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US 12,107,386 B2Granted
Assembly techniques and cooling manifold configuration for high-power laser systems
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsMatthew Sauter, Bryan Lochman, Oscar Corripio, Bien Chann
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Abstract
In various embodiments, laser resonators include enclosed cooling manifolds defining protrusions each configured to conduct heat-exchange fluid to a beam emitter in the resonator. Installation of such cooling manifolds may be facilitated via use of a rigid installation tool functioning as a mechanical reference, prior to installation of the beam emitters and sealing of the beam emitters to the cooling manifold.
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A laser resonator comprising:
- a resonator housing defining an interior platform having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, the platform defining a plurality of openings extending therethrough;
- a plurality of base plates mechanically coupled to the top surface of the platform, wherein each base plate is disposed over at least a portion of one of the openings extending through the platform;
- a plurality of beam emitters, each beam emitter being disposed over and coupled to one of the base plates;
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- a cooling manifold coupled beneath the bottom surface of the platform, the cooling manifold defining a plurality of protrusions, wherein each protrusion extends upward into one of the openings in the platform to thereby define a fluid path extending from the cooling manifold, through the protrusion, and into the base plate disposed thereover.
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