Abstract:
A method of sealing a metallic wire between two vitreous parts. The wire is positioned so that its ends extend outwardly from opposite sides of the enclosure formed by the parts. The adjacent side edges of the parts are formed with protuberent lips which surround the portion of the wire adjacent one end thereof. The parts are preheated, in a controlled atmosphere. A laser beam is then focused on the one end of the wire to fuse it and thereby also fuse, by contact heat transfer, the side portions of the vitreous parts which are adjacent the wire. The wire is thus welded in the enclosure with the fused protuberent lips forming an outwardly extending enclosure portion which reinforces the seal in the area adjacent to the fused wire.
Abstract:
A gas laser having electromagnetic means to concentrate plasma in the laser tube''s capillary and formed by three spaced, coaxial tubes, the inner and first of which defines the capillary, the first and second forming a duct for a cooling fluid and the second and third forming a cooled area for a solenoid.