Geoffrey W Wilson

US Patent:

7068700, Jun 27, 2006

Filed:

Nov 14, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/714578

Inventors:

William Ross Rapoport - Bridgewater NJ, US
Steven Vetorino - Berthoud CO, US
Geoffrey Wilson - Rogue River OR, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

H01S 3/083

US Classification:

372 94, 372 93

Abstract:

A rugged resonator for a laser includes a laser pump housing. An X-fold resonator assembly is configured to receive and hold the laser pump housing. The resonator includes at least four mirrors, a first, a second, a third, and a fourth mirror. The first mirror is configured to receive a first incident laser beam from the first end and to reflect a first reflected beam to reflect as a third reflected beam from the third mirror. The second mirror is configured to receive a second incident laser beam from the second end and reflecting a second reflected beam to intersect the first reflected beam and to reflect as a fourth reflected beam from the fourth mirror. An optical coupler is affixed to an optics plate and configured to receive the third reflected beam. A high reflector is affixed to the optics plate and configured to receive the fourth reflected beam.