US 12,080,985 B1
Compact laser cavity and methods of manufacture
James Murray, Longmont, CO (US); and Micah Boyd, Longmont, CO (US)
Assigned to Arete Associates, Northridge, CA (US)
Filed by Arete Associates, Northridge, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,953.
Application 16/435,496 is a division of application No. 15/225,805, filed on Aug. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,714,887, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 17/157,953 is a continuation of application No. 16/435,496, filed on Jun. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,903,617.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,919, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Int. Cl. H01S 3/08 (2023.01); H01S 3/06 (2006.01); H01S 3/081 (2006.01); H01S 3/083 (2006.01); H01S 3/105 (2006.01); H01S 3/107 (2006.01); H01S 3/0941 (2006.01)
CPC H01S 3/083 (2013.01) [H01S 3/0602 (2013.01); H01S 3/08054 (2013.01); H01S 3/08059 (2013.01); H01S 3/08095 (2013.01); H01S 3/0813 (2013.01); H01S 3/0817 (2013.01); H01S 3/105 (2013.01); H01S 3/107 (2013.01); H01S 3/0941 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical system comprising:
a laser ring resonator including a plurality of bulk reflectors, a gain medium, and a prism defining a resonant optical path of the laser ring resonator; and
a reverse wave suppression reflector,
wherein the prism provides an optical gain via the gain medium on the resonant optical path,
wherein the resonant optical path includes a primary resonator plane, and
wherein the resonant optical path includes a plurality of reflections in the primary resonator plane and a reflection to the reverse wave suppression reflector out of the primary resonator plane.