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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Coherent Gmbh, Göttingen, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Spiekermann, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/0941 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01); H01S 3/102 (2006.01); H01S 3/113 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/107 (2006.01); H01S 3/11 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/2308 (2013.01); H01S 3/09415 (2013.01); H01S 3/094038 (2013.01); H01S 3/107 (2013.01); H01S 3/1022 (2013.01); H01S 3/10084 (2013.01); H01S 3/11 (2013.01); H01S 3/113 (2013.01); H01S 3/1611 (2013.01); H01S 3/1673 (2013.01); H01S 3/005 (2013.01); H01S 3/0078 (2013.01); H01S 3/094076 (2013.01); H01S 3/10046 (2013.01); H01S 2301/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a master oscillator plus power amplifier (MOPA) system, the oscillator is a passively Q-switched laser. The laser is triggered into passively Q-switched operation by operating an optical switch to resonantly couple back into the laser amplified stimulated emission generated by the amplifier.