Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for amplifying a laser pulse having improved temporal contrast
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Application No.: US14439603Application Date: 2013-10-28
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Publication No.: US09614343B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Sebastien Laux , Olivier Casagrande , Paul Jougla
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1202935 20121031
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/072478 WO 20131028
- International Announcement: WO2014/067888 WO 20140508
- Main IPC: H01S3/042
- IPC: H01S3/042 ; H01S3/06 ; H01S3/08 ; H01S3/081 ; H01S3/00

Abstract:
A device for amplifying a multi-wavelength pulsed laser beam is provided, which comprises: a solid amplifying medium with two planer faces, a front face and a reflecting rear face; and a device for cooling the amplifying medium by the rear face. The front face of the amplifying medium is tilted relative to its rear face by a first non-zero tilt and the device further comprises a trapezoidal prism, with an input face and an output face which form between them a second non-zero tilt, the first and second tilts being such that the beams of each wavelength are parallel to one another at the output of the prism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150303642A1 DEVICE FOR AMPLIFYING A LASER PULSE HAVING IMPROVED TEMPORAL CONTRAST Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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