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Preionized transversely excited laser

US5097472A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1990
Grant dateMar 17, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/09713
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Co-ionization of the gas in the optical cavity of a laser, the laser employing only two electrodes, is accomplished by employing a low energy source to commute a non-switched higher energy source. The low energy source will generate a discharge in the laser medium thereby causing power to be deposited from the higher energy source into the laser medium.

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