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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188451 | Electron generation and delivery system for contamination sensitive emitters Contamination may be removed from an emitter tip of a field emitter during operation of the emitter tip in a system having an electron beam column having an electrode with a beam defining aperture, an electron collector located proximate to the beam defining apertur... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8173982 | Non-degenerate polarization-entangled photon pair generation device and non-degenerate polarization-entangled photon pair generation method A non-degenerate polarization-entangled photon pair generation device (1) that efficiently and easily generates non-degenerate polarization-entangled photon pairs includes: a quantum-entangled photon pair generator (2) including a single crystal in whi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173981 | Gantry for medical particle therapy facility A particle therapy gantry for delivering a particle beam to a patient includes a beam tube having a curvature defining a particle beam path and a plurality of fixed field magnets sequentially arranged along the beam tube for guiding the particle beam along the parti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8148703 | Apparatus for performing radiation treatment An apparatus is provided for determining and monitoring parameters of a radiation treatment. The apparatus produces a first image of a region of a patient body to be radiated using a medical imaging process, determines a parameter setting of a radiation system using... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8101929 | Diffraction free, self-bending airy wave arrangement Methods and systems for Airy waves and Airy wavepackets or Airy beam generation from an input beam or pulse. Airy wavefronts and Airy wavepackets can be generated using Airy beam generation through Fourier synthesis using phase masks or filters in the spatial domain... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8067754 | Photoconductive device A photoconductive device comprising a photoconductive portion for generating carriers by applied excitation light; a resistance portion in contact with the photoconductive portion; a first conductive portion in contact with the resistance portion; and a second condu... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8026496 | Acoustic crystal sonoluminescent cavitation devices and IR/THz sources An acoustic crystal structure includes defect cavities that concentrate the driving pressure from applied sound waves into the cavities to cavitate gas bubbles in a liquid to produce sonoluminescence. This device may be used to study sonoluminescence or cavitation o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7960711 | Field-free electrospray nebulizer An improved electrospray ion source for increasing the current generated from the electrospray process and of the type having a needle (10), a counter-electrode (20), a saddle or outer electrode (30), and concurrent flow of gas (92). A me... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7923705 | Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus An EUV light source apparatus capable of easily detecting deterioration etc. of a window of an EUV light generating chamber. The EUV light source apparatus includes a driver laser, an EUV light generating chamber, a window which passes the laser beam into the EUV li... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7884340 | Low-volume biomarker generator A low-volume biomarker generator for producing ultra-short lived radiopharmaceuticals. The low-volume biomarker generator system includes a low-power cyclotron and a radiochemical synthesis system. The cyclotron of the low-volume biomarker generator is optimized for... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7847273 | Carbon nanotube electron gun An electron gun, an electron source for an electron gun, an extractor for an electron gun, and a respective method for producing the electron gun, the electron source and the extractor are disclosed. Embodiments provide an electron source utilizing a carbon nanotube... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7838853 | Plasma radiation source, method of forming plasma radiation, apparatus for projecting a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate and device manufacturing method A patterned beam of radiation is projected onto a substrate. A reflective optical element is used to help form the radiation beam from radiation emitted from a plasma region of a plasma source. In the plasma source, a plasma current is generated in the plasma region... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7829872 | UV reactive spray chamber for enhanced sample introduction efficiency An analyte for atomic spectrometry detection is prepared by introducing an aerosol of the analyte into a chamber, and irradiating the aerosol with ultraviolet light in the presence of a low molecular weight organic acid or other suitable photoactivatable ligand dono... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820989 | Method and apparatus for performing radiation treatment A method is provided for determining and monitoring parameters of a radiation treatment. The method comprises producing a first image of a region of a patient body to be radiated using a medical imaging process, determining a parameter setting of a radiation system ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820990 | System, method and apparatus for RF directed energy Systems and methods are disclosed for emitting electromagnetic (EM) energy. A source emits EM energy that is incident on a first material. The first material transmits EM energy to a second material. The second material can have a first surface adjacent to the first... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7812328 | Radiation source for irradiating the interior walls of elongated cavities A radiation source apparatus for irradiating the inner walls of elongated cavities, especially for hardening of artificial resin laminates that can be radiation hardened by ultraviolet or infrared radiation, has a base body with at least one light source and multipl... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7812327 | High-emissivity radiator This invention relates to a radiator 10 and to a method of making a radiator. In particular, this invention relates to a radiator 10 having thin-film 5 coatings that serve to increase the thermal emissivity of the entire structure. A radiator | 10/12/2010 |
