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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2003
Robin A. Reeder, El Segundo, CA (US);
David M. Filgas, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Robert W. Byren, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Robin A. Reeder, El Segundo, CA (US);
David M. Filgas, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Robert W. Byren, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A laser resonator for generating a laser beam having beam quality along two transverse axes that is determined primarily by the mode discrimination characteristics of one axis. The apparatus including a means for providing a collimated beam of electromagnetic energy with a predetermined orientation with respect to a line of sight thereof, and, a means for rotating the beam such that a transverse mode selection therefor is the same for two orthogonal directions thereof.