LASER DIODE MOUNTING TECHNIQUE TO EVENLY DEPOSIT ENERGY
Assignee
TRW
Filed as: TRW INC.
Filed
Dec 12, 1996
Granted
May 4, 1999
Location
Redondo Beach CA (TRW)
Abstract
An optical amplifier for a high power, solid state laser which includes a slab of a solid state laser material, for example, yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) crystal. One or more diode arrays may be vertically stacked and configured to provide generally uniform energy distribution in the crystal in a vertical direction. By maintaining a relatively uniform energy distribution in the crystal in a vertical direction, thermal and stress aberrations of the resulting laser beam are minimized.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Jun 27, 1997
Rescinded
Dec 1, 1997
Duration
5 months
Inventor
- 1JAMES M. ZAMEL
Sensitive facility: Redondo Beach CA (TRW)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5900967
- Application
- 08766434
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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