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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Jeffrey S. Pilgrim, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Joel A. Silver, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey S. Pilgrim, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Joel A. Silver, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Sciences Incorporated, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S003/10 ; H01S005/00 ; H01S003/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An external cavity laser (and method of generating laser light) comprising: a laser light source; means for collimating light output by the laser light source; a diffraction grating receiving collimated light; a cavity feedback mirror reflecting light received from the diffraction grating back to the diffraction grating; and means for reliably tuning the external cavity laser to discrete wavelengths.