Electrically self-oscillating, rf-excited gas laser
US4837772A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/09702
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrically self-oscillating radio frequency-excited gas laser. The discharge section of the laser resonates at a desired radio frequency as a result of incorporating the discharge section into the feedback loop of a power oscillator circuit. This laser structure facilitates initial plasma breakdown and adapts its frequency depending upon whether the gas in the discharge section has broken down. When the laser plasma tube is integrated with the oscillator, the laser is also somewhat smaller compared to gas lasers having conventional crystal-controlled amplifier chains.
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