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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Laverne Arthur Schlie, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Hongbin MA, Columbia, MO (US);
Douglas E. Smith, Columbia, MO (US);
Vitaly Gruzdev, Columbia, MO (US);
LaVerne Arthur Schlie, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Hongbin Ma, Columbia, MO (US);
Douglas E. Smith, Columbia, MO (US);
Vitaly Gruzdev, Columbia, MO (US);
Integral Laser Solutions, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A thermal management apparatus and method for a thin disk laser system enabling the laser system to have near isothermal temperatures across and throughout a thin disk comprising a mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipe having effective thermal conductivity of 10-20,000 W/m*K that promotes near isothermal conditions in lasing of the thin disk, a thin disk lasing crystal or ceramic bonded to the mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipe, and a supporting structure including a surface bonded to the thin disk that matches the CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) of both materials.