Patent ID: 6266358
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A diode-pumped solid-state laser (DSSL) comprising:a pump light source having a diode stack, with a laser rod and a pump cavity, the center of the emitting face of the diode stack having a defined position in space relative to the laser rod or to the pump cavity;said pump light source, capable of having alternatively different external dimensions, being fitted in a separate instrument casing and thus forming an interchangeable pump module;said instrument casing of the DSSL having an opening into which the pump module can be inserted and which is closed by slidable insertion of the pump module;mechanical means being provided in the instrument casing of the DSSL and on the casing of the pump module which form a slidable mechanical interface for the relative position of the pump module with respect to the instrument casing of the DSSL;said laser rod or the pump cavity having a unique adjusted relative position with respect to the mechanical means which the instrument casing contains; andsaid center of the emitting face being adjusted in a defined relative position with respect to the mechanical means which the instrument casing contains.