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US 11,721,540 B2Granted
Flashtube with submicron fuel particles and fusable nucleotide light-absorbing particles
AssigneeSt. John's University
InventorCharles Michael Fortmann
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Abstract
A device and a method of heating nano- to micro-scale light absorbent particles within a flashtube designed to sequentially emit intense light, followed by an intense pressure wave. The flashtube device includes a housing and a central filament surrounded by the housing. An inner surface of the housing can be coated with light-scattering particles and/or light-absorbing particles. The filament is generally held in a superconducting state.
Claims24
A flashtube device comprising:
- a housing that consists of a small volume;
- a flash lamp surrounded by the housing;
- an inner surface of the housing being coated with light-absorbing particles;
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- submicron fuel particles dispersed in a transparent light-scattering media contained in the housing, the light-scattering material being configured to guide light to the light-absorbing particles by diffuse light collection, wherein
- the flash lamp comprises a thin superconducting element held at low temperature in series with a superconducting inductor, and
- the light-absorbing particles comprise fusable nucleotides.
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