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Laser-driven light source

US8525138B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

27Claims

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Assignee

Energetiq Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Donald K. Smith · Rye, US
Matthew Besen · Andover, US
Huiling Zhu · Zhejiang, CN
Daniil Stolyarov · Reading, US
Hongke Ye · Woburn, US
Gordon Hill · Arlington, US
Ron Collins · Andover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2011
Grant date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
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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