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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:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:
James D. Kafka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dirk Sutter, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
James D. Kafka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dirk Sutter, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spectra Physics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical system has a high power diode pump source and a thin disk gain media. An optical coupler is positioned between the diode pump source and the thin disk gain media. The optical coupler produces a beam with a large numerical aperture incident on the thin disk gain media.