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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1977
Filed:
May. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Earl R Ault, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Philip C Stevens, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Robert H Sipman, Agoura, CA (US);
Robert S Bradford, Jr, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 / ;
Abstract
An e-beam pumped laser employs a hollow cylindrical anode and cathode structure, the cathode being externally concentric with the anode. The lasing gas is contained within a chamber formed by the anode, an optical oscillator cavity being formed between mirrors placed at opposite ends of the anode chamber. The laser gas is excited by means of an e-beam directed radially inwardly from the cathode through the walls of the anode, which are formed of a thin foil, into the laser gas cavity.