公开(公告)号：US06330261B1

公开(公告)日：2001-12-11

申请号：US09271041

申请日：1999-03-17

申请人： Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

发明人： Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

IPC分类号： H01S300

CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 ,  C23C14/0694 ,  C23C14/16 ,  C23C14/225 ,  C23C14/24 ,  G01J9/00 ,  G02B1/105 ,  G02B5/1852 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70358 ,  G03F7/70558 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/08009 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/09713 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/1392 ,  H01S3/223 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/2251 ,  H01S3/2256 ,  H03K3/57 ,  H03K17/80

摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz with a full width half, maximum bandwidth of about 0.6 pm or less. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber, a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved commutation module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器，其能够产生1000Hz至2000Hz范围内的10mJ激光脉冲，全宽度为一半，最大带宽为约0.6μm或更小。 可更换模块包括激光室，由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。 这些改进包括增加容量的高压电源，具有用于精确调整电压的电压降低电路，改进的换向模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次 具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。 用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US6018537A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-25

申请号：US273446

申请日：1999-03-19

申请人： Thomas Hofmann ,  Jean-Marc Hueber ,  Palash P. Das ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

发明人： Thomas Hofmann ,  Jean-Marc Hueber ,  Palash P. Das ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

IPC分类号： G01J9/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/08 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/223 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/10

CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 ,  G01J9/00 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70358 ,  G03F7/70558 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/223 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/08009 ,  H01S3/09713 ,  H01S3/2251 ,  H01S3/2256

摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz or greater. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber; a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved commutation module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了可产生1000Hz至2000Hz或更大范围内的10mJ激光脉冲的可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器。 可更换模块包括激光室; 由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。 在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。 这些改进包括增加容量的高压电源，具有用于精确电压调整的电压降低电路，改进的换向模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次 具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。 用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

公开(公告)号：USRE38054E1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-01

申请号：US09801383

申请日：2001-03-07

申请人： Thomas Hofmann ,  Jean-Marc Hueber ,  Palash P. Das ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

发明人： Thomas Hofmann ,  Jean-Marc Hueber ,  Palash P. Das ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  John T. Melchior ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom

IPC分类号： H01S310

CPC分类号： C23C14/225 ,  C23C14/0694 ,  C23C14/16 ,  C23C14/24 ,  G01J9/00 ,  G02B1/105 ,  G02B5/1852 ,  G03F7/70025 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70358 ,  G03F7/70558 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/08009 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/1392 ,  H01S3/223 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/2251 ,  H01S3/2256 ,  H03K3/57 ,  H03K17/80

摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz or greater. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber; a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved communication module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了可产生1000Hz至2000Hz或更大范围内的10mJ激光脉冲的可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器。 可更换模块包括激光室; 由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。 在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。 这些改进包括具有用于精确调整电压的电压降低电路的增加容量的高压电源，改进的通信模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次 具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。 用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US6128323A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-03

申请号：US157067

申请日：1998-09-18

申请人： David W. Myers ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Palash P. Das ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Alexander I. Ershov ,  Igor V. Fomenkov ,  Thomas Hofmann ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  Robert G. Ozarski ,  Gamaralalage G. Padmabandu ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Paul S. Thompson ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Tom A. Watson ,  R. Kyle Webb ,  Paolo Zambon

发明人： David W. Myers ,  Herve A. Besaucele ,  Palash P. Das ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Alexander I. Ershov ,  Igor V. Fomenkov ,  Thomas Hofmann ,  Richard G. Morton ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Peter C. Newman ,  Robert G. Ozarski ,  Gamaralalage G. Padmabandu ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel A. Rothweil ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Paul S. Thompson ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Tom A. Watson ,  R. Kyle Webb ,  Paolo Zambon

IPC分类号： G03F7/20 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/041 ,  H01S3/08 ,  H01S3/081 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/139 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H03K3/57 ,  H03K17/80 ,  H01S3/00

CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70358 ,  G03F7/70558 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/03 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/041 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H03K17/80 ,  H03K3/57 ,  H01S3/08009 ,  H01S3/0812 ,  H01S3/1392 ,  H01S3/2251 ,  H01S3/2256

摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses at 2000 Hz with a full width half, maximum bandwidth of about 0.6 pm or less. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber; a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Improvements in the laser chamber permitting the higher pulse rates and improved bandwidth performance include a single upstream preionizer tube and a high efficiency chamber. The chamber is designed for operation at lower fluorine concentration. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved commutation module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器，其能够在2000Hz下产生10mJ激光脉冲，全宽度为一半，最大带宽为约0.6μm或更小。 可更换模块包括激光室; 由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。 允许更高脉冲速率和改进的带宽性能的激光室的改进包括单个上游预分解器管和高效室。 该室设计用于在较低的氟浓度下运行。 在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。 这些改进包括增加容量的高压电源，具有用于精确电压调整的电压降低电路，改进的换向模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次 具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。 用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US06757316B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-29

申请号：US09854097

申请日：2001-05-11

申请人： Peter C. Newman ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  William N. Partlo ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Paul C. Melcher ,  David M. Johns ,  Robert B. Saethre ,  Vladimir B. Fleurov ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Curtis L. Rettig ,  Robert A. Shannon ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Shahryar Rokni ,  Xiaojiang J. Pan ,  Vladimir Kulgeyko ,  Scott T. Smith ,  Stuart L. Anderson ,  John M. Algots ,  Ronald L. Spangler ,  Igor V. Fomenkov

发明人： Peter C. Newman ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  William N. Partlo ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Paul C. Melcher ,  David M. Johns ,  Robert B. Saethre ,  Vladimir B. Fleurov ,  Richard M. Ness ,  Curtis L. Rettig ,  Robert A. Shannon ,  Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Shahryar Rokni ,  Xiaojiang J. Pan ,  Vladimir Kulgeyko ,  Scott T. Smith ,  Stuart L. Anderson ,  John M. Algots ,  Ronald L. Spangler ,  Igor V. Fomenkov

IPC分类号： H01S322

CPC分类号： H01S3/225 ,  G01J1/4257 ,  G01J3/027 ,  G01J9/0246 ,  G03F7/70025 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70333 ,  G03F7/70483 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  G03F7/70933 ,  H01S3/02 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/038 ,  H01S3/0385 ,  H01S3/0387 ,  H01S3/0404 ,  H01S3/041 ,  H01S3/08009 ,  H01S3/08036 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H01S3/09702 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/0975 ,  H01S3/1024 ,  H01S3/104 ,  H01S3/105 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/1305 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/137 ,  H01S3/139 ,  H01S3/22 ,  H01S3/2207 ,  H01S3/223 ,  H01S3/2251 ,  H01S3/2256 ,  H01S3/2258 ,  H01S3/2308

摘要： The present invention provides an excimer laser capable of producing a high quality pulsed laser beam at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz at pulse energies of about 5 mJ or greater. A preferred embodiment is an ArF excimer laser specifically designed as a light source for integrated circuit lithography. An improved wavemeter with special software monitors output beam parameters and controls a very fast PZT driven tuning mirror and the pulse power charging voltage to maintain wavelength and pulse energy within desired limits. In a preferred embodiment two fan motors drive a single tangential fan which provides sufficient gas flow to clear discharge debris from the discharge region during the approximately 0.25 milliseconds between pulses.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种准分子激光器，其能够以约5mJ或更大的脉冲能量产生脉冲速率约为4000Hz的高质量脉冲激光束。 优选的实施方案是专门设计为用于集成电路光刻的光源的ArF准分子激光器。 具有特殊软件的改进型波长测量仪监测输出光束参数，并控制非常快的PZT驱动调光镜和脉冲功率充电电压，以将波长和脉冲能量保持在所需的极限内。 在优选实施例中，两个风扇马达驱动单个切向风扇，其提供足够的气流以在脉冲之间的大约0.25毫秒期间从放电区域清除放电碎片。

公开(公告)号：US6034978A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-07

申请号：US310872

申请日：1999-05-12

申请人： Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Robert A. Shannon ,  Dmitry Berger ,  William N. Partlo ,  Tom A. Watson ,  Paul S. Thompson ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Carl E. Tedesco, II ,  Donald G. Larson ,  Steven M. Harrington ,  Richard G. Morton ,  James H. Azzola ,  I. Roger Oliver ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Igor V. Fomenkov

