Traveling-wave laser-produced-plasma energy source for photoionization laser pumping and lasers incorporating said

Patent · Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:867119

Sher, Mark H ^[1]; Macklin, John J ^[2]; Harris, Stephen E ^[3]

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1. Los Altos, CA
2. Stanford, CA
3. Palo Alto, CA

A traveling-wave, laser-produced-plasma, energy source used to obtain single-pass gain saturation of a photoionization pumped laser. A cylindrical lens is used to focus a pump laser beam to a long line on a target. Grooves are cut in the target to present a surface near normal to the incident beam and to reduce the area, and hence increase the intensity and efficiency, of plasma formation.

• Assignee: Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4870653
• Application Number: 07/184,622
• OSTI ID: 867119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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