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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Jasmine Louise Strong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jasmine Louise Strong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/121 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digitally-controllable laser apparatus includes a resonator, which includes a two-dimensional micromirror array, and an output facet configured to output a laser beam. The array has a controllable two-dimensional reflectivity to provide control of a two-dimensional wave front of the laser beam. A digitally-controlled Q-switching of the laser apparatus, and shaping of the laser beam wave front to thereby steer the laser beam can be realized.