This is a restricted class for coherent light generator systems wherein an assembly of electrical, mechanical, and optical components produces an intense, coherent, directional beam of light by stimulating electronic, ionic, or molecular transitions to lower energy levels.
The generators of this system consists of
(a) a medium which may be solid, liquid or gaseous, comprising a system of particles, molecules, or atoms;
(b) means including a source of energy for setting the particles, molecules, or atoms into an excited energy state; and
(c) means to abstract electromagnetic wave energy produced by the relaxation of the system of particles, molecules, or atoms to a lower energy state. The means to abstract electromagnetic wave energy provides for escape from said substance of substantially coherent electromagnetic radiation in the optical or Quasi-optical wavelength range. In general, the wavelength of the emitted radiation lies in the range from the ultraviolet to the far infrared of the electromagnetic spectrum, corresponding to a wavelength range extending from 100 to 2,000,000 angstroms.
The generators of these systems when combined with other diverse systems or devices will be classified with the diverse system or device. |
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1 • SUPERRADIANT LASER
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2 • FREE ELECTRON LASER
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3 • RAMAN LASER
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4 • LONG WAVELENGTH (E.G., FAR INFRARED)
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5 • SHORT WAVELENGTH LASER
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6 • OPTICAL FIBER LASER
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7 • THIN FILM LASER
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8 • LASER LOGIC SYSTEM
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9 • PARTICULAR BEAM CONTROL DEVICE
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10 • Q-switch
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11 • Absorption type
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12 • Electro-optic
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13 • Acousto-optic
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14 • Mechanical
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15 • Rotating mirror
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16 • Rotating prism
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17 • Plural Q-switches
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18 • Mode locking
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19 • Mode discrimination
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20 • Tuning
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21 • Nonlinear device
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22 • Frequency multiplying (e.g., harmonic generator)
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23 • Producing plural wavelength output
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24 • Scanning
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25 • Control of pulse characteristics
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26 • Modulation
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27 • Polarization
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28 • Frequency
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29.01 • Having particular beam control circuit component
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29.011 • Feedback circuitry
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29.012 • Power supply
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29.013 • Having particular electrode structure
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29.014 • Controlling light intensity
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29.015 • Controlling current or voltage
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29.016 • Controlling beam phase
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29.02 • Optical output stabilization
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29.021 • Power
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29.022 • Cavity
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29.023 • Phase
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30 • Pulse
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31 • Amplitude
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32 • Frequency
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33 • PARTICULAR OPERATING COMPENSATION MEANS
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34 • PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
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35 • Liquid coolant
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36 • Heat sink
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37 • HAVING AN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD
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PARTICULAR COMPONENT CIRCUITRY
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38.1 • Having feedback circuitry
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38.02 • For driving or controlling laser
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38.03 • Switch (e.g., thyratron, etc.)
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38.04 • Power supply
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38.05 • Electrode
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38.06 • Optical pumping
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38.07 • Controlling current or voltage to laser
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38.08 • Having noise suppression circuitry
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38.09 • Having fault protection circuitry
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39 • PARTICULAR ACTIVE MEDIA
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40 • Amorphous (e.g., glass)
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41 • Insulating crystal
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42 • Utilizing color centers
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43.01 • Semiconductor
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44.01 • Injection
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44.011 • Crystal orientation
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45.01 • Particular confinement layer
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45.011 • With strained layer
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45.012 • With superlattice structure
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45.013 • With saturable absorption layer
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46.01 • Particular current control structure
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46.011 • Transverse junction
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46.012 • Channeled substrate
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46.013 • Having oxidized region
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46.014 • Having air gap region
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46.015 • Having implant region
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46.016 • Disordered region
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49.01 • Particular coating on facet
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50.1 • Monolithic integrated
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50.11 • With diffraction grating (Bragg reflector)
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50.12 • Laser array
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50.121 • Multiple wavelength emissive
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50.122 • Independently addressable
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50.123 • Phase locked
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50.124 • With vertical output (surface emission)
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50.21 • Having photodetection means
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50.22 • Having an amplifier
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50.23 • Having lens
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51 • Liquid
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52 • Chelate
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53 • Dye
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54 • Particular structural features
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55 • Gas
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56 • Metal vapor
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57 • Excimer or exciplex
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58 • With means for controlling gas flow
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59 • Gas maintenance (e.g., purification, replenishment, etc.)
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60 • Including a specified gas additive
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61 • Discharge tube feature
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62 • Segmented
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63 • Backflow feature
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64 • Waveguide
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65 • Support
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66 • Active media with particular shape
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67 • Disc-shaped
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68 • Plural active media or active media having plural dopants
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69 • PARTICULAR PUMPING MEANS
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70 • Pumping with optical or radiant energy
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71 • End-pumped laser
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72 • Pump cavity
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73 • High-energy particles
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74 • Electron beam
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75 • Semiconductor
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76 • Plasma
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77 • Exploding or combustible material
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78 • Heat
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79 • Solar
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80 • Excited phosphor
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81 • Electrical
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82 • Inductive or capactive excitation
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83 • Transversely excited
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84 • Traveling wave
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85 • Glow discharge
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86 • Having an auxiliary ionization means
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87 • Having particular electrode structure
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88 • Hollow electrode
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89 • Chemical
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90 • Gas dynamic
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91 • With depopulation of lower states
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92 • PARTICULAR RESONANT CAVITY
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93 • Folded cavity
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94 • Having a ring configuration
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95 • Unstable resonator
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96 • Distributed feedback
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97 • Plural cavities
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98 • Specified cavity component
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99 • Reflector
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100 • Prism
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101 • Lens or lens system
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102 • Grating
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103 • Window, aperture, and mask
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104 • Aerodynamic window
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105 • Birefringent material
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106 • Polarizer
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107 • Mirror support or alignment structure
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108 • Specified output coupling device
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109 • MISCELLANEOUS
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700 • OPTICAL DELAY
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701 • NOZZLE
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702 • ISOTOPE
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703 • OPTICAL ISOLATER
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704 • SUMMARY REFERENCE
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705 • NEAT THING
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100 • PARTICULAR BEAM CONTROL DEVICE (372/9)
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FOR100 • Output stabilization (372/29)
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FOR101 • WITH PARTICULAR COMPONENT CIRCUITRY (372/38)
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FOR102 • Semiconductor (372/43)
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FOR103 • Injection (372/44)
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FOR104 • Particular confinement layer (372/45)
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FOR105 • Particular current control structure (372/46)
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FOR106 • Transverse junction (372/47)
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FOR107 • Channeled substrate (372/48)
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FOR108 • Particular coating on facet (372/49)
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FOR109 • Monolithic integrated (372/43)
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