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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2019
Applicants:

Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);

Adlai H. Smith, Escondido, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);

Adlai H. Smith, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

INNOVEN ENERGY LLC, Columbia, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/034 (2006.01); H01S 3/0959 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); G21B 1/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/034 (2013.01); G21B 1/23 (2013.01); H01S 3/0959 (2013.01); H01S 3/2256 (2013.01); H01S 3/2308 (2013.01); H01S 3/2333 (2013.01); H01S 3/2366 (2013.01); H01S 3/2383 (2013.01); H01S 2301/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A set of optical elements for optical extraction composed of packed expanding optical cross sections to efficiently extract from a large gain region. The elements are rectangular shaped concave small expansion lenses matched to rectangular convex collimating lenses. Absorbing sheets divide an overall large volume up into smaller volumes to minimize losses due to amplified spontaneous emission. This arrangement has various applications, particularly in inertial confinement technology, where it may be used to extract energy from KrF laser media energized by electron beams. For certain applications, this regime of the gain medium may have zones at the absorbing sheets where this is no gain.


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