Patent · US Expired

Laser system and method with thermally compensated optics

US5751750A · kind A · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dirk Friede · Goldbach, DE
Hermann Hage · Hamburg, DE
Karl-Heinz Herzner · Hamburg, DE
Volker Scholz · Stade, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 1997
Grant date	May 12, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/139
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser system with compensated optics contains at least one optical element which is thermally coupled to a heat source in order to thermally compensate for a deformation of optical elements disposed in a beam path of the laser system. The deformation is brought about by the laser beam.

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