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Method for generating laser pulses by means of a gas laser and apparatus for carrying out the method

US4150343A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 1978
Grant dateApr 17, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/2232
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Laser pulses are generated by means of a gas laser in which a gas mixture containing carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium is at every pulse exposed to an electrical discharge. To achieve a homogeneous discharge, the vapor of a metallocene is added to the gas mixture which prior to at least a first discharge is irradiated with a pulse of ultra-violet light.

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