SOLID-STATE LASER SYSTEM USING HIGH-TEMPERATURE SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASER AS AN OPTICAL PUMP SOURCE

摘要

A laser system (10) for operation at elevated temperatures with minimal cooling requirements. The laser system (10) comprises a laser media (34) having first and second optical ends (66, 68) and an input port (64). The laser system (10) further comprises at least one hightemperature laser diode which optically communicates with the laser media (34) and is operative to generate a source beam of light which is transmitted into the input port (64) of the laser media (34). Optically communicating with the first optical end (66) of the laser media (34) is at least one reflector (36), while optically communicating with the second optical end (68) of the laser media (34) is at least one optical coupler (50). The laser media (34), the reflector (36) and the optical coupler (50) are configured to form a laser resonator operative to generate a laser beam which is transmitted through the optical coupler (50).