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6839366 Laser frequency control using dithered control signal  
A dithering signal is superimposed on a laser frequency control signal. In this way, laser frequency control may be achieved by employing measurements from a single photodetector. By sampling...
6834063 Efficient angle tunable output from a monolithic serial KTA optical parametric oscillator  
An arrangement ( 10 ) for efficiently shifting energy received at a first wavelength and outputting the shifted energy at a second wavelength. The arrangement ( 10 ) includes a laser ( 12 ) and an...
6831933 Modular approach to the next generation, short wavelength, laser-like light sources  
A system and method for implementing a next generation laser-like light source with Free Electron Lasers (FELs) are provided whereby the construction of a Free Electron Laser (FEL) is customized...
6832024 Method and apparatus for fiber bragg grating production  
A wide variety of Fiber Bragg writing devices comprising solid state lasers are provided. The solid state lasers emit moderate peak-power output beams which are suitable for efficient production of...
6829260 Multipulse dye laser  
A method for generating a long effective pulse duration output beam of laser radiation using a flashlamp-excited dye laser is described. A spaced series of excitation pulses is electronically...
6829280 Device and a method for the generation of coherent x-ray radiation  
A device ( 10 ) for producing high frequency radiation using a source of elliptically polarized radiation is disclosed based on: irradiating a frequency multiplication medium having a screw axis (...
6826209 Ultrabroad-band variable-wavelength wavelength-multiplexed pulse waveform shaping device  
An ultra-broadband, variable and multiple wavelength, waveform shaping apparatus is disclosed that excels with the ability to yield light pulses shaped in waveform, variable and multiple in...
6822986 Method of controlling a wavelength of a semiconductor laser, optical module, optical transmitter, WDM optical transmission apparatus, and method of controlling a wavelength of an optical module  
An optical module includes a light-emitting device that outputs laser light, a temperature detection unit that is arranged in proximity to the light-emitting device and detects the temperature of...
6822978 Remote UV laser system and methods of use  
A laser apparatus includes a modelocked laser system with a high reflector and an output coupler that define an oscillator cavity. An output beam is produced from the oscillator cavity. A gain...
6816535 Co-alignment of time-multiplexed pulsed laser beams to a single reference point  
An alignment system for co-aligning multiple laser beams to a single spatial reference point in real time. The alignment system includes a beam sampler for sampling the multiple pulsed laser beams....
6816517 Micro-electromechanical devices for wavelength tunable lasers  
An arrangement for tuning a micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) laser center wavelength to exactly match the passband of its associated filter. A dither wavelength locked feedback loop dynamically...
6816530 Nonlinear semiconductor light sources  
A monolithic apparatus has a laser optical cavity. The laser optical cavity has a multi-layer structure that includes a first active semiconductor multi-layer and a second semiconductor...
6813429 Sources of, and methods for generating, optical pulses  
A source of optical pulses, comprises an optical source operable to generate ultrashort optical pulses at a first wavelength; and an optical fiber amplifier comprising an optical fiber having a...
6807210 Systems and a method for generating blue laser beam  
An object of the present invention is to provide a practical device for generating blue laser beam having a wavelength of 457 nm. The present invention provides a device for generating blue laser...
6795476 Focusing device  
A focussing arrangement, in particular for laser devices ( 1 ), comprising a focussing mirror (M 1 ) arranged on a carrier which is displaceable in one plane, and having a spherical reflecting...
6795475 Solid-state laser apparatus excited by laser light from semiconductor laser unit having increased resonator length  
A semiconductor-laser-excited solid-state laser apparatus includes a solid-state laser element and a semiconductor laser unit including a resonator. The solid-state laser element is excited by...
6785307 Method and arrangement for the self-calibration of a diode pumped solid state laser, particularly a tunable, diode pumped solid state laser  
A method for the self-calibration of a tunable, diode pumped solid state laser in which the frequency or the wavelength of the laser radiation of the fundamental frequency and/or doubled frequency...
6782012 Laser device and method of controlling Q-switched frequency converted laser, process and system using laser device  
A harmonic Q switch laser device and its control method for obtaining a stable laser pulse while protecting a nonlinear optical crystal used for a wavelength conversion are presented. In this laser...
6782014 Laser wavelength tripler with high quantum efficiency  
Method and system for converting a first light beam having a first frequency into a second light beam having a second frequency. A pump photon having (angular) frequency 3ω (or 4ω) is provided...
6775307 Light wavelength conversion module  
The present invention provides a light wavelength conversion module in which an output light amount of a light wavelength conversion element increases monotonically as a driving current of a...
6774881 Monochromatic R,G,B laser display system and method  
A monochromatic red (R), green (G), blue (B) pulsed laser source with reduced speckle noise is disclosed. The R, G, B laser source can be used in a full color video/image display system,...
6765934 Laser repetition rate multiplier  
A method for recording an image on a photosensitive surface, comprising: producing a primary pulsed light beam; converting the primary light beam, in a light wavelength converter separate from the...
6763042 Apparatus and method for frequency conversion and mixing of laser light  
A method and device for the nonlinear combination of laser light which produces a beam of uniform intensity, high spatial purity, and high conversion efficiency. The method includes emitting a...
6757096 Short pulse optical parametric oscillator system  
Conventional short pulse optical parametric oscillator systems have relatively low repetition rates and cannot be pumped by continuous-wave lasers. The invention describes passively mode locked...
6751240 Systems for generating short-pulse laser light  
A method for generating ultra-short pulse amplified Raman laser light. Short pulse laser light is amplified, and a portion thereof is introduced into a Raman oscillator to produce compressed laser...
