Patent ID: 7653116
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
1. A holder for use with a portable laser head, comprising: body configured with a plurality of nests; a frequency converter mounted to the body and operative to convert an energy of an input light in a first frequency band to an output light in the first frequency band and a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; a beam splitter aligned with the frequency converter and mounted to the body, the beam splitter being configured to transmit the output light in the second frequency band along a transmission path and reflect the output light in the first frequency band, a mirror mounted to the body and configured to receive the output light in the second frequency band from the beam splitter, the beam splitter and mirror being spatially fixed relative to one another upon mounting to the body; and a dump collimator operative to receive the reflected light from the mirror so as to guide the reflected light from the body along a reverse light path not coinciding with the transmission path of the input light, the plurality of nests being configured to receive respective frequency converter, beam-splitter and mirror and the dump collimator.