| 7791053 | Depressed anode with plasmon-enabled devices such as ultra-small resonant structures Plasmon-enable devices such as ultra-small resonant devices produce electromagnetic radiation at frequencies in excess of microwave frequencies when induced to resonate by a passing electron beam. The resonant devices are surrounded by one or more depressed anodes t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791052 | Single-photon generation apparatus and quantum bit reading apparatus and method A method of generating a single photon, includes preparing an optical resonator including a resonator mode of a resonance angular frequency ωc, preparing a material contained in the optical resonator, including a low energy state |g> and a high energy st... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786455 | Laser-driven light source An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777207 | Methods and apparatus for presenting images An image projection system for presenting an image to a viewer comprises an electromagnetic radiation source configured to generate radiation having multiple spectral characteristics, and multiple independently operable optical switches configured to selectively tra... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7763868 | Object information acquisition apparatus and object information acquisition method An object information acquisition apparatus for acquiring information on the inside of an object includes an electromagnetic wave generation unit capable of outputting a terahertz wave and of changing the output intensity, an irradiation unit that irradiates an elec... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759661 | Electron beam emitter for sterilizing containers An electron beam emitter including a vacuum chamber having a width. An electron generator can be positioned within the vacuum chamber for generating electrons. An elongate nozzle can extend from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis and have an exit window at... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759662 | Field electron emission element, a method of manufacturing the same and a field electron emission method using such an element as well as an emission/display device employing such a field electron emission element and a method of manufacturing the same In an electron emission method, a voltage is applied to a field electron emission element that has a boron nitride material containing crystal, formed on an element substrate to show a conical projection of the boron nitride material and shows a stable electron emit... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755069 | Ultra-bright pulsed electron beam with low longitudinal emittance A high-brightness pulsed electron source, which has the potential for many useful applications in electron microscopy, inverse photo-emission, low energy electron scattering experiments, and electron holography has been described. The source makes use of Cs atoms in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7750325 | Methods and apparatus for producing and storing positrons and protons Apparatus for producing and storing positrons may include a trap that defines an interior chamber therein and that contains an electric field and a magnetic field. The trap may further include a source material that includes atoms that, when activated by photon bomb... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7723708 | Optical semiconductor device in which an electromagnetic wave is generated in a region of an applied electric field The present invention provides an optical semiconductor device including a semiconductor thin film (4) having photoconductivity and a pair of electrodes (5) and (10) for applying an electric field to an inside of the semiconductor thin film (... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7709819 | Apparatus and method for long-term storage of antimatter A long-term antimatter storage device that may be energized by a low power magnetron and can function autonomously for hundreds of hours on the energy provided by batteries. An evacuated, cryogenic container is arranged with a source of positrons and a source of ele... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7705331 | Methods and systems for providing illumination of a specimen for a process performed on the specimen Methods and systems for providing illumination of a specimen for a process performed on the specimen are provided. One system configured to provide illumination of a specimen for a process performed on the specimen includes a laser configured to generate excitation ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7667213 | Thermal imaging system A thermal imaging system. The thermal imaging system includes a thermal image generator, the thermal image generator including a structure having a surface having at least three heating zones; a controller for varying the thermal output of the thermal image generato... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7659527 | Infrared marking device and methods Infrared marking devices and methods for marking an object, such as a door, inside a structure, such as a smoke-filled or burning structure. The infrared marking device comprises a ring-shaped, elasticized outer sleeve having a tubular sidewall and an amount of a se... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659528 | Particle beam irradiation system A particle beam irradiation system includes a particle beam irradiation apparatus, which is free of a gantry structure, having a particle beam irradiator for irradiating an affected area of a patient with a particle beam, the particle beam irradiator being housed in... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655935 | Plutonium radiation surrogate A self-contained source of gamma-ray and neutron radiation suitable for use as a radiation surrogate for weapons-grade plutonium is described. The source generates a radiation spectrum similar to that of weapons-grade plutonium at 5% energy resolution between 59 and... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655934 | Data on light bulb A light-emitting device includes a plurality of ultra-small resonant structures, each of said structures constructed and adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) at a particular wavelength when a beam of charged particles is passed nearby. A combiner mechanis... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7619231 | Laser-beat-wave photocathode electron accelerator and electron radiation apparatus using the same An electron radiation apparatus is provided. The electron radiation apparatus includes a beat-wave laser system generating a laser beat wave, an electron emitter emitting a density-modulated electron current induced by the laser beat wave, an electron accelerator ac... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7598506 | Low-temperature adjustable blackbody apparatus An adjustable, low-temperature blackbody radiation system includes a blackbody enclosure having an optical port formed therein, and a cold element provided within the blackbody enclosure adjacent the optical port, the cold element configured to emit thermal radiatio... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7579609 | Coupling light of light emitting resonator to waveguide A waveguide conduit is constructed and adapted to capture the light emitted by the at least one nano-resonant structure. The nano-resonant structure emits light in response to excitation by a beam of charged particles, The source of charged particles may be an ion g... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7573053 | Polarized pulsed front-end beam source for electron microscope A method and an electron source are provided for generating polarized electrons for an electron microscope. The electron source includes a photoemissive cathode and a low-power drive laser. The geometry of the photoemissive cathode uses a generally planar emission s... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7560716 | Free electron oscillator A beam of charged particles (e.g., an electron beam) from a charged particle source can be selectively applied to a pair of electrodes. For example, the charged particles can be electrons that are directed toward a first electrode when the charge difference between ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7528395 | Radiation source, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A radiation source comprises an anode and a cathode that are configured and arranged to create a discharge in a gas or vapor in a space between anode and cathode and to form a plasma pinch so as to generate electromagnetic radiation. The gas or vapor may comprise xe... | 05/05/2009 |
