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Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling

  • US 7,027,477 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2002
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical system, comprising:

  • a diode pump source;

    a thin disk gain media with first and second surfaces with at least one of the first and second surfaces being a cooling surface, the thin disk gain media being made of a material with an anisotropic thermal expansion and cut at an angle to provide substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient in all directions lying in a plane that is parallel to the cooling surface; and

    an optical coupler positioned between the diode pump source and the thin disk gain media to direct an output from the diode pump source to the thin disk gain media.

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