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8183540 Droplet deformation  
A technique for shaping droplets is disclosed. Multiple optical traps, or at least one variable geometry trap, are used to deform a droplet. The surface tension of the droplet is lowered to be...
8183546 Ion implantation through laser fields  
Ions are generated and directed toward a workpiece. A laser source generates a laser that is projected above the workpiece in a line. As the laser is generated, a fraction of the ions are blocked...
8179577 Three-dimensional holographic ring traps  
A method and system for preparing and using three dimensional optical ring traps. The method and system includes applying a single phase hologram to be able to independently control shape and force...
8174742 System for applying optical forces from phase gradients  
A system and method for creating extended optical traps for applying optical forces to a material to be manipulated for a commercial application. The system and method include applying a hologram...
8158927 Multiple laminar flow-based particle and cellular separation with laser steering  
The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms...
8153965 Apparatus and method for merging a low energy electron flow into a high energy electron flow  
An apparatus for merging a low energy electron flow into a high energy electron flow may include: a high energy electron path for accommodating the high energy electron flow; and a plurality of...
8153999 Terahertz wave generating device and apparatus using the same  
Provided is a terahertz wave optical device that can be used as a terahertz wave generating device including: an optical switch portion for generating a carrier abruptly by irradiation with...
8153966 Electrode unit and charged particle beam device  
A high-resolution sample image is acquired by eliminating both of charge over an entire sample (global charge) and charge in a local region irradiated with a primary charged particle beam (local...
8153958 Method and apparatus for producing hyperthermal beams  
An exemplary apparatus and method for producing a hyperthermal beam is provided. An apparatus may comprise a plasma discharge source, an emission system, and a magnetic source. The plasma discharge...
8135276 Quantum repeater  
A quantum repeater includes a transmitter portion including a source, a set of matter systems, and an optical system. The source produces a probe pulse in a probe state having components with...
8119976 Optical-based cell deformability  
A system, method, and device for re-orienting and/or deforming cells and other objects is provided. The system, method, and device may include a high-throughput setup that facilitates the ability...
8119977 Aerodynamic lens capable of focusing nanoparticles in a wide range  
An aerodynamic lens includes a cylindrical hollow body having an inlet and an outlet, and first and second focusing parts formed in the body. The first focusing part includes a plurality of orifice...
8119985 Methods and apparatus for statistical characterization of nano-particles  
A method and apparatus for determining statistical characteristics of nano-particles includes distributing the nano-particles over a surface and then determining properties of the nano-particles by...
8101920 Spin isolation apparatus, spin asymmetric material producing method, current source, and signal processing method  
A spin isolation apparatus comprising a particle source for emitting particles having spins, a receiving section for receiving the particles emitted by the particle source, a magnet for separating...
8089042 Apparatus and method for processing substrate using neutralized beams including applying a voltage to a substrate support  
An apparatus and method for processing a substrate using neutralized beams are provided. A substrate processing apparatus includes an ion source generating device configured to form an ion source....
8080778 Channel cell system  
The present invention provides an improved cold-atom system having multiple chambers such that a first of the chambers includes an atom source. The system also includes an atom trap disposed inside...
8076632 Device and method for the contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field  
The invention relates to a device for contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field, comprising a radiation...
8071960 Method and apparatus for producing samples for transmission electron microscopy  
In the case of a method for producing samples for transmission electron microscopy, a sample is prepared from a substrate of a sample material. To this end, the sample material is irradiated by...
8067990 Atomic oscillator  
An atomic oscillator includes: a gas cell in which a gaseous metal atom is sealed; heating units heating the gas cell to a predetermined temperature and being a first heater and a second heater; a...
8063390 Electron cooling system and method for increasing the phase space intensity and overall intensity of ion beams in multiple overlap regions  
An electron cooling system and method for increasing the phase space intensity and overall intensity of ion beams in multiple overlap regions, including a vacuum chamber to allow a single electron...
8059321 Volumetric imaging of holographic optical traps  
A method and system for manipulating object using a three dimensional optical trap configuration. By use of selected hologram on optical strap can be configured as a preselected three dimensional...
8057655 Sub-micron object control arrangement and approach therefor  
Sub-micron objects are manipulated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, Brownian motion effects are mitigated to facilitate the analysis and/or manipulation of sub-micron...
8049943 Quantum computing method and quantum computer  
A quantum bit computation method includes operating a two-quantum-bit gate on quantum bits of a first physical system and a second physical system, second energy states of second physical systems...
8049162 Zeeman-slower, coil for a Zeeman-slower device and a method for cooling an atom beam  
A Zeeman-slower device, a coil for such a Zeeman-slower device, and a method for cooling an atom beam. The Zeeman-slower includes a cooling section including an inner passage extending along a...
8049192 Apparatus and system for controlling ion ribbon beam uniformity in an ion implanter  
An ion beam blocking array configured to provide a mechanical means for adjusting the beam current profile of an ion ribbon beam by blocking the beam current at one or more locations across the...
