CO2 waveguide laser with beryllium oxide waveguides
    3.
    发明授权
    CO2 waveguide laser with beryllium oxide waveguides 有权
    具有铍氧化物波导的CO2波导激光器

    公开(公告)号:US07046709B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-16

    申请号:US10716001

    申请日:2003-11-18

    IPC分类号: H01S3/03

    摘要: A pulsed, Q-switched, waveguide CO2 laser includes a plurality of waveguide channels formed in a block of a beryllium oxide ceramic material and is operated at a wavelength between about 9.2 and 9.7 micrometers. The laser has an output power up to 55% greater than that of a similarly configured laser, operated at the same wavelength and pulse conditions, but wherein the waveguide channels are formed in a block of an alumina ceramic material.

    摘要翻译: 脉冲Q开关波导CO 2激光器包括形成在氧化铍陶瓷材料的块中的多个波导通道,并且在约9.2和9.7微米之间的波长下操作。 激光器的输出功率比类似配置的激光器的输出功率高出55%,在相同的波长和脉冲条件下工作,但是其中波导通道形成在氧化铝陶瓷材料的块中。

    Apparatus for modifying CO2 slab laser pulses
    4.
    发明申请
    Apparatus for modifying CO2 slab laser pulses 有权
    用于修改CO2平板激光脉冲的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060045150A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-02

    申请号:US10932818

    申请日:2004-09-02

    IPC分类号: H01S3/10

    摘要: The quality of pulses output from laser systems such as super-pulsed CO2 slab lasers can be improved using half-wavelength electro-optic modulators (EOMs), in combination with thin film polarizers (TFPs). A voltage applied across a CdTe crystal of the EOM rotates the polarization of a pulse passing through the EOM by 90°. The polarization determines whether the pulse passes through, or is redirected by, the TFP. The voltage applied to the crystal can be pulsed to prevent a drop in charge, which could allow radiation to leak to the application. A totem pole switch used to apply voltage to the EOM can receive a pulsed voltage for improved performance. Directing by the EOM allows pulses to be clipped at the front/back end(s), split into portions, and/or directed to separate scanners. Directing pulses or pulse portions to different scanners can increase the output of systems such as hole drilling systems.

    摘要翻译: 使用半波长电光调制器(EOM)与薄膜偏振器(TFP)组合,可以改善激光系统(例如超级脉冲CO 2/2)平板激光器输出的脉冲的质量。 施加在EOM的CdTe晶体两端的电压将通过EOM的脉冲的极化旋转90°。 极化决定脉冲是否通过TFP或被TFP重定向。 施加到晶体的电压可以被脉冲以防止电荷下降,这可能使辐射泄漏到应用中。 用于向EOM施加电压的图腾柱开关可以接收脉冲电压以提高性能。 通过EOM引导允许在前/后端剪切脉冲,分割成部分,和/或指向分离的扫描仪。 将脉冲或脉冲部分引导到不同的扫描仪可以增加系统的输出,例如钻孔系统。

    CO2 waveguide laser with beryllium oxide waveguides
    5.
    发明申请
    CO2 waveguide laser with beryllium oxide waveguides 有权
    具有铍氧化物波导的CO2波导激光器

    公开(公告)号:US20050105581A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-19

    申请号:US10716001

    申请日:2003-11-18

    IPC分类号: H01S3/03 H01S3/07 H01S3/223

    摘要: A pulsed, Q-switched, waveguide CO2 laser includes a plurality of waveguide channels formed in a block of a beryllium oxide ceramic material and is operated at a wavelength between about 9.2 and 9.7 micrometers. The laser has an output power up to 55% greater than that of a similarly configured laser, operated at the same wavelength and pulse conditions, but wherein the waveguide channels are formed in a block of an alumina ceramic material.

