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Monolithic, three-dimensional infrared waveguide for high power lasers

  • US 4,124,270 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1977
  • Issued: 11/07/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thin-film optical waveguide for providing guided mode propagation of an infrared laser, comprising:

  • a monolithic, solid material planar structure of determined length and width having two mutually opposed, parallel major surfaces, and including a guided laser propagation path extending along a central portion of the longitudinal axis of the structure between said major surfaces, said monolithic structure having a material thickness in the region of the guided propagation path which is dependent on the wavelength of the infrared laser;

    optical couplers, one each disposed at opposite ends of a first one of said major surfaces for optically coupling the laser beam through said guided laser propagation path; and

    a metallic base, disposed on a second one of said major surfaces for providing dissipation of the laser signal power within said structure.

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