8022364 Electron spin detector, and spin polarized scanning electron microscope and spin-resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscope using the electron spin detector  
An electron spin detector includes plural magnetoresistive sensors and a deceleration lens of an electron beam, and each magnetoresistive sensor is inclined so that the electron beam spread by the...
7999626 Physical section of atomic oscillator  
A physical section of an atomic oscillator includes at least: a gas cell including a cylindrical portion and first and second windows respectively hermetically-closing openings of both sides of the...
7999221 Mass spectrometric detection of material transferred to a surface  
The present invention provides methods for using detection methods, including mass spectrometry methods such as SELDI-TOF-MS, to detect and analyze molecules directly transferred from a sample to a...
7994472 Laser-driven deflection arrangements and methods involving charged particle beams  
Systems, methods, devices and apparatus are implemented for producing controllable charged particle beams. In one implementation, an apparatus provides a deflection force to a charged particle...
7982187 Method and apparatus for photon-assisted evaluation of a plasma  
Described are a method and apparatus for evaluating a least one characteristic of a plasma. The described method uses photons to raise the excitation state to or past the point of ionization of...
7982198 Particle beam irradiation system  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a charged particle beam extraction method and particle beam irradiation system that make it possible to exercise intensity control over an...
7973275 Manipulation of objects in potential energy landscapes  
Holographic optical traps using the forces exerted by computer-generated holograms to trap, move and otherwise transform mesoscopically textured materials. The efficacy of the present invention is...
7968838 Apparatus and process for generating a neutron beam  
A process is disclosed for generating particles with a high degree of anisotropy in the direction of emission.
7968839 Miniaturized optical tweezers based on high-NA micro-mirrors  
The invention relates to an optical tweezer device including at least one light source and one three-dimensional optical trap, said optical trap comprising one focusing micro-mirror which is...
7965147 Physics package design for a cold atom primary frequency standard  
A physic package for an atomic clock comprising: a block made of optical glass, a glass ceramic material or another suitable material that includes a plurality of faces on its exterior and a...
7944317 Cold atom micro primary standard  
An atomic clock having a physics package that includes a vacuum chamber cavity that holds atoms of Rb-87 under high vacuum conditions, an optical bench having a single laser light source, a local...
7935944 Ion beam irradiating apparatus, and method of producing semiconductor device  
An ion beam irradiating apparatus has a field emission electron source 10 which is disposed in a vicinity of a path of the ion beam 2, and which emits electrons 12. The field emission electron...
7932788 Oscillating, deflectable micromechanical element and method for use thereof  
The invention relates to micromechanical elements deflectable in an oscillating manner and to a method for the operation of such elements. In this respect, it is the object of the invention to be...
7928359 Thermal management technology for polarizing Xenon  
A polarizing apparatus has a thermally conductive partitioning system in a polarizing cell. In the polarizing region, this thermally conductive partitioning system serves to prevent the elevation...
7923679 Method and device for handling objects  
In relation with a laser-induced transport process of an object from a carrier to a collecting device, the invention provides a collecting medium in the collecting device in a liquid state. Prior...
7915577 Single-shot spatially-resolved imaging magnetometry using ultracold atoms  
A method and system for remotely imaging a magnetic field within an atom cloud is provided. An atom sample held in a magneto-optical trap is released, and the released atom cloud is illuminated by...
7897925 System and method for high Z material detection  
A method and system for high Z material revealing using muon detection technique is presented. The system measures muons' coordinates, velocities, incidence angles and leaving angles. Two series of...
7897910 System for characterizing a light field  
A method and system for establishing extended optical traps for commercial use. The method and system employs a diffractive optical element (DOE) to process a light beam wherein the DOE includes...
7893397 Apparatus and method for surface modification using charged particle beams  
An apparatus and method for using high beam currents in FIB circuit edit operations, without the generation of electrostatic discharge events. An internal partial chamber is disposed over the...
7888630 Reduced size high frequency quadrupole accelerator for producing a neutralized ion beam of high energy  
A reduced size high frequency quadrupole is provided having four elongated electrodes with oscillating power supplied to produce an electromagnetic field. An ion source is provided to supply the...
7875845 Automated extraction and purification of samples using optical tweezers  
An apparatus and method for purifying a forensic sample using an automated extraction and purification system includes optical tweezers; an input channel through which the sample is introduced; a...
7847238 Holographic microfabrication and characterization system for soft matter and biological systems  
A method and system for micromanipulation of objects of any shape. The method and system creates various forms of holographic optical traps for a variety of commercial purposes. Some alternate...
7838819 Apparatus and method of generating optical tweezers with momentum  
An apparatus of generating optical tweezers with momentum is provided for providing optical tweezers with a first momentum on a test piece. The apparatus comprises a laser source, a diffractive...
7835051 Volumetric imaging of holographic optical traps  
A method and system for manipulating object using a three dimensional optical trap configuration. By use of selected hologram on optical strap can be configured as a preselected three dimensional...
7829839 Optical tweezers lifting apparatus  
An optical tweezers lifting apparatus is provided. The optical tweezers lifting apparatus includes an optical tweezers and a particle-lifting device. The particle-lifting device includes a...