Apodizer aperture for lasers
US3990786A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/005
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An aperture attenuator for use with high power lasers which includes glass windows shaped and assembled to form an annulus chamber which is filled with a dye solution. The annulus chamber is shaped such that the section in alignment with the axis of the incident beam follows a curve which is represented by the equation y = (r - r.sub.o).sup.n.
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