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Laser-driven light source

US7786455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 2007
Grant dateAug 31, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J65/042
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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