Patents Represented by Attorney Higuel A. Valdes
  • Patent number: 5381439
    Abstract: A laser beam dividing apparatus (10) having a first beam splitter (14) with an aperture (16) therein positioned in the path of a laser beam (12) such that a portion of the laser beam (12) passes through the aperture (16) onto a second beam splitter (20) and a portion of the laser beam (12) impinges upon the first beam splitter (14). Both the first beam splitter (14) and the second beam splitter (20) are, optionally, made from a dichroic material such that a green component (24) of the laser beam (12) is reflected therefrom and a yellow component (26) is refracted therethrough. The first beam splitter (14) and the second beam splitter (20) further each have a plurality of facets (22) such that the components (24, 26) are reflected and refracted in a number equaling the number of facets (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: R. Edward English, Jr., Steve A. Johnson