Laser device

• US 5,130,999 A
• Filed: 12/06/1990
• Issued: 07/14/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Maeda, Mitsuo, Shimazaki, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps, Georgia Y.
• Application Number:
  US07/623,094
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 372/35, 372/72, 372/70
• US Class Current: 372/35
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/0407 Liquid cooling, e.g. by water
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/042 for solid state lasers H01S3/0401 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/0931 Imaging pump cavity, e.g. elliptical

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide A laser device of long life. In the laser device, light source is housed in transparent cooling vessel, and the vessel is filled with a cooling liquid which is circulated. The electrodes of the light source project out of the cooling vessel. Reflectors are provided outside the cooling vessel. The electrodes and the reflectors are out of contact with the cooling liquid.

It is another object of the present invention to stabilize laser oscillation. A light source is housed in a first transparent cooling vessel. The first cooling vessel is filled with a first cooling liquid. A laser medium is housed in a second transparent cooling vessel. The second cooling vessel is filled with a second cooling liquid. A heat insulation layer is provided between the first and the second cooling vessels so that the first and the second cooling liquids are thermally insulated from each other.

Claims

1. A laser device including a laser medium;

light source having electrodes to which electric power is applied; and

reflectors by which light emitted from said light source is reflected to said medium, characterized in that said light source is housed in a transparent cooling vessel;

said vessel is filled with a cooling liquid which is circulated;

said electrodes project out of said vessel; and

said reflectors are located outside said vessel.

2. A laser device according to claim 1, wherein said light source is housed in a first transparent cooling vessel and the laser medium is housed in a second transparent cooling vessel;

the first cooling vessel and the second cooling vessel are independent from each other.

3. A laser device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the laser medium, the light source and the reflectors are provided in a hermetic casing;

and said light source is housed in the cooling vessel in said casing so that the electrodes project out of said vessel and said casing.

4. A laser device including a laser medium;

light source having electrodes to which electric power is applied and reflectors by which light emitted from said light source is reflected to said medium, characterized in that said light source is housed in a first cooling vessel;

said first cooling vessel is filled with a first cooling liquid;

said medium is housed in a second cooling vessel which is transparent;

said second cooling vessel is filled with a second cooling liquid; and

a heat insulation layer is provided between said first and second cooling vessels of that said first and second cooling liquids are thermally insulated from each other.

5. A laser device according to claim 4, wherein the heat insulation layer is a layer of air.

6. A laser device according to claim 4, wherein the heat insulation layer is a layer of vacuum.