Microwave excited gas laser
US5412684A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 2, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/031
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A metal vapor/inert gas laser comprises a laser tube containing an inert gas and a metallic material capable of vaporizing and lasing, a microwave energy source, and a slow wave structure proximate the laser tube for coupling microwave energy from the source to the metal vapor in the laser tube. A non-metallic electronegative species can be substituted for the metallic material in the laser tube.
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