| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D351911 |
Medical and dental control console for a laser |
October 25, 1994 |
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| 7042915 |
Fiber laser with cladding-to-core energy migration |
May 9, 2006 |
| A method of transferring energy in an optical fiber (12) from the fiber's cladding element (16) of the fiber's core element (14) is disclosed. The core element (14) includes an active gain component and an energy migration component, and the cladding element (16), which surrounds the |
| 6931032 |
Method of transferring energy in an optical fiber laser structure using energy migration |
August 16, 2005 |
| A method of transferring energy in an optical fiber structure is disclosed. This method transfers energy from a cladding element of the fiber structure to a core element of the fiber structure. The core element includes an active gain component and an energy migration component. The |
| 6911160 |
Phosphate glass for use in the manufacture of ultra-short length lasers and amplifiers |
June 28, 2005 |
| A high-gain phosphate glass composition, which can be used to produce ultra-short gain length lasers and optical amplifiers is described wherein the composition of the glass in addition to exhibiting high gain for lasers and amplifiers, also exhibits high thermal shock resistance, high |
| 6693924 |
Optical fiber laser structure and system based on ASE pumping of cladding element |
February 17, 2004 |
| An optical fiber laser structure and system are disclosed. The fiber laser structure includes a core, an inner cladding, and an outer cladding. The core has a first and second end and includes a combination of ytterbium and erbium as a first active gain component. The inner cladding, hav |
| 5523883 |
Field adjustable beam splitter |
June 4, 1996 |
| A field adjustable beam splitter includes a mirror pivotably supported at a pivot point, a first wedge which is movable and which supports the mirror at a first support point, and a second wedge which is also movable and which supports a mirror at a second support point. The support poin |
| 5322820 |
Athermal laser glass compositions with high thermal loading capacity |
June 21, 1994 |
| Phosphate glass compositions which exhibit both athermal behavior under high thermal loading and high thermal shock resistance without special conditioning. High gain, laser rods, discs and other optical elements formed of these phosphate glass compositions are also described. |
| 5278852 |
Intra-cavity high order harmonic laser |
January 11, 1994 |
| An intra-cavity high order harmonic laser consists of a output coupler, total reflection mirror, and a laser medium disposed therebetween. The output coupler and the total reflection mirror form a resonator. At least two nonlinear crystals are disposed between the laser medium and the |
| 5202892 |
Pulse forming and delivery system |
April 13, 1993 |
| A pulse forming and delivery system 10 is disclosed for forming and deliverying a pulse of electrical energy to a flashlamp 38. System 10 includes a capacitor 14 which is adapted to selectively store electrical energy from a power supply 16 and to transfer this electrical energy to f |
| 5164343 |
Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions and strengthened optical quality glass articles |
November 17, 1992 |
| Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions containing in mole percent from about 50 to 70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5, from about 5 to 30% Li.sub.2 O, from about 5 to 25% MO, where M is selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and about 5 to 30% X.sub.2 O.sub.3, where X |
| 5053360 |
Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions and strengthened optical quality glass articles |
October 1, 1991 |
| Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions containing in mole percent from about 50 to 70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5, from about 5 to 30% Li.sub.2 O, from about 5 to 25% MO, where M is selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and about 5 to 30% X.sub.2 O.sub.3, where X |
| 4962067 |
Erbium laser glass compositions |
October 9, 1990 |
| Phosphate laser glass compositions which include erbium ions as the active laser ion material. In one aspect, ytterbium, chromium and cerium ions are present as auxiliary dopants. The ytterbium, chromium and cerium additives serve to sensitize the erbium-doped phosphate glasses of the pr |
| 4875920 |
Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions and strengthened optical quality glass articles |
October 24, 1989 |
| Ion-exchangeable phosphate glass compositions containing in mole percent from about 50 to 70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5, from about 5 to 30 % Li.sub.2 O, from about 5 to 25% MO, where M is selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and about 5 to 30% X.sub.2 O.sub.3, where X |
| 4849002 |
Ion-exchangeable germanate method for strengthened germanate glass articles |
July 18, 1989 |
| Ion exchangeable glass compositions containing from 50 to 90 mole percent GeO.sub.2, from 5 to 30 mole percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 3 to 30 mole percent Li.sub.2 O, up to 30 mole percent Na.sub.2 O and up to 30 mole percent K.sub.2 O are provided. In another aspect, minor amounts of |
| 4770811 |
Sensitized laser glass |
September 13, 1988 |
| A sensitized laser glass which includes a primary lasing dopant and auxiliary dopants which absorb in regions of the flashlamp emission spectrum away from the absorption bans of the primary dopant and transfer the energy absorbed to the primary dopant, thus improving the efficiency a |
| 4333848 |
Athermal laser glass composition |
June 8, 1982 |
| A phosphate laser glass in which the optical path length is substantially independent of temperature, or "athermal", particularly under rapid pulsing, and chemically stable, while providing high gain. The base glass composition comprises, in mole percent, 55 to 70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5, 3 to |
| 4248732 |
Laser phosphate glass compositions |
February 3, 1981 |
| Laser phosphate glass compositions are provided by combining constituent elements at defined amounts to form compositions which provide a balance of properties to the glass, especially high gain and low n.sub.2. |
