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Title: Large Diameter Lasing Tube Cooling Arrangement

Abstract

A cooling structure (16) for use inside a ceramic cylindrical tube (11) of a metal vapor laser (10) to cool the plasma in the tube (11), the cooling structure (16) comprising a plurality of circular metal members (17,31) and mounting members (18, 34) that position the metal members (17,31) coaxially in the tube (11) to form an annular lasing volume, with the metal members (17, 31) being axially spaced from each other along the length of the tube (11) to prevent the metal members from shorting out the current flow through the plasma in the tube (11) and to provide spaces through which the heat from localized hot spots in the plasma may radiate to the other side of the tube (11).

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
None (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
825076
Patent Number(s):
6738400
Application Number:
US Patent Application 08/583,387; DOE Case S-85,393; TRN: US200429%%1512
Assignee:
DOEGC
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 18 May 2004; PBD: 18 May 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; CERAMICS; HOT SPOTS; METAL VAPOR LASERS; PLASMA; TUBES; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN

Citation Formats

Hall, Jerome P, Alger, Terry W, Anderson, Andrew T, and Arnold, Philip A. Large Diameter Lasing Tube Cooling Arrangement. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Hall, Jerome P, Alger, Terry W, Anderson, Andrew T, & Arnold, Philip A. Large Diameter Lasing Tube Cooling Arrangement. United States.
Hall, Jerome P, Alger, Terry W, Anderson, Andrew T, and Arnold, Philip A. Tue . "Large Diameter Lasing Tube Cooling Arrangement". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/825076.
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abstractNote = {A cooling structure (16) for use inside a ceramic cylindrical tube (11) of a metal vapor laser (10) to cool the plasma in the tube (11), the cooling structure (16) comprising a plurality of circular metal members (17,31) and mounting members (18, 34) that position the metal members (17,31) coaxially in the tube (11) to form an annular lasing volume, with the metal members (17, 31) being axially spaced from each other along the length of the tube (11) to prevent the metal members from shorting out the current flow through the plasma in the tube (11) and to provide spaces through which the heat from localized hot spots in the plasma may radiate to the other side of the tube (11).},
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