摘要:
A laser apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a master oscillator configured to output laser light, a plurality of amplifiers each configured to include carbon dioxide as a laser medium and amplify the laser light, a first optical path pipe configured to cover a laser optical path between the amplifiers, a gas supply port configured to supply, into the first optical path pipe, gas having lower carbon dioxide concentration than that of the air, a first carbon dioxide densitometer configured to measure carbon dioxide concentration in the first optical path pipe, and an alarm device configured to issue an alarm when the carbon dioxide concentration measured by the first carbon dioxide densitometer exceeds a preset prescribed value.
摘要:
Kinematic mounts have three points having zero degree of freedom, one degree of freedom, and two degrees of freedom, respectively. As viewed from a direction perpendicular to a plane containing the three points, an extension of an entrance optical axis of a laser beam to an amplifying apparatus or an extension of an exit optical axis from the amplifying apparatus is oriented to the point with the zero degree of freedom. A translational direction of the point with the one degree of freedom is oriented to the point with the zero degree of freedom. One of the extension of the entrance optical axis and the extension of the exist optical axis passes on a side closer to the point with the two degrees of freedom with respect to a side of the point with the one degree of freedom.
摘要:
A laser apparatus may include a master oscillator, a plurality of amplifiers, a photodetector device configured to detect a light beam traveling back along a laser beam path, and a controller. The photodetector device may include a first photodetector configured to detect energy of a light beam traveling back along the laser beam path and a second photodetector configured to detect power of the light beam traveling back along the laser beam path. The controller may be configured to determine that a return beam is generated when the intensity of the energy detection signal exceeds a first threshold. The controller may be configured to determine that a self-oscillation beam is generated when the intensity of the power detection signal exceeds a second threshold.
摘要:
There is provided a slab amplifier including an optical system (48, 51) provided in a chamber (47) to allow a seed beam having entered from a first window into the space between a pair of electrodes (42, 43) to be repeatedly reflected between the space so that the seed beam is amplified to be an amplified beam; a first aperture plate (61) provided between the first window and the electrodes, and having an opening of a dimension equal to or greater than a cross-section of the seed beam and equal to or smaller than a dimension of the first window; and a second aperture plate (62) provided between the second window and the electrodes, and having an opening of a dimension equal to or greater than a cross-section of the amplified beam and equal to or smaller than a dimension of the second window.
摘要:
This diffraction grating is a reflection-type diffraction grating that has a grating, the cross section of which is an asymmetrical triangular shape, and wherein given that θ denotes an angle between a short side and a base of the triangular shape, and φ denotes an angle between the short side and a long side of the triangular shape, and α denotes an incident angle of light to a normal of the base, the angles θ and φ satisfy a condition represented by the following formulas: φ+θ≦90+α, 0.1127291(φ−φd)2−19.67453(φ−φd)+938.74+θd≦θ≦0.36631(φ−φd)+48.84+θd where φd=0.845σ and θd=1.065σ, in σ=α−79.25.
摘要:
A method of controlling a laser apparatus may include: exchanging a gain medium in a chamber configured to output a laser beam by exciting the gain medium; first measuring, after the exchanging, pulse energy of a laser beam which is oscillated in the chamber under a specific gas pressure and a specific charge voltage; calculating an approximate expression indicating a relationship between the pulse energy of the laser beam and the gas pressure in the chamber and the charge voltage, or a table representing a correlationship between the pulse energy, the gas pressure and the charge voltage, based on the specific pressure, the specific charge voltage and the pulse energy in the first measuring; storing the approximate expression or the table; second measuring, after the first measuring, pulse energy Er of a laser beam oscillated in the chamber; calculating pulse energy Eec which is supposed to be obtained directly after the exchanging under the gas pressure and the charge voltage in the second measuring based on the approximate expression or the table; calculating a reduction amount ΔEd of pulse energy based on the pulse energy Eec and the pulse energy Er using ΔEd=Eec−Er; and calculating a partial gas exchange amount Q for partial gas exchange in the chamber based on the reduction amount ΔEd of pulse energy.
摘要:
A gas laser device which can perform optical amplification, laser light passing through a laser gas excited by electrical discharge, including: a first and second pair of discharge electrodes arranged longitudinally along an optical axis of the laser light; at least two mirrors reflecting the laser light amplified by the gas laser, the mirrors arranged opposite to each other to interpose a first discharge region defined by the first pair of discharge electrodes and a second discharge region defined by the second pair of discharge electrodes therebetween; and a shielding member located between the first pair of discharge electrodes and the second pair of discharge electrodes, the shielding member protruding from electrode surfaces of the discharge electrodes toward the optical axis of the laser light. The configuration can efficiently suppress parasitic oscillation with a simple structure.
摘要:
Embodiments of an air-cooled gas laser with a heat transfer assembly are disclosed herein. A laser configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a laser superstructure and a laser superstructure having an opening and a cavity accessible through the opening, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is configured to be received into the cavity, and includes a frame and an electrode biasedly coupled to the frame and electrically insulated therefrom.
摘要:
Embodiments of an air-cooled gas laser are disclosed herein. A laser configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a laser superstructure, an optical assembly, and an elongated thermal decoupler member having a first end portion fixedly coupled to the optical assembly and a second end portion fixedly coupled to the laser superstructure. The laser further includes an optical assembly that includes a first holder member fixedly coupled to the first end portion of the thermal decoupler, a second holder member pivotally coupled to the first holder member and fixedly coupled to the laser superstructure, and a flexible seal having a portion coupled to the laser structure and disposed at least between the first holder member and the second holder member.