Infrared laser
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1. An infrared laser, comprising:
- a seed laser having an optical output;
a optical amplifier receiving the optical seed output and having an amplified output; and
a molecular gas laser receiving the amplified output and having a continuous wave infrared optical output;
a feed-back loop comprising of a detection system and servo electronics, maintains a required resonant conditions for red-shifted laser operation.
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Abstract
An infrared laser has a seed laser with an optical seed output. A pump amplifier receives the optical seed output and has an amplified output. A molecular gas laser receives the amplified output and has an infrared optical output.
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29 Claims
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1. An infrared laser, comprising:
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a seed laser having an optical output; a optical amplifier receiving the optical seed output and having an amplified output; and a molecular gas laser receiving the amplified output and having a continuous wave infrared optical output; a feed-back loop comprising of a detection system and servo electronics, maintains a required resonant conditions for red-shifted laser operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An infrared laser, comprising:
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a seed laser having a seed optical output; an amplifier receiving the seed optical output and having an amplified output; and a gas molecular laser pumped by the amplified output and having a continuous wave infrared output, the gas molecular laser having a doubly resonant cavity. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An infrared laser, comprising:
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a plurality of seed lasers, each of the plurality of seed lasers having an optical output at a different wavelength; a fiber amplifier receiving the optical output from each of the plurality of seed lasers and having an amplified optical output; a molecular gas laser pumped by the amplified optical output and having a continuous wave lasing at an infrared wavelength; a feedback system detecting a power of the molecular gas laser and adjusting at least one of the different wavelengths of the one of the plurality of seed lasers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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