Laser beam waveguide and laser beam delivery system including same
AssigneeRamot University Authority for Applied Research and Industrial Development Ltd.
InventorsNathan Croitoru, Jacob Dror, Isaac Kaplan, Israel Gannot
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Abstract
A laser beam waveguide particularly useful for transmitting infrared laser radiation includes a flexible, hollow plastic tube; a metal layer on the inner surface of the hollow plastic tube; a thin dielectric film on the inner surface of the metal layer; and a flexible layer over the outer surface of the hollow plastic tube capable of absorbing infrared radiation and preventing kinking of the hollow plastic tube.
Claims19
A laser beam waveguide particularly useful for transmitting infrared laser radiation, comprising:
- a flexible, hollow plastic tube;
- a metal layer on the inner surface of said hollow plastic tube;
- a dielectric film on the inner surface of said metal layer;
- a flexible layer over the outer surface of said hollow plastic tube capable of absorbing infrared radiation and preventing kinking of the hollow plastic tube;
- and a flexible metal sheath over the outer surface of said flexible layer.
A laser beam waveguide particularly useful for transmitting infrared laser radiation, comprising:
- a flexible, hollow plastic tube;
- a metal layer on the inner surface of said hollow plastic tube;
- a dielectric film on the inner surface of said metal layer;
- and a flexible layer over the outer surface of said hollow plastic tube capable of absorbing infrared radiation and preventing kinking of the hollow plastic tube;
- said hollow plastic tube being of a fluoroethylene polymer.
A laser beam waveguide particularly useful for transmitting infrared laser radiation, comprising:
- a hollow plastic tube;
- a metal layer on the inner surface of said hollow plastic tube;
- a dielectric film on the inner surface of said metal layer;
- an insulating layer over the outer surface of said hollow plastic tube capable of absorbing infrared radiation and preventing kinking of the hollow plastic tube;
- and a metal sheath over the outer surface of said insulating layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.