VIBRATION ISOLATION IN A GAS LASER

摘要

A technique for isolating the optical components of a gas laser system from the vibrations in the enclosure around the optical cavity and the structure supporting the enclosure is disclosed. A gas tight enclosure around the optical cavity is rigidly supported from ground in a conventional fashion. An external optical bench is also supported from ground in a manner which does not transmit vibration from ground to the bench with a second optical bench internal to the enclosure fixedly attached to the external bench by a gas tight, vibration isolation mount. Since the external bench supports the necessary optics external to the enclosure, the internal optics and external optics are interconnected in a system which is vibrationally isolated from both the enclosure around the optical cavity and ground. The invention herein described was made in the course of or under a contract or subcontract thereunder with the Department of the Air Force.