GB1143138A - System for focusing laser energy - Google Patents

System for focusing laser energy

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Publication number
GB1143138A
GB1143138A GB45108/66A GB4510866A GB1143138A GB 1143138 A GB1143138 A GB 1143138A GB 45108/66 A GB45108/66 A GB 45108/66A GB 4510866 A GB4510866 A GB 4510866A GB 1143138 A GB1143138 A GB 1143138A
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Prior art keywords
microscope
laser beam
laser
optical system
lens holder
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Expired
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GB45108/66A
Inventor
Jon Harold Myer
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Raytheon Co
Original Assignee
Hughes Aircraft Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/03—Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece
    • B23K26/032—Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece using optical means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/035—Aligning the laser beam

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Microscoopes, Condenser (AREA)

Abstract

1,143,138. Optical apparatus. HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. Oct. 10, 1966 [Nov. 1, 1965], No. 45108/66. Heading G2J. [Also in Division H1] A laser is associated with an alignment microscope and means are provided for determining respective focal planes for the laser beam and for the microscope light path, the relative displacement between the focal planes being adjustable by controlling an optical system in the light path of the microscope and not in that of the laser beam. An enclosure 49 is mounted on a housing for vertical movement in response to rotation of a lead screw. The housing contains a laser, the output beam from which is deflected by a dichroic mirror beam splitter 51 to pass through an objective lens 72. The mirror 51 is transparent to radiation at wavelengths other than that of the laser beam and so transmits light from object 76 through optical system 86 Fig.5 to microscope eye-pieces 82. The optical system includes a reticle 92, lens system 96 and a movable lens holder 98. The lens holder is mounted for vertical non-rotary movement in response to rotation of a focusing cam having adjustable cam surfaces 111, 112, and is biased downwards by a spring 103. If the lens holder is adjusted so that the focal plane for the microscope is above or below that for the laser beam, when the microscope is focused on object 76 the laser beam is focused to a point such as 75 and the laser energy is directed on to a spot of known diameter on the object. If the focal planes coincide the laser beam impinges on the object with minimum spread and maximum energy.
GB45108/66A 1965-11-01 1966-10-10 System for focusing laser energy Expired GB1143138A (en)

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US50580765A 1965-11-01 1965-11-01

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GB1143138A true GB1143138A (en) 1969-02-19

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SE (1) SE319622B (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2576836A1 (en) * 1985-02-05 1986-08-08 Dupuy Eng Sa Process and device for grooving plastic sheets using a laser
WO2014009150A1 (en) * 2012-07-13 2014-01-16 Arges Gmbh Assembly for producing bores or weld seams using a laser beam and a laser beam deflection device comprising two x/y scanners

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE29606826U1 (en) * 1996-04-15 1996-07-04 Carl Baasel Lasertechnik GmbH, 82319 Starnberg Binocular holder

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2576836A1 (en) * 1985-02-05 1986-08-08 Dupuy Eng Sa Process and device for grooving plastic sheets using a laser
WO2014009150A1 (en) * 2012-07-13 2014-01-16 Arges Gmbh Assembly for producing bores or weld seams using a laser beam and a laser beam deflection device comprising two x/y scanners

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SE319622B (en) 1970-01-19
DE1565586A1 (en) 1970-05-21

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