DIFFUSION-COOLED CO2 LASER WITH FLEXIBLE HOUSING

摘要

A gas includes a housing having a symmetrical arrangement of upper and lower cooling members for removing heat generated in a gas- discharge excited by an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is clamped between the cooling members and is itself essentially symmetrically arranged. The cooling members and the electrode assembly are mechanically isolated in the housing by a surrounding diaphragm-like arrangement that connects the cooling members to side-walls of the housing. An RF power-supply for supplying the electrode assembly is mounted on one of the sidewalls to avoid disturbing the symmetry of the cooling and electrode arrangements.