Patent ID: 6215807
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A laser system comprising:a plurality of spaced slabs with a lasing medium located in the gap therebetween forming a plurality of slab laser structures;a reflective surface on each end of each slab laser structure and means for exciting the lasing medium in the gap between each pair of spaced slabs which, in combination, allow each slab laser structure to output a laser beama feedback device, responsive to the output of each slab laser structure, positioned near at least one end of, but physically separated from, each slab laser structure to allow non-waveguide laser beam propagation, coupling the output of each slab laser waveguide structure to at least one other slab laser waveguide structure, thereby synchronizing the phase of the outputs of all the slab laser structures; andan output coupler responsive to the phase-synchronized outputs of all the slab laser structures for extracting a single, phase-coherent output laser beam from the plurality of slab laser structures.