    摘要翻译: 脉冲Q开关波导CO 2激光器包括形成在氧化铍陶瓷材料的块中的多个波导通道,并且在约9.2和9.7微米之间的波长下操作。 激光器的输出功率比类似配置的激光器的输出功率高出55%,在相同的波长和脉冲条件下工作,但是其中波导通道形成在氧化铝陶瓷材料的块中。

    Pulsed CO2 laser including an optical damage resistant electro-optical switching arrangement
    6.
    发明授权
    Pulsed CO2 laser including an optical damage resistant electro-optical switching arrangement 有权
    脉冲CO2激光器包括光学损伤电光切换装置

    公开(公告)号:US07113529B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-26

    申请号:US10389158

    申请日:2003-03-14

    IPC分类号: G02H6/26

    摘要: An electro-optical switch includes an optical assembly arranged to transmit laser-radiation. The optical assembly comprises an active optical crystal. On one of two opposite surfaces of the crystal is an optical window formed from a material having a refractive index lower than the material of the crystal. Heat deposited, as a result of transmission of the laser-radiation, at the surface of the crystal in contact with the widow is transferred to the window, thereby reducing the potential for optical damage to the crystal surface. The window is sufficiently thick that it has an odd integer multiple of quarter-wavelengths optical thickness at a wavelength about equal to a wavelength of the laser-radiation, thereby behaving as an antireflection device for the crystal at that wavelength. In one embodiment of the optical assembly, the active optical crystal is a cadmium telluride crystal and the window is formed from cesium bromide.

    摘要翻译: 电光开关包括布置成透射激光辐射的光学组件。 光学组件包括有源光学晶体。 在晶体的两个相对表面中的一个表面上是由折射率低于晶体材料的材料形成的光学窗口。 作为透射激光辐射的结果,在与寡妇接触的晶体的表面上进行热沉积被转移到窗口,由此降低了对晶体表面的光学损伤的可能性。 窗口足够厚,使得其具有在等于激光辐射波长的波长处的四分之一波长光学厚度的奇整数倍,从而表现为在该波长处的晶体的抗反射装置。 在光学组件的一个实施例中,有源光学晶体是碲化镉晶体,窗口由溴化铯形成。

    Pulsed CO2 laser including an optical damage resistant electro-optical switching arrangement
    7.
    发明授权
    Pulsed CO2 laser including an optical damage resistant electro-optical switching arrangement 失效
    脉冲CO2激光器包括光学损伤电光切换装置

    公开(公告)号:US07039079B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-02

    申请号:US10389081

    申请日:2003-03-14

    IPC分类号: H01S3/10

    摘要: A laser includes a gain medium located in a laser resonator. The gain medium generates plane polarized radiation plane polarized in a first polarization orientation. An electro-optical switch is located in the resonator. When the switch is activated the polarization plane of the laser radiation is rotated to a second orientation after making a forward and a reverse pass through the optical switch. When the switch is deactivated, the polarization orientation of the forward and reverse transmitted laser radiation remains about the same. A polarization selective device is located in the resonator between the electro-optical switch and the gain medium. The polarization selective device is arranged to permit circulation in the resonator of laser radiation in the first polarization orientation, and to restrict circulation of laser radiation in the second polarization orientation. The Gain medium is energized and the switch activated to allow energy to build in the gain medium. The switch is then deactivated to allow laser radiation to circulate in the resonator and deliver a laser pulse. A method of activating the switch by a sequence of DC pulses is disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 激光器包括位于激光谐振器中的增益介质。 增益介质产生以第一极化取向偏振的平面偏振辐射平面。 电光开关位于谐振器中。 当开关被激活时,激光辐射的偏振平面在通过光学开关的正向和反向通过之后被旋转到第二取向。 当开关被禁用时,正向和反向传输的激光辐射的偏振方向保持大致相同。 偏振选择装置位于电光开关和增益介质之间的谐振器中。 偏振选择装置被布置成允许在第一极化取向中的激光辐射的谐振器中循环,并且限制第二偏振取向中的激光辐射的循环。 增益介质通电,并且开关被激活以允许在增益介质中建立能量。 然后禁用开关以允许激光辐射在谐振器中循环并传递激光脉冲。 公开了通过一系列DC脉冲来激活开关的方法。