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AIR COOLED LASER SYSTEMS USING OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES

  • US 20160141825A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2014
  • Published: 05/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An air cooled laser system comprising:

  • an oscillating heat pipe looping between a first end and a second end opposite of the first end,wherein the oscillating heat pipe has a highest heat transfer coefficient in a direction between the first end and the second end; and

    a laser diode operable as a light source,wherein the laser diode is disposed on and thermally coupled to the first end of the oscillating heat pipe, andwherein the second end of the oscillating heat pipe is air cooled.

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