Internal combustion engine
AssigneeGE Jenbacher GmbH & Co OHG
InventorsErnst Wintner, Georg Reider, Herbert Kopecek
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder, in which combustion of a fuel-air mixture compressed in the cylinder by a piston is initiated by time-controlled external ignition, wherein there is provided at least one laser light source for time-controlled external ignition and the laser light is focussed in the combustion chamber (32) on to at least two real focal points (19). Use of a holographic optical element for focussing of the laser light.
Claims30
An internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder and at least one laser light source for time-controlled externally supplied ignition, characterised in that there is provided at least one holographic optical element for focussing of the laser light.
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