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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicant:
David Welford, Hathorne, MA (US);
Inventor:
David Welford, Hathorne, MA (US);
Assignees:
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Voxis, Inc., Point Richmond, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A monolithic passively Q switched microlaser includes an optically transparent heat conductive element bonded to a gain medium, which is in turn bonded to a saturable absorber, which may also be bonded to a second optically transparent heat conductive element. Only the gain medium and saturable absorber are disposed within the laser resonator.