US Patent 7245642 Broadband external cavity diode laser

Patent 7245642 was granted and assigned to Southwest Sciences, Inc. on July, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Southwest Sciences, Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72456420

Patent Inventor Names

Daniel J. Kane0

Jeffrey S. Pilgrim0

Date of Patent

July 17, 2007

Patent Application Number

107831930

Date Filed

February 19, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Armando Rodriguez

Patent abstract

An external cavity laser and a method of generating laser light via an external cavity laser comprising emitting laser light from a source, collimating light output by the source, receiving collimated light with a diffraction grating, reflecting light received from the diffraction grating back to the diffraction grating with a cavity feedback mirror, wherein at least a portion of the mirror is curved, and tuning the external cavity laser to a set of wavelengths.