Patents by Inventor Kurt G. Klavuhn

Kurt G. Klavuhn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6314116
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser system including a high reflector and an output coupler defining a resonator; a gain medium positioned in the resonator that produces optical gain at more than two desired wavelengths; a coarse selection system, positioned in the resonator and coupled to the gain medium, that produces single transverse modes at the desired wavelengths, with transmission values at the desired wavelengths selected such that power output at the desired wavelengths is maximized, and with transmission values at undesired wavelengths selected to retard lasing at the undesired wavelengths; and a fine selector positioned in the resonator and coupled to the gain medium, having a optical length such that all of the desired wavelengths are substantially simultaneously resonant within the optical length; whereby an output beam is generated. Also disclosed are full-color holography systems and three-dimension laser Doppler velocimetry systems incorporating the inventive laser system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Spectra Physics Lasers, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Wright, Kurt G. Klavuhn, Alfred Feitisch, Marc K. von Gunten