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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2006
Anna M. Tabirian, Winter Park, FL (US);
Douglas P. Stanley, Longwood, FL (US);
Steve Guch, Jr., Mount Dora, FL (US);
Ronald R. Selleck, Orlando, FL (US);
Lloyd H. Morton, Winter Park, FL (US);
Anna M. Tabirian, Winter Park, FL (US);
Douglas P. Stanley, Longwood, FL (US);
Steve Guch, Jr., Mount Dora, FL (US);
Ronald R. Selleck, Orlando, FL (US);
Lloyd H. Morton, Winter Park, FL (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A lasing apparatus includes a laser medium and a pump source. The laser medium includes one of a Holmium-doped fluoride crystal or a Holmium-doped fluorozirconate ZBLAN glass fiber. The pump source generates pulses that resonantly pump the laser medium such that the laser medium produces an output from theIlevel to theIlevel of Holmium. The pump source produces pulses having a duration that is at least as long as a storage time of theIlevel of the laser medium. The pump source pumps the laser medium with signals having a wavelength shorter than 1.67 μm, with the laser medium producing an output having a wavelength of about 1.67 μm.