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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Thomas J. Kane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Loren A. Eyres, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David R. Balsley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory L. Keaton, San Francisco, CA (US);
James J. Morehead, Oakland, CA (US);
Thomas J. Kane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Loren A. Eyres, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David R. Balsley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory L. Keaton, San Francisco, CA (US);
James J. Morehead, Oakland, CA (US);
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A laser apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a Neodymium-doped lasing material having first and second surfaces and a passive Q-switch optically coupled to the second surface. The first-surface is substantially transparent to a pump radiation and substantially reflective to laser radiation generated by an interaction between the pump radiation and the Neodymium-doped lasing material. The laser radiation is characterized by a vacuum wavelength corresponding to an atomic transition from theFlevel to theIlevel of Neodymium in the lasing material. The second surface transmits at least a portion of the laser radiation. The lasing material and Q-switch are configured to produce pulses of the laser radiation characterized by a pulse length of greater than zero and less than about 1.5 nanoseconds and a pulse repetition rate greater than about 100 kHz. A PQSL laser, an apparatus for generating blue light and a display system based on the laser apparatus are also disclosed.