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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuaki Furuya, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Kimura, Zama, JP;
Kimikatsu Sato, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 82 ; 372 92 ; 372 64 ;
Abstract
A microwave powered gas laser apparatus contains a gas medium, and a device for exciting the gas medium to a high energy state by a plurality of microwaves. Directions of vibrations of electric fields of the microwaves are different from each other. There may be provided a device for making the microwaves into standing waves respectively, and a device for exposing the gas medium to antinodes of electric fields of the standing waves.