6744555 Ultrashort-pulse source with controllable wavelength output  
A multiple-wavelength ultrashort-pulse laser system includes a laser generator producing ultrashort pulses at a fixed wavelength, and at least one and preferably a plurality of...
6741620 Methods and devices for efficient generation of ultraviolet light  
Efficient devices and methods for producing ultraviolet light are provided. One such device includes a diode-pumped 946 nanometer solid state laser, a first nonlinear crystal for generating blue...
6738398 SHG laser light source and method of modulation for use therewith  
The invention provides an SHG laser light source whose optical output can be modulated using a simple mechanism without having to equip the light source with an external modulator, and a method of...
6724787 Low noise solid state laser  
A low noise laser includes a birefringent gain crystal arranged so that polarization is not constant within the gain crystal. The gain crystal and an intracavity optical element each have a nonzero...
6714567 Laser light generating apparatus and optical apparatus using the same  
Provided is a small-sized laser light generating apparatus capable of oscillating continuous light with a range of wavelengths of about 200 nm or less with stability at high conversion efficiency....
6714569 Design of optical superlattice to realize third-harmonic generation and multi-wavelength laser output and its application in the all-solid state laser  
The design of a special type of optical superlattice and its application in the all-solid state laser is involved in this invention. Nd ions doped laser crystal in common use can radiate three...
6711184 Intracavity frequency-doubled diode-pumped laser  
A diode-pumped laser is disclosed with internal frequency doubling to prevent interfering power fluctuations in the laser radiation generated by the non-linear crystal at the start of the power...
6711183 Optical wavelength conversion device, coherent light generator, and optical information processing apparatus  
An optical wavelength conversion device includes: two or more non-linear optical crystals each having approximately identical phase matching conditions for a fundamental wave light and a second...
6700906 High energy, high average power solid state green or UV laser  
A system for producing a green or UV output beam for illuminating a large area with relatively high beam fluence. A Nd:glass laser produces a near-infrared output by means of an oscillator that...
6697390 Extended lifetime harmonic generator  
A laser system includes a high reflector and an output coupler that define a laser oscillator, which produces a fundamental beam. A harmonic generator is positioned to receive at least a portion of...
6697392 Single wavelength laser module  
A single wavelength laser module utilizes difference-frequency light and includes a first laser device for oscillating light having a first wavelength and a second laser device arranged parallel to...
6697391 Intracavity resonantly enhanced fourth-harmonic generation using uncoated brewster surfaces  
An optical fourth-harmonic generation system includes a resonant cavity configured to support electromagnetic radiation of a fundamental frequency and a fourth-harmonic generator disposed within...
6693945 Scanning type laser microscope  
This invention provides a laser scanning microscope in which a harmonic generator for modulating a laser beam Q having passed through an optical fiber into a laser beam Qb having a wavelength...
6690691 Laser oscillation apparatus  
A laser oscillation apparatus, comprising a laser beam emitting unit for emitting an excitation light, an optical resonance unit at least having a laser crystal and an output mirror, a nonlinear...
6690692 Third harmonic laser system  
A third harmonic laser system includes a fundamental wave resonator for generating fundamental laser beam, a second harmonic laser generator for converting fundamental laser beam to a second...
6690707 Plasma assisted oxygen-iodine laser  
A process of producing a high energy chemical oxygen-iodine laser, including the steps of obtaining a quantity of oxygen in the singlet delta energy state [O 2 (a 1 Δ)], combining the O 2 (a 1 Δ)...
6687268 Surface emitting laser and photodiode, manufacturing method therefor, and optoelectric integrated circuit using the surface emitting laser and the photodiode  
The present invention provides a surface emitting laser and a photodiode which permit secure mounting even in mounting by flip chip bonding, and high-speed modulation. The present invention also...
6683894 Tunable IR laser source for MALDI  
A diode pumped solid state laser/OPO system widely tunable in mid infrared spectrum for infrared matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectroscopy is disclosed. Up to a few tens...
6680956 External frequency conversion of surface-emitting diode lasers  
Methods and devices are provided for converting a fundamental wavelength of a fundamental beam generated by a surface-emitting diode laser having a first resonating cavity. According to some...
6678306 Semiconductor laser device with wavelength selection and high-frequency modulation of driving current  
A semiconductor laser device includes a semiconductor laser element having a pair of cleavage planes which allows laser oscillation therebetween in a plurality of Fabry-Perot modes, an external...
6674782 Self-adapting filters for fine-tuning laser emissions  
Laser type source of coherent luminous radiation including a resonant cavity, an amplification medium placed in the resonant cavity and a dynamic photosensitive material which is placed in the...
6671297 Wavelength conversion device  
A wavelength conversion device that converts a wavelength by second harmonic-wave generation and generates a laser beam, includes: a substrate having a plurality of electrodes; a semiconductor...
6658029 Laser beam-generating apparatus  
A deep-ultraviolet violet laser beam which is a harmonic and is generated inside a nonlinear optical element ( 101 ) is emitted outside the nonlinear optical element ( 101 ), being spaced from a...
6654392 Quasi-monolithic tunable optical resonator  
An optical resonator has a piezoelectric element attached to a quasi-monolithic structure. The quasi-monolithic structure defines an optical path. Mirrors attached to the structure deflect light...
6650673 Generation of short optical pulses using strongly complex coupled DFB lasers  
A compact source capable of generating continuously tunable high frequency microwave radiation and short optical pulses in the picosecond/sub-picosecond range is invented. It includes a laser...