Fan for gas discharge laser
US6765946B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2258
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electric discharge laser apparatus having a laser chamber containing a laser gas and two longitudinal electrodes defining a discharge region for producing electrical discharges and a tangential fan for circulating the laser gas and having blade members configured to minimize adverse effects of reflections of electric discharge generated shock waves back to the discharge region simultaneously with a subsequent discharge.
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