Accession Number:

ADD002293

Title:

Method of Reducing Light Leakage in Lasers.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• White,Matthew B.

Report Date:

1975-12-23

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

A Q-switched and cavity dumped laser system is provided in which a 45 degree Faraday rotator and an auxiliary cavity mirror are disposed in the beam path to compensate for the polarization change caused by thermally stresses laser rods.

Descriptors:

• *Lasers
• *Patents
• Laser cavities
• Q switching
• Faraday effect
• Thermal stresses
• Rotators
• Polarization
• Light pulses
• Laser beams

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE