公开(公告)号：US07301980B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-27

申请号：US10877737

申请日：2004-06-25

申请人： Thomas D. Steiger ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Timothy S. Dyer ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Walter D. Gillespie ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Brian D. Strate

发明人： Thomas D. Steiger ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Timothy S. Dyer ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Walter D. Gillespie ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Brian D. Strate

IPC分类号： H01S3/097

CPC分类号： H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/0381 ,  H01S3/0385 ,  H01S3/0388 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/09713

摘要： A gas discharge laser includes a laser chamber containing a halogen laser gas, two electrode elements defining a cathode and an anode, each having a discharge receiving region defining two longitudinal edges and having a region width defining a width of an electric discharge between the electrode elements in the laser gas. The anode comprising a first anode portion comprising a first anode material defining a first anode material erosion rate, located entirely within the discharge receiving region, a pair of second anode portions comprising a second anode material defining a second anode material erosion rate, respectively located on each side of the first anode portion and at least partially within the discharge receiving region; an electrode center base portion integral with the first anode portion; and wherein each of the respective pair of second anode portions is mechanically bonded to the center base portion.

摘要翻译： 气体放电激光器包括含有卤素激光气体的激光室，限定阴极和阳极的两个电极元件，每个具有限定两个纵向边缘的放电接收区域，并且具有限定电极元件之间的放电宽度的区域宽度 在激光气体中。 阳极包括第一阳极部分，其包括限定第一阳极材料侵蚀速率的第一阳极材料，其完全位于放电接收区域内;一对第二阳极部分，包括限定第二阳极材料侵蚀速率的第二阳极材料，分别位于 所述第一阳极部分的每一侧并且至少部分地在所述放电接收区域内; 与所述第一阳极部分成一体的电极中心基部; 并且其中相应的一对第二阳极部分中的每一个机械地结合到中心基部。

公开(公告)号：US07522650B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-21

申请号：US10815387

申请日：2004-03-31

申请人： William N. Partlo ,  Yoshiho Amada ,  James A. Carmichael ,  Timothy S. Dyer ,  Walter D. Gillespie ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Curtis L. Rettig ,  Brian D. Strate ,  Thomas D. Steiger ,  Fedor Trintchouk ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski

发明人： William N. Partlo ,  Yoshiho Amada ,  James A. Carmichael ,  Timothy S. Dyer ,  Walter D. Gillespie ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Curtis L. Rettig ,  Brian D. Strate ,  Thomas D. Steiger ,  Fedor Trintchouk ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski

IPC分类号： H01S3/22

CPC分类号： H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/0384 ,  H01S3/041 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/225

摘要： A method and apparatus if disclosed which may comprise a high power high repetition rate gas discharge laser UV light source which may comprise: a gas discharge chamber comprising an interior wall comprising a vertical wall and an adjacent bottom wall; a gas circulation fan creating a gas flow path adjacent the interior vertical wall and the adjacent bottom wall; an in-chamber dust trap positioned a region of low gas flow, which may be along an interior wall and may comprise at least one meshed screen, e.g., a plurality of meshed screens, which may comprise at least two different gauge meshed screens. The dust trap may extend along the bottom interior wall of the chamber and/or a vertical portion of the interior wall. The dust trap may comprise a first meshed screen having a first gauge; a second meshed screen having a second gauge smaller than the first gauge; and the second meshed screen intermediate the first meshed screen and the interior wall. The chamber may comprise a plurality of dust collecting recesses in at least one of the vertical interior wall and the bottom wall of the chamber which may be selected from a group comprising a one-part recess and a multi-part recess, which may comprise two sections angled with respect to each other. The dust trap may comprise a pressure trap positioned between a portion of a main insulator and an interior wall of the chamber. The chamber may comprise a gas circulating fan comprising a cross-flow fan with a fan cutoff that may comprise a vortex control pocket. The chamber may comprise a preionization mechanism comprising a preionization tub containing a ground rod within an elongated opening in the preionization tube that may comprise a compliant member, an automatic preionization shut-off mechanism, a preionization onset control mechanism and/or a focusing element. The chamber may comprise an elongated baffle plate that may comprise a plurality of pyramidal structures including varying numbers of generally pyramidal elements and oriented in groups of varying numbers of generally pyramidal elements and oriented along and transverse to the longitudinal axis. Acoustic resonances within the chamber may also be reduced by introducing an artificial jitter into the timing of the laser discharges varying the inter-pulse period randomly or in a repeating pattern from pulse to pulse within a burst.