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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Robert R. Alfano, Bronx, NY (US);
Vladimir Petricevic, New York, NY (US);
Alexey Bykov, Bronx, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert R. Alfano, Bronx, NY (US);
Vladimir Petricevic, New York, NY (US);
Alexey Bykov, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A laser medium includes a single crystal of Cr:MgMSiAO, where, where M is a bivalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Mg, and A is a tetravalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Si. In addition, either a) 0≦x<2 and 0<y<1 or b) 0<x<2 and y is 0 or 1 with the proviso that if M is Caand x=1 then y is not 0. The laser medium can be used in a laser device, such as a tunable near infrared (NIR) laser.