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US 8,309,943 B2Granted
Laser-driven light source
AssigneeEnergetiq Technology, Inc.
InventorsDonald K. Smith, William M. Holber, Jeffrey A. Casey
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Abstract
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 can provide a substantially continuous amount of energy to the ionized gas to generate a substantially continuous high brightness light.
Claims21
A light source, comprising:
- a chamber;
- an ignition source for ionizing a medium within the chamber;
- a laser for providing energy to the ionized medium within the chamber to produce a light;
- and
- a blocker suspended along a path the energy travels and blocking the energy provided to the ionized medium that is not absorbed by the ionized medium.
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A light source, comprising:
- a chamber;
- an ignition source for ionizing a medium within the chamber;
- a laser for providing energy to the ionized medium within the chamber to produce a light;
- wherein the blocker reflects energy provided to the ionized medium that is not absorbed by the ionized medium.
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A method for producing light, comprising:
- ionizing with an ignition source a medium within a chamber;
- providing laser energy to the ionized medium in the chamber to produce a light;
- and
- blocking energy provided to the ionized medium that is not absorbed by the ionized medium with a blocker suspended along a path the energy travels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.