发明人： Richard C. Ujazdowski ,  Robert A. Shannon ,  Dmitry Berger ,  William N. Partlo ,  Tom A. Watson ,  Paul S. Thompson ,  Toshihiko Ishihara ,  Carl E. Tedesco, II ,  Donald G. Larson ,  Steven M. Harrington ,  Richard G. Morton ,  James H. Azzola ,  I. Roger Oliver ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Igor V. Fomenkov

IPC分类号： H01S3/225 ,  G03F7/20 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/041 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/04

CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 ,  H01S3/134 ,  H01S3/036

摘要： A gas discharge laser with fast response gas temperature control to maintain laser gas temperature within desired limits during burst mode operation. Preferred embodiments include a passive temperature stabilizer having fins with surface areas exposed to flowing laser gas at least equal to the surface area of the cooling fins of a laser gas heat exchanger. Preferred embodiments utilize heating elements and coolant flow control to regulate laser gas temperatures using processors programmed to anticipate idle periods.

摘要翻译： 一种具有快速响应气体温度控制的气体放电激光器，用于在脉冲串模式操作期间将激光气体温度保持在期望的限度内。 优选实施例包括具有散热片的被动温度稳定器，其表面积暴露于至少等于激光气体热交换器的冷却片的表面积的流动激光气体。 优选实施例利用加热元件和冷却剂流量控制来调节激光气体温度，使用编程为预期空闲周期的处理器。

公开(公告)号：US07995637B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-09

申请号：US12603486

申请日：2009-10-21

申请人： Richard L. Sandstrom ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel J. W. Brown ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Tae H. Chung ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  James J. Ferrell ,  Terance Hilsabeck

发明人： Richard L. Sandstrom ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel J. W. Brown ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Tae H. Chung ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  James J. Ferrell ,  Terance Hilsabeck

IPC分类号： H01S3/22

CPC分类号： H01S3/036

摘要： One aspect of the disclosed subject matter describes a gas discharge laser chamber. The gas discharge laser chamber includes a discharge region formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, a tangential fan for circulating gas through the discharge region, wherein the fan is proximate to an input side of the discharge region, an input side acoustic baffle proximate to the input side of the discharge region. The input side acoustic baffle includes a vanishing point leading edge, a vanishing point trailing edge, a gas flow smoothing offset surface aligning a gas flow from a surface of the input side acoustic baffle to an input side of a cathode support in the discharge region, a plurality of ridges separated by a plurality of trenches, wherein the plurality of ridges and the plurality of trenches are aligned with a direction of gas flow through the discharge region and wherein the plurality of ridges have a random pitch between about 0.3 and about 0.7 inch.

摘要翻译： 所公开的主题的一个方面描述了气体放电激光室。 气体放电激光室包括形成在第一电极和第二电极之间的放电区域，用于使气体循环通过放电区域的切向风扇，其中风扇靠近放电区域的输入侧，输入侧隔音板接近 到放电区域的输入侧。 输入侧声挡板包括消失点前缘，消失点后缘，气流平滑偏移表面，使来自输入侧声挡板的表面的气流与放电区域中的阴极支撑体的输入侧对准， 由多个沟槽分离的多个脊，其中所述多个脊和所述多个沟槽与通过所述放电区域的气体流动的方向对齐，并且其中所述多个脊具有约0.3和约0.7英寸之间的随机间距 。

公开(公告)号：US06370174B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-09

申请号：US09459165

申请日：1999-12-10

申请人： Eckehard D. Onkels ,  Palash P. Das ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Alexander I. Ershov ,  William N. Partlo

发明人： Eckehard D. Onkels ,  Palash P. Das ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  Richard L. Sandstrom ,  Alexander I. Ershov ,  William N. Partlo

IPC分类号： H01S300

CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 ,  G03F7/70041 ,  G03F7/70483 ,  G03F7/70575 ,  H01S3/036 ,  H01S3/225 ,  H01S3/2308 ,  H01S3/2333 ,  H01S3/2366

摘要： A tunable injection seeded very narrow band F2 lithography laser. The laser combines modular design features of prior art long life releasable lithography lasers with special F2 line narrowing and tuning techniques applied to a seed beam operated in a first gain medium which beam is used to stimulate narrow band lasing in a second gain medium to produce a very narrow band laser beam useful for integrated circuit lithography.

