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US 2026/0171745 A1Published application
Reducing optical loss in high power laser applications
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorJonathan Richardson
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a frame structure forming a circumference around an opening, a receptacle along the circumference, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow a secure placement of an optical element such that electromagnetic waves traveling from the opening impinge upon the optical element; N heating elements attached to the frame structure substantially along entirety of the circumference, where N is a positive integer; and a radiation reflector disposed along the circumference of the frame.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame structure forming a circumference around an opening,
- a receptacle along the circumference, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow a secure placement of an optical element such that electromagnetic waves traveling from the opening impinge upon the optical element;
- N heating elements attached to the frame structure substantially along entirety of the circumference, where N is a positive integer;
- and
- a radiation reflector disposed along the circumference of the frame.
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A method of reducing thermal distortion of an optical element, comprising:
- providing a heating apparatus comprising:
- a frame structure forming a circumference around an opening, wherein
- a receptacle along the circumference, wherein the receptacle is configured to allow a secure placement of the optical element such that electromagnetic waves traveling from the opening impinge upon the optical element;
- N heating elements attached to the frame structure substantially along entirety of the circumference, where N is a positive integer;
- and
- a radiation reflector disposed along the circumference of the frame;
- and
- operating a heat source to supply heating energy to the N heating elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.