Patent References 3611231 3648193 InventorsApplicationNo. 516409 filed on 10/21/1974US Classes:372/18, Mode locking372/22, Frequency multiplying (e.g., harmonic generator)372/34, PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL372/99ReflectorExaminersPrimary: Sikes, William L.Attorney, Agent or FirmAbstractAn improved laser construction having relatively simple single element means located in the laser cavity for simultaneously mode-locking and frequency doubling the laser output, said single element means including a crystal such as a non-linear barium sodium niobate (BSN) crystal properly excited to achieve acoustooptic loss modulation as well as to mode-lock the laser output, and means for locating the crystal within the laser resonator cavity. | |