Coherent light generators – Particular component circuitry – Optical pumping
Patent
1996-12-23
1998-10-20
Davie, James W.
Coherent light generators
Particular component circuitry
Optical pumping
372 31, H01S 3097
Patent
active
058257950
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a gas laser oscillator apparatus based on gas discharge excitation.
BACKGROUND ART
FIG. 4 shows a circuit of a high voltage DC power supply of a conventional gas laser oscillator apparatus.
In FIG. 4, 1 designates an inverter unit, 2 a boosting transformer, 3 rectifying diodes, 5 a laser tube and 7 a smoothing capacitor.
The operation of the circuit of the high voltage DC power supply constructed as above will be described hereunder. Firstly, a high frequency voltage is generated by the inverter unit 1 and the high frequency voltage is boosted to a high-frequency high voltage by the boosting transformer 2. Next, the high-frequency high voltage is rectified by the rectifying diodes 3, a high voltage after rectification is smoothed by the smoothing capacitor 7 and a DC high voltage is supplied to the laser tube 5 to discharge and excite a laser gas medium filled in the laser tube 5, thereby producing a laser beam.
The above conventional construction, however, faced a problem that when the laser beam was operated in a pulse form, discharge current was disturbed.
Namely, there arose a problem that as shown in FIG. 4, depending on the value of an operating frequency f, a region existed in which the discharge current became unstable, and the laser output became unstable during pulse oscillation at a certain operating frequency f.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The present invention has solved the above conventional problem and its object is to provide a gas laser oscillator apparatus which can produce a stable laser output.
The gas laser oscillator apparatus of the present invention comprises a power supply unit, rectifying means connected to the power supply unit, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the rectifying means, a choke coil connected in series with the rectifying means, and a laser tube connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor and connected in series with the choke coil, wherein a smoothing capacitor capacitance C and an inductance L of the choke coil are determined by
With this construction, even when the capacitance C of the smoothing capacitor is set to the conventional apparatus and a stable laser output can be obtained.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a high voltage current power supply of a gas laser oscillator apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a comparison between changes with time in laser outputs of the gas laser oscillator apparatus of the present invention and the conventional gas laser oscillator apparatus, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relation between the smoothing capacitor capacitance and the frequency at which discharge is disturbed, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the high voltage DC power supply of the conventional gas laser oscillator apparatus.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described hereunder with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, 4 designates a smoothing capacitor having a capacitance C set to rectifying diodes 3 used as rectifying means and a laser tube 5.
The operation of the gas laser oscillator apparatus constructed as above will be described.
Firstly, a high frequency voltage is generated by an inverter unit 1 constituting a power supply unit and the high frequency voltage is boosted to a high-frequency high voltage by a boosting transformer 2 also constituting the power supply unit. Next, the high-frequency high voltage is rectified by the rectifying diodes 3.
Next, a construction characteristic of the present invention will be described.
Since the smoothing capacitor 4 is set to obtained but in a countermeasure thereagainst according to the present invention, the ripple of current is decreased by connecting the choke coil 6.
In FIG. 2, a change with time in laser output of the gas laser oscillator apparatus according to the present embodiment is compared with a change with time in laser output of the conventional gas laser oscillator apparatus. As is clea
REFERENCES:
patent: 4910747 (1990-03-01), Hiroshima
Eguchi Satoshi
Hayashikawa Hiroyuki
Yamashita Takayuki
Davie James W.
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
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