Transverse-type laser assembly using induced electrical discharge excitation and method

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869247

Ault, Earl R ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

A transverse-type laser assembly is disclosed herein. This assembly defines a laser cavity containing a vapor or gaseous substance which lases when subjected to specific electrical discharge excitation between a pair of spaced-apart electrodes located within the cavity in order to produce a source of light. An arrangement located entirely outside the laser cavity is provided for inducing a voltage across the electrodes within the cavity sufficient to provide the necessary electrical discharge excitation to cause a vapor substance between the electrodes to lase.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5305346
• OSTI ID: 869247
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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