Air-cooled gas lasers and associated systems and methods

US9263844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNIVERSAL LASER SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Yefim P. Sukhman · Phoenix, US
• Stefano J. Noto · Mesa, US
• Christian J. Risser · Scottsdale, US
• Mikhail E. Ryskin · Phoenix, US
• Jonathan S. Marx · Scottsdale, US
• Robert A. Hoeffer, III · Mesa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01S3/2232
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of an air-cooled gas laser are disclosed herein. A laser configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a laser superstructure, an optical assembly, and an elongated thermal decoupler member having a first end portion fixedly coupled to the optical assembly and a second end portion fixedly coupled to the laser superstructure. The laser further includes an optical assembly that includes a first holder member fixedly coupled to the first end portion of the thermal decoupler, a second holder member pivotally coupled to the first holder member and fixedly coupled to the laser superstructure, and a flexible seal having a portion coupled to the laser structure and disposed at least between the first holder member and the second holder member.