Patent ID: 6382957
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: F02P,H01S,Y10S

Abstract:
An ignition apparatus comprising:(a) an excitation light source; (b) a beam splitter positioned to receive output from said excitation light source; (c) a first end of a first optical fiber positioned to collect a first portion of a beam from said beam splitter; (d) a second end of said first optical fiber connected to an ignitor laser so as to permit transport of a first portion of a beam from said excitation light source into said ignitor laser; (e) a first end of a second, longer optical fiber positioned to collect a second portion of a beam from said beam splitter; (f) a second end of said second optical fiber positioned to deliver a second portion of a beam from said beam splitter into a beam combiner positioned such that a beam from said ignitor laser can also be directed into said beam combiner; and (g) a lens to direct a combined beam from said beam combiner into a combustible fuel.