Active optical cavity laser heating medium
AssigneeIntrepid Brands, LLC.
InventorRakesh Guduru
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Abstract
An active optical cavity laser heating medium includes an active optical cavity heating element in contact with a vaporizable substance. A light beam may be emitted into the active optical cavity heating element from a light source. The active optical cavity may then act as a gain-medium, by enhancing the laser radiation, and as a transducer, by converting the optical radiation into heat. This heat generated by the active optical cavity may then heat the vaporizable substance in an electronic vaporization device. The active optical cavity laser heating medium may also determine the temperature of the active optical cavity.
Claims20
A heating element for vaporizing a vaporizable substance in an electronic vaporization device comprising:
- an atomizer comprising an active optical cavity coupled with the vaporizable substance;
- and
- a control unit comprising:
- a laser source configured to emit a light beam,
- a focusing lens positioned downstream of the light source, wherein the focusing lens is configured to condense the light beam emitted from the light source and transmit the condensed light beam into the active optical cavity, wherein the active optical cavity comprises a light transducing material configured to absorb at least a portion the condensed light beam to thereby convert the optical radiation of the light beam into heat,
- a photodetector positioned downstream of the active optical cavity, wherein the photodetector is configured to measure an amount of light unabsorbed by the active optical cavity from the light beam transmitted from the active optical cavity, and
- a signal processing unit coupled with the photodetector, wherein the signal processing unit is configured to calculate a temperature of the active optical cavity based on the measurement from the photodetector.
A heating element for vaporizing a vaporizable substance in an electronic vaporization device comprising:
- an active optical cavity coupled with a vaporizable substance;
- and
- a laser source configured to emit a light beam into the active optical cavity;
- wherein the active optical cavity comprises a light transducing material configured to absorb a portion the light beam to thereby convert the optical radiation of the light beam into heat.
A method of operating a heating element to heat a vaporizable substance, wherein the heating element comprises an active optical cavity, the method comprising the steps of:
- emitting a light from a light source;
- condensing the light emitted from the light source into a light beam;
- transmitting the light beam into the active optical cavity;
- and
- absorbing at least a portion of the light beam within the active optical cavity to generate heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.