US 7,596,156 B2
Laser
Jean-Charles Joseph Camille Cotteverte, Montreal (Canada); Jevgenij Kosenko, Montreal (Canada); and Roman Rus, St.-Leonard (Canada)
Assigned to XYZ Imaging, Inc., a Canadian Company, Montreal Quebec (Canada)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/79,630.
Claims priority of application No. 0405554.7 (GB), filed on Mar. 12, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0201428 A1, Sep. 15, 2005
Int. Cl. H01S 3/10 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 372—26  [372/29.02] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser comprising:
a resonator cavity;
one or more etalons located within the resonator cavity; and
one or more devices configured to modulate and/or vary the optical length of the resonator cavity;
wherein a modulation signal and an error signal related to the modulation signal multiplied with a signal representative of an energy of the laser are supplied to the one or more devices in order to modulate and/or vary the optical length of the resonator cavity.