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Beam expander for ultraviolet lasers

US6163559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 1998
Grant dateDec 19, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/225
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A line narrowed ultraviolet laser having a line narrowing system which includes a grating and an all reflective beam expander. In a preferred embodiment, the beam expander consists of a relatively small circular cylindrical mirror and relatively larger elliptical cylindrical mirror and the grating is an eschelle grating mounted in a Littrow configuration.

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