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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158927 | Multiple laminar flow-based particle and cellular separation with laser steering The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms of optical tweezing. One of the exemplary methods includes providing ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153958 | Method and apparatus for producing hyperthermal beams An exemplary apparatus and method for producing a hyperthermal beam is provided. An apparatus may comprise a plasma discharge source, an emission system, and a magnetic source. The plasma discharge source may be configured to receive an elemental source, generate pl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8119976 | Optical-based cell deformability A system, method, and device for re-orienting and/or deforming cells and other objects is provided. The system, method, and device may include a high-throughput setup that facilitates the ability to orient, deform, analyze, measure, and/or tag objects at a substanti... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119977 | Aerodynamic lens capable of focusing nanoparticles in a wide range An aerodynamic lens includes a cylindrical hollow body having an inlet and an outlet, and first and second focusing parts formed in the body. The first focusing part includes a plurality of orifice lenses of which inner diameters (df) are gradually decreased in an a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8089042 | Apparatus and method for processing substrate using neutralized beams including applying a voltage to a substrate support An apparatus and method for processing a substrate using neutralized beams are provided. A substrate processing apparatus includes an ion source generating device configured to form an ion source. An ion extraction device is configured to extract and accelerate ions... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080778 | Channel cell system The present invention provides an improved cold-atom system having multiple chambers such that a first of the chambers includes an atom source. The system also includes an atom trap disposed inside a second of the chambers. A fluidic connection is provided between t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076632 | Device and method for the contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field The invention relates to a device for contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field, comprising a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation and optical means for gui... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049162 | Zeeman-slower, coil for a Zeeman-slower device and a method for cooling an atom beam A Zeeman-slower device, a coil for such a Zeeman-slower device, and a method for cooling an atom beam. The Zeeman-slower includes a cooling section including an inner passage extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner passage having a cross-section perpendicular... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7994472 | Laser-driven deflection arrangements and methods involving charged particle beams Systems, methods, devices and apparatus are implemented for producing controllable charged particle beams. In one implementation, an apparatus provides a deflection force to a charged particle beam. A source produces an electromagnetic wave. A structure, that is sub... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7973275 | Manipulation of objects in potential energy landscapes Holographic optical traps using the forces exerted by computer-generated holograms to trap, move and otherwise transform mesoscopically textured materials. The efficacy of the present invention is based upon the quality and nature of the diffractive optical element ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968838 | Apparatus and process for generating a neutron beam A process is disclosed for generating particles with a high degree of anisotropy in the direction of emission. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968839 | Miniaturized optical tweezers based on high-NA micro-mirrors The invention relates to an optical tweezer device including at least one light source and one three-dimensional optical trap, said optical trap comprising one focusing micro-mirror which is adapted to reflect and focus at least a portion of the light emitted by sai... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7928359 | Thermal management technology for polarizing Xenon A polarizing apparatus has a thermally conductive partitioning system in a polarizing cell. In the polarizing region, this thermally conductive partitioning system serves to prevent the elevation of the temperature of the polarizing cell where laser light is maximal... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923679 | Method and device for handling objects In relation with a laser-induced transport process of an object from a carrier to a collecting device, the invention provides a collecting medium in the collecting device in a liquid state. Prior to the laser-induced transport process, the object is separated from a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915577 | Single-shot spatially-resolved imaging magnetometry using ultracold atoms A method and system for remotely imaging a magnetic field within an atom cloud is provided. An atom sample held in a magneto-optical trap is released, and the released atom cloud is illuminated by a Raman beam. Resonant atoms having certain velocities will absorb ph... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7893397 | Apparatus and method for surface modification using charged particle beams An apparatus and method for using high beam currents in FIB circuit edit operations, without the generation of electrostatic discharge events. An internal partial chamber is disposed over the circuit to be worked on by the FIB. The partial chamber has top and bottom... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888630 | Reduced size high frequency quadrupole accelerator for producing a neutralized ion beam of high energy A reduced size high frequency quadrupole is provided having four elongated electrodes with oscillating power supplied to produce an electromagnetic field. An ion source is provided to supply the quadrupole with a negative ion beam and a positive ion beam. The quadru... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7875845 | Automated extraction and purification of samples using optical tweezers An apparatus and method for purifying a forensic sample using an automated extraction and purification system includes optical tweezers; an input channel through which the sample is introduced; a chamber which receives the sample from the input channel; a collection... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7847238 | Holographic microfabrication and characterization system for soft matter and biological systems A method and system for micromanipulation of objects of any shape. The method and system creates various forms of holographic optical traps for a variety of commercial purposes. Some alternate forms of traps include a dark form of optical traps, optical vortices wit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7838819 | Apparatus and method of generating optical tweezers with momentum An apparatus of generating optical tweezers with momentum is provided for providing optical tweezers with a first momentum on a test piece. The apparatus comprises a laser source, a diffractive optical element (DOE) and a lens. The laser source is for outputting a l... