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A gas transport laser with longitudinal gas flow and complete integration of the components, having at least one laser tube, wherein the laser gas is drawn off in the center of the respective laser tube, fed through a radial blower, a cooling system and a gas supply system and then supplied to the r

A gas transport laser with longitudinal gas flow and complete integration of the components, having at least one laser tube, wherein the laser gas is drawn off in the center of the respective laser tube, fed through a radial blower, a cooling system and a gas supply system and then supplied to the respective two ends of the laser tube. The laser tube is disposed in general perpendicularly to the direction of the gas flow in the cooling system and the gas supply system extends in the direction of the lesser dimension of the laser system, so as to optimize the use of space. The laser gas is subjected simultaneously to a high frequency and a high voltage discharge to achieve a high degree of efficiency.

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A gas transport laser with longitudinal gas flow, comprising: at least one laser tube with a resonator, defining a discharge chamber, said at least one laser tube extending in a first direction and having two opposite inlet ends and a center outlet between said opposite inlet ends; a gas cooling sys

A gas transport laser with longitudinal gas flow, comprising: at least one laser tube with a resonator, defining a discharge chamber, said at least one laser tube extending in a first direction and having two opposite inlet ends and a center outlet between said opposite inlet ends; a gas cooling system having a cooling system inlet and a cooling system outlet and means for directing gas to be cooled therethrough from the cooling system inlet to the cooling system outlet, in a second direction generally perpendicular to said first direction; a gas feed connected to said gas cooling system outlet, having means for directing gas cooled by said gas cooling system in directions essentially opposite said second direction, directly to said two opposite inlet ends of said at least one laser tube; a radial blower having a first end connected to said center outlet of said at least one laser tube and a second end connected to said cooling system, having an axis extending in a third direction from said first end to said second end generally perpendicular to said first direction and said second direction and connected at said first end to said center outlet of said at least one laser tube, said radial blower including means for drawing laser gas in said at least one laser tube in said first direction from said opposite inlet ends into said radial blower through said center outlet, and through said radial blower along and radially with respect to said axis to said second end, so that the laser gas is fed to said cooling system to be drawn through said cooling system and said gas feed to said two opposite inlet ends of said at least one laser tube, the laser having dimensions measured in said first, second and third directions, the dimension in said first direction being less than the dimension in said second direction; and means for exciting the laser gas in said at least one laser tube.