초록

A hermetically sealed laser actuator/detonator includes a housing with an orifice for receiving a laser beam and a chamber having a first lens, a compression sealing material at least partially about the first lens, and an energetic material optically coupled to the first lens.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A hermetically sealed laser actuator/detonator comprising:a housing including:means for receiving a laser beam and,a chamber in communication with said means for receiving a laser beam, said chamber containing:a first spherical lens,a sealing medium at least partially abo

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A hermetically sealed laser actuator/detonator comprising:a housing including:means for receiving a laser beam and,a chamber in communication with said means for receiving a laser beam, said chamber containing:a first spherical lens,a sealing medium at least partially about said first spherical lens forming both a compression bond and a chemical bond between the first spherical lens and the chamber thereby hermetically sealing the first spherical lens in the chamber and in which:the thermal expansion of the housing is greater than or equal to the thermal expansion of the sealing medium which is greater than or equal to the thermal expansion of the spherical lens, andan energetic material optically coupled to said first spherical lens and adjacent to the sealing medium and said first spherical lens.