Iodine gas laser device
AssigneeMax-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
InventorsKristian Hohla, Werner Fuss
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Abstract
A gas containing an active iodine compound is circulated through a laser tube, a purifying device and a gas reconstitution device. The active compound is consumed by lasing in the laser tube, waste products of the lasing action are removed by the purifying device and the gas reconstitution device maintains the concentration of the active compound at an operational level.
Claims11
An iodine laser comprising a tubular receptacle containing a gaseous laser medium containing an iodine compound, and a device capable of effecting a population reversal in the laser medium and a gas circulation circuit means for said receptacle, said receptacle being placed in said circuit means and wherein said gas circulation circuit means comprises:
- a purifying device for removing the elementary iodine which forms in said receptacle during the operation of the laser;
- a reconstituting device for replacing the consumed iodine compound;
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- a device for circulating of the laser medium through said circuit means including said tubular receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.