Transverse-type laser assembly using induced electrical discharge excitation and method
US5305346A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0975
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A transverse-type laser assembly is disclosed herein. This assembly defines a laser cavity containing a vapor or gaseous substance which lases when subjected to specific electrical discharge excitation between a pair of spaced-apart electrodes located within the cavity in order to produce a source of light. An arrangement located entirely outside the laser cavity is provided for inducing a voltage across the electrodes within the cavity sufficient to provide the necessary electrical discharge excitation to cause a vapor substance between the electrodes to lase.
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