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Injection locking type or MOPA type of gas laser device
Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc
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Filing: 2003-01-21
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Granted: 2005-12-06
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Expires: 2023-01-21
Abstract
Abstract An injection locking type or MOPA type of gas laser device which requires only a small installation area and allows easy maintenance. For this purpose, the laser device includes a seed laser unit ( 11 ) for exciting a laser gas inside a laser chamber ( 12 ) and oscillating seed laser light ( 21 ) and an amplifier ( 111 ) for exciting a laser gas inside an amplifying chamber ( 112 ) and amplifying pulse energy of the seed laser light ( 21 ), and allows the laser chamber ( 12 ) and the amplifying chamber ( 112 ) to be evacuated to the same side with respect to an optical axis of the seed laser light ( 21 ).
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Yamashita
- 👤 Osamu Wakabayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:32
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/23; H01S3/2366; G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/70; G03F7/708; G03F7/70975; H01S3/14; H01S3/22; H01S3/223; H01S3/225; H01S3/02; H01S3/025; H01S3/03; H01S3/034; H01S3/05; H01S3/08; H01S3/08004; H01S3/08009; H01S3/2258; H01S3/2308
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A laser device, comprising: a seed laser unit for exciting a laser gas inside a laser chamber and oscillating seed laser light; and an amplifier for exciting a laser gas inside an amplifying chamber and amplifying pulse energy of the seed laser light, means for moving both said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber from a position in the laser device to be evacuated to a same side of the laser device with respect to an optical axis of the seed laser light.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A laser device, comprising: a seed laser unit for exciting a laser gas inside a laser chamber and oscillating seed laser light; and an amplifier for exciting a laser gas inside an amplifying chamber and amplifying pulse energy of the seed laser light, means for moving both said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber from a position in the laser device to be evacuated to a same side of the laser device with respect to an optical axis of the seed laser light.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein said moving means comprises rails for mounting said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber thereon respectively, and wherein said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber are evacuated along said rails.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laser device according to claim 2 , wherein said rails are placed substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the seed laser light.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laser device according to claim 2 , wherein said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber are mounted on said rails via rotatable rollers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laser device according to claim 4 , wherein said rails are placed substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the seed laser light.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laser device according to claim 4 , wherein said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber are mounted on the same rails.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laser device according to claim 4 , wherein said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber are arranged vertically with respect to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The laser device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of said laser chamber and said amplifying chamber is oriented such that emitted laser light is oriented in a vertical direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The laser device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an optical path cover for covering an optical path space which the seed laser light passes through; and a purge mechanism for filling an interior of said optical path space with a clean inert gas.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The laser device according to claim 9 , further comprising: optical axis adjusting means for adjusting the optical axis of the seed laser light.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The laser device according to claim 10 , wherein said optical axis adjusting means comprises an optical path mirror for reflecting the seed laser light.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
87 words
The laser device according to claim 11 , further comprising: manipulating means for changing an angle of said optical path mirror, one end of said manipulating means being disposed outside of said optical path and the other end of said manipulating means being in contact with said optical path mirror in said optical path space and being movable in response to movement of said one end; and sealing means for preventing outside air from being mixed into said optical path space when said manipulating means is manipulated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The laser device according to claim 10 , wherein said optical axis adjusting means comprises moving means for moving said laser chamber by moving uprightly standing plates connected to a resonator of said laser chamber.
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