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7397836 Efficient method and apparatus for generating singlet delta oxygen at an elevated pressure  
An improved singlet delta oxygen generator (SOG) and method of its use are disclosed. The improved SOG is compact and scalable, capable of operating in a zero-gravity or low gravity environment,...
7379487 Two phase reactor  
A two phase reactor includes a source of liquid reactant and a source of gas reactant. A chamber has an inlet coupled to the source of gas reactant and a flat jet nozzle coupled to the source of...
7364604 Gas/liquid separation utilizing bunched mesh materials  
An apparatus and method for gas/liquid separation on an array of jets or streams of liquid is provided. Layers of substantially spherical aggregates of meshed material are provided to “quiet”...
7336689 Efficient method and apparatus for generating singlet delta oxygen at an elevated pressure  
An improved singlet delta oxygen generator (SOG) and method of its use are disclosed. The improved SOG is compact and scalable, capable of operating in a zero-gravity or low gravity environment,...
7317574 Long-distance quantum communication  
Apparatus and methods for high fidelity quantum communication over long communication channels even in the presence of significant loss in the channels are disclosed. The invention employs laser...
7315562 Stable/unstable optical cavity resonator for laser  
An improved resonator and optical cavity is adapted for use with a chemical laser that has a nozzle upstream of the resonator that emits a gain medium in a flow direction, and a pressure-recovery...
7274724 Method, system and apparatus for an enhanced electrically pumped oxygen iodine laser  
In one embodiment of the present invention an oxygen iodine laser includes a gas mixing section. Ground state oxygen and a carrier gas are introduced into the first gas mixing section, sometimes...
7251263 Capillary discharge x-ray laser  
A compact, high repetition rate, extreme ultraviolet/soft x-ray laser and method for generating such radiation are described. Excitation of the gaseous or vaporous lasing medium is achieved by...
7251027 Real time in situ monitoring of a solution  
A real time in situ system and method for monitoring solutions, such as basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) and other laser fuel solutions, is provided. Raman spectroscopy is applied to a solution of...
7242706 Membrane singlet delta oxygen generator and process  
A method and apparatus for producing molecular oxygen in the excited singlet delta oxygen electronic state for use as an excited species reactant in a chemical laser. Flowtubes defined by permeable...
7158554 Methods and apparatus for regenerating fuels in a solid generator chemical oxygen iodine laser  
A solid generator laser provides device simplicity and fuel regeneration without relying upon highly-corrosive or unstable fuels. The laser system includes a fuel supply system that provides a...
7154931 Laser with Brayton cycle outlet pump  
A chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) comprises an oxygen generator and a nozzle for accelerating generated oxygen to a high or supersonic velocity. A laser cavity is coupled to the nozzle, wherein...
7116696 Efficient method and apparatus for generating singlet delta oxygen at an elevated pressure  
An improved singlet delta oxygen generator (SOG) and method of its use are disclosed. The improved SOG is compact and scalable, capable of operating in a zero-gravity or low gravity environment,...
7106777 Phase-change heat exchanger  
A phase-change heat exchanger is provided for thermally conditioning a fluid. The phase-change heat exchanger includes, but is not limited to, conduits configured to convey the fluid through the...
7095775 Dual-flow common combustor chemical laser  
The invention herein is directed to a dual-chamber combustion laser assembly having lighter weight (per unit flow area), a more compact, flexible configuration for packaging in spacecraft,...
7088759 Resonator box to laser cavity interface for chemical laser  
A laser system ( 52 A) is illustrated having a laser cavity ( 54 ) that generates a laser beam ( 78 ). An outcoupling resonator box ( 62 ) has a reflective mirror ( 70 ) therein. A return resonator...
7039088 Enhancement of chemical lasers via control of the ambient radiation environment  
A system and method for obtaining improved performance of chemical laser systems by exercising control over the radiation environments of these devices. Proper control of the AERE is achieved...
7035307 Recycling system for a chemical laser system  
A method for collecting, reprocessing, and recycling chemical species used in the operation of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser system, especially a space-based system, is described. The method...
7023895 Integrated dual source recycling system for chemical laser weapon systems  
An integrated dual source recycling system and method for a chemical oxygen-iodine laser system is described. The recycling system primarily includes: (1) a first collection system for collecting...
6973114 Dual-flow common combustor chemical laser  
The invention herein is directed to a dual-chamber combustion laser assembly having lighter weight (per unit flow area), a more compact, flexible configuration for packaging in spacecraft,...
6963594 Organic laser cavity device having incoherent light as a pumping source  
An organic laser cavity device, that includes: a first dielectric stack for receiving and transmitting pumped beam light and being reflective to laser light over a predetermined range of...
6944202 Surface catalyst infra red laser  
An energy converter reacts hydrocarbons and air on a catalyst configuration to produce a population inversion. A photovoltaic system may extract the radiating energy, and a laser system may extract...
6922429 Treatment of chloralkali feeds containing hydrogen peroxide and base  
A method and apparatus for removing BHP contaminants (alkali hydroxide and H 2 O 2 ) from a recycled aqueous alkali chloride solution stream before the stream is fed to a chloralkali cell so that...
6847674 Dual-flow common combustor chemical laser  
The invention herein is directed to a dual-chamber combustion laser assembly having lighter weight (per unit flow area), a more compact, flexible configuration for packaging in spacecraft,...
6826222 Electric oxygen iodine laser  
A pulse circuit, a plasma generator, and a excited atomic molecular state generator useful in an electric oxygen iodine laser of the present invention. The invention also comprises a laser wherein...
6813304 High energy DF chemical laser gain generator and related method for its fabrication  
A DF or HF chemical laser gain generator fabricated by a platelet technique in which internal passages are more easily formed because the generator is made as a stack of thin platelets that are...
6798792 Laser device and light signal amplifying device using the same  
In a laser device and a light signal amplifying device with an optical fiber containing a laser activating substance in the inside for emitting a light beam from the end part in the case the laser...
6785315 Mobile tactical high energy laser weapon system and method for generating a high energy laser beam  
A laser weapon system using a