Brian J Padovini

US Patent:

20110019711, Jan 27, 2011

Filed:

Jun 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/795222

Inventors:

Richard A. DiDomizio - Hatfield PA, US
Michael J. Pollack - Lansdale PA, US
William A. Rollin - Hatboro PA, US
Neal Edwin Wilson - Cumberland MD, US
Craig A. Kesner - Keyser WV, US
Christopher Hollandsworth - Cumberland MD, US
Brian J. Padovini - Cumberland MD, US

Assignee:

POLLACK LABORATORIES, INC. - Colmar PA

International Classification:

H01S 3/0937

US Classification:

372 77

Abstract:

A portable laser source includes a flash lamp assembly defining a hollow central channel, an elongate laser rod extending within the hollow channel for receiving a flash of light emitted by the surrounding flash lamp assembly, and a hermetically-sealed enclosure housing both the flash lamp assembly and the laser rod and including at least one optical transmission window for transmitting a laser beam emitted by the laser rod. Preferably, the flash lamp assembly is hermetically-sealed from the laser rod within the enclosure to maintain physical and electrical isolation of the laser rod from combustible and electrically conductive components of the flash lamp assembly. The combustible component of the flash lamp assembly can include Zr wool and an accelerant, or like materials for emitting a flash of light. The laser source can include a second window used to test the condition of the laser rod via application of an external test light to activate the laser rod within the sealed enclosure.