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Gas laser

US9948055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 2017
Grant dateApr 17, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/0975
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas laser, including: a semiconductor laser, an optical beam-shaping system, a pair of electrodes, a discharge tube, a rear mirror, and an output mirror. The pair of electrodes includes two electrodes. The electrodes are symmetrically disposed at an outer layer of the discharge tube in parallel. The electrodes are connected to a radio-frequency power supply via a matching network, and the electrodes operate to modify working gas in the discharge tube through radio-frequency discharge. The rear mirror and the output mirror are disposed at two end surfaces of the discharge tube, respectively. The rear mirror, taken together with the output mirror and the discharge tube, form a resonant cavity. The output mirror is configured to output a laser beam.

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