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7816643 | Neutral atom trapping device A neutral atom trapping device with a multipole-magnetic field-generating electrode is provided with a main current electrode through which main current flows, and a pair of sub-current electrodes through which sub-current flows, and which is located in parallel to ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7807961 | Techniques for ion implantation of molecular ions Techniques for ion implantation of molecular ions are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for ion implantation comprising an ion implanter for implanting a target material with a molecular ion at a predet... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804058 | Optical tweezers controlling device An optical tweezers controlling device including a light source, an objective lens and a focus adjusting unit is provided. The focus adjusting unit disposed between the light source and the objective lens includes a mirror set and a zoom lens set. The mirror set has... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804057 | Optical substance manipulator The invention relates to an optical substance manipulator capable of continuing to apply a continued force of action to moving substances without being limited by the flowing conditions for the substances yet with a wide manipulation margin and with efficiency, ther... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7786431 | Magnetically modulated, spin vector correlated beam generator for projecting electrically right, neutral, or left beams A beam generator for generating an electrically neutral dual-particle (proton and electron) beam with a uniform magnetic pole orientation imposed on the particles. The uniform orientation gives the dual-particle beam a uniform magnetic field, enabling magnetic modul... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786432 | Apparatus and method for changing optical tweezers An apparatus and a method for changing optical tweezers are provided. The apparatus includes a diffractive optical element (DOE), a mask unit and an objective lens. The DOE includes a plurality of phase delay patterns. The mask unit includes a plurality of mask patt... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777178 | Plasma generating apparatus and method using neutral beam A plasma generating apparatus and method using a neutral beam, capable of readily generating plasma at the same gas flow rate by changing the structure of an ion gun, without a separate ignition device, are provided. The apparatus includes a plasma generating part f... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772544 | Neutral beam source and method for plasma heating Method and system for producing a neutral beam source is described. The neutral beam source comprises a plasma generation system for forming a first plasma in a first plasma region, a plasma heating system for heating electrons from the first plasma region in a seco... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772543 | System and method for processing nanowires with holographic optical tweezers A system and method for manipulating and processing nanowires in solution with arrays of holographic optical traps. The system and method of the present invention is capable of creating hundreds of individually controlled optical traps with the ability to manipulate... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7759635 | Miniaturized optical tweezer array Apparatus for forming a single or a plurality of threedimensional optical traps, the apparatus comprising: a. A collimated light source that is directed onto an array of focalizing refractive or diffractive elements providing a single or a plurality of focal areas, ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7732759 | Multi-plasma neutral beam source and method of operating Method and system for producing a neutral beam source is described. The neutral beam source comprises a plasma generation system for forming a first plasma in a first plasma region, a plasma heating system for heating electrons from the first plasma region in a seco... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7732758 | Optoelectronic tweezers An on-chip micro-fluidic device (10) fabricated using a semiconductor material. The device has a micro-fluidic channel or chamber (14) defined within the material and one or more monolithically integrated semiconductor lasers (12) operate to for... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728284 | Method of manipulating nanosize objects and utilization thereof Light resonant with an electronic excitation level of nanosize objects is projected onto a plurality of closely located nanosize objects, such as quantum dots, quantum dot pairs, and a carbon nanotube, in a collection of nanosize objects is disclosed. In so doing, t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718953 | Electromagnetic/optical tweezers using a full 3D negative-refraction flat lens Described herein are electromagnetic traps or tweezers. Desired results are achieved by combining two recently developed techniques, 3D negative refraction flat lenses (3DNRFLs) and optical tweezers. The very unique advantages of using 3DNRFLs for electromagnetic tr... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7696473 | Method of optical manipulation of small-sized particles Method and system of optical manipulation of micrometer-sized objects, which comprises the steps of placing a pattern (2) of a certain material on a surface (1), wherein said material is capable of sustaining surface plasmons; placing a solution (4 | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692139 | Techniques for commensurate cusp-field for effective ion beam neutralization A system for ion beam neutralization includes a beamguide configured to transport an ion beam through a dipole field, a first array of magnets and a second array of magnets configured to generate a multi-cusp magnetic field, the first array of magnets being on a fir... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7652247 | Aerodynamic lens An aerodynamic lens, comprises a cylindrical body having an inlet and an outlet; and a convergence-divergence lens portion inside the cylindrical body, having a lens hole formed at the center of the convergence-divergence lens portion, through which a carrier gas an... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7638759 | Hyperthermal neutral beam source and method of operating Method and system for pumping a hyperthermal neutral beam source is described. The pumping system enables use of the hyperthermal neutral beam source for semiconductor processing applications, such as etching processes. An embodiment is described having a neutral be... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633056 | Particle movement device A process for moving a particle using a device, the device including a substrate, a wave guide and a grating formed on the wave guide. The process includes injecting light with wavelength λ into the wave guide, and diffracting the light transmitted through the guid... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7622710 | Optical manipulation system using a plurality of optical traps The present invention relates to an optical manipulation system (10) for generation of a plurality of optical traps for manipulation of micro-objects including nano-objects using electromagnetic radiation forces in a micro-object manipulation volume (14 | 11/24/2009 |
