, such as a saturable absorber ( ), for passive mode-locking, wherein two separate, alternatively switchable resonator arms ( ) are provided, one resonator arm ( ) of which, which is active in a pulse forming phase ( ), comprises the saturable absorber ( ), whereas the other resonator arm ( ), which is active in an amplifying phase ( ), is free from components that introduce losses.