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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
George J Collins, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Jorge J Rocca, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Jack D Meyer, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Applied Electron Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 74 ; 372 76 ; 372 37 ; 372 85 ; 372 87 ;
Abstract
A highly efficient laser employs a glow discharge electron gun and includes a solid wall cathode that emits a beam of electrons resulting in a plasma that is a negative glow discharge having an electron distribution that has a larger number of high energy electrons than would be present in a Maxwellian distribution of the same electron density.