Laser

• US 9,337,607 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Zhu, Jun, Zhu, Jing-Lei, Li, Qun-Qing, Jiang, Kai-Li, Feng, Chen, Jin, Guo-Fan, Fan, Shou-Shan
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Yuanda
• Application Number:
  US14/137,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20140177667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 372/49.01, 372/50.11, 372/55, 372/99, 372/102
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/03 of gas laser discharge tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/0619 Coatings, e.g. AR, HR, passivation layer
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/08068 Holes; Stepped surface; Special cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/092 of flash lamp H01S3/0937 takes precedence ; flash lamps per se H01J61/80; circuit arrangements for operating flash lamps in general H05B41/30
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/1055 one of the reflectors being constituted by a diffraction grating
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/2232 Carbon dioxide (CO2) or monoxide [CO]

Abstract

A laser includes a total reflective mirror, an output mirror, a discharge lamp, and an active laser medium. The total reflective mirror, the output mirror, and the discharge lamp define a resonant cavity. The active laser medium is filled in the resonant cavity. The total reflective mirror includes a body, a metal film, and at least one microstructure. The at least one microstructure has a height and a lateral size, and both the height and the lateral size are in a range from about 0.5λ to about 2λ, while λ is a working wavelength of the laser.

Claims

1. A laser comprising:

a total reflective mirror comprising a body defining a first reflective surface, a metal film coated on the first reflective surface, and at least one microstructure comprising a protruding nanostructure located at the center of the total reflective mirror, wherein the at least one microstructure protrudes from the first reflective surface, the at least one microstructure and the body are made of a same material and formed as one piece, and the at least one microstructure protrude is coated by the metal film;

an output mirror,

a discharge lamp, wherein the total reflective mirror and the output mirror are located on two opposite ends of the discharge lamp, wherein the metal film is opposite to the discharge lamp, and there is no element between the metal film and the discharge lamp; and

an active laser medium;

wherein the total reflective mirror, the output mirror, and the discharge lamp define a resonant cavity, the active laser medium is filled in the resonant cavity, and the laser has a working wavelength λ

, a height of the at least one microstructure is 0.5λ

, a lateral size of the at least one microstructure is 0.5λ

.

2. The laser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active laser medium is selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, helium, neon, nitrogen, and carbon oxide.

3. The laser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one microstructure is selected from the group consisting of cylinder, truncated cone, prism, and truncated pyramid.

4. The laser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one microstructure is located close to a center of the first reflective surface.