Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultraviolet laser
- Patent Title (中): 紫外线激光
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Application No.: US13278847Application Date: 2011-10-21
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Publication No.: US08743922B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Tim Smeeton , Stewart Hooper , Edward Andrew Boardman , Robin Mark Cole
- Applicant: Tim Smeeton , Stewart Hooper , Edward Andrew Boardman , Robin Mark Cole
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP.
- Main IPC: H01S5/00
- IPC: H01S5/00

Abstract:
A laser device is disclosed that provides at least an ultraviolet laser beam and preferably both an ultraviolet laser beam and a visible laser beam. The laser device includes a semiconductor laser device (e.g. a laser diode) to generate visible laser light which is coupled into a frequency doubling crystal taking the form of a single crystal thin film frequency-doubling waveguide structure. The single crystal thin film frequency-doubling waveguide converts a portion of the visible light emitted by the laser diode into ultraviolet light. Both visible and ultraviolet laser light is emitted from the waveguide. As an example, the single crystal thin film frequency-doubling frequency doubling waveguide includes a frequency doubling crystal region composed of β-BaB2O4 (β-BBO), a cladding region composed of materials that are transparent or nearly transparent at the wavelength of the ultraviolet laser light beam and a supporting substrate composed of any material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130100977A1 ULTRAVIOLET LASER Public/Granted day:2013-04-25
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