摘要翻译： 可调式注入种子非常窄的F2光刻激光。 激光器结合了现有技术的长寿命可剥离光刻激光器的模块化设计特征，其具有应用于在第一增益介质中操作的种子光束的特殊F2线窄化和调谐技术，该光束用于在第二增益介质中刺激窄带激光以产生 非常窄带激光束可用于集成电路光刻。

公开(公告)号：US20100142582A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-10

申请号：US12603486

申请日：2009-10-21

申请人： Richard L. Sandstrom ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel J. W. Brown ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Tae H. Chung ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  James J. Ferrell ,  Terance Hilsabeck

发明人： Richard L. Sandstrom ,  William N. Partlo ,  Daniel J. W. Brown ,  Bryan G. Moosman ,  Tae H. Chung ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  James J. Ferrell ,  Terance Hilsabeck

IPC分类号： H01S3/038 ,  H01S3/03

CPC分类号： H01S3/036

摘要： One aspect of the disclosed subject matter describes a gas discharge laser chamber. The gas discharge laser chamber includes a discharge region formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, a tangential fan for circulating gas through the discharge region, wherein the fan is proximate to an input side of the discharge region, an input side acoustic baffle proximate to the input side of the discharge region. The input side acoustic baffle includes a vanishing point leading edge, a vanishing point trailing edge, a gas flow smoothing offset surface aligning a gas flow from a surface of the input side acoustic baffle to an input side of a cathode support in the discharge region, a plurality of ridges separated by a plurality of trenches, wherein the plurality of ridges and the plurality of trenches are aligned with a direction of gas flow through the discharge region and wherein the plurality of ridges have a random pitch between about 0.3 and about 0.7 inch.

摘要翻译： 所公开的主题的一个方面描述了气体放电激光室。 气体放电激光室包括形成在第一电极和第二电极之间的放电区域，用于使气体循环通过放电区域的切向风扇，其中风扇靠近放电区域的输入侧，输入侧隔音板接近 到放电区域的输入侧。 输入侧声挡板包括消失点前缘，消失点后缘，气流平滑偏移表面，使来自输入侧声挡板的表面的气流与放电区域中的阴极支撑体的输入侧对准， 由多个沟槽分开的多个脊，其中所述多个脊和所述多个沟槽与通过所述放电区域的气体流动方向对齐，并且其中所述多个脊具有约0.3和约0.7英寸之间的随机间距 。

公开(公告)号：US20130329763A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-12

申请号：US13840736

申请日：2013-03-15

申请人： Janine Kardokus ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  William N. Partlo

发明人： Janine Kardokus ,  Thomas P. Duffey ,  William N. Partlo

IPC分类号： H01S3/038

CPC分类号： H01S3/0388 ,  C22C9/04 ,  H01S3/0971 ,  H01S3/225

摘要： Corrosion resistant electrodes are formed of brass that has been doped with phosphorus. The electrodes are formed of brass that contains about 100 ppm to about 1,000 ppm of phosphorus, and the brass has no visible microporosity at a magnification of 400×. The brass may be cartridge brass that contains about 30 weight percent of zinc and the balance copper. Corrosion resistant electrodes also may be formed by subjecting brass to severe plastic deformation to increase the resistance of the brass to plasma corrosion. The corrosion resistant electrodes can be used in laser systems to generate laser light.

摘要翻译： 耐腐蚀电极由掺杂有磷的黄铜形成。 电极由含有约100ppm至约1,000ppm磷的黄铜形成，并且黄铜在400×的放大倍数下不具有可见的微孔性。 黄铜可以是包含约30重量％的锌和余量铜的筒黄铜。 也可以通过对黄铜进行严格的塑性变形以增加黄铜对等离子体腐蚀的阻力而形成耐腐蚀电极。 耐腐蚀电极可用于激光系统产生激光。