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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Norman Hodgson, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael Hertwig, San Ramon, CA (US);
H. Yang Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Norman Hodgson, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael Hertwig, San Ramon, CA (US);
H. Yang Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/08 (2006.01); H01S 3/042 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/081 (2006.01); H01S 3/06 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/042 (2013.01); H01S 3/235 (2013.01); H01S 3/0816 (2013.01); H01S 3/0621 (2013.01); H01S 3/1625 (2013.01); H01S 3/094084 (2013.01); H01S 3/0407 (2013.01); H01S 3/094076 (2013.01); H01S 3/0405 (2013.01); H01S 3/1636 (2013.01); H01S 3/094038 (2013.01); H01S 3/025 (2013.01); H01S 3/0604 (2013.01); H01S 3/0623 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laser includes a Ti:sapphire gain-medium in the form of a thin-disk. The thin-disk gain-medium is optically pumped by pump-radiation pulses having a wavelength in the green region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The pump-radiation pulses have a duration less than twice the excited-state lifetime of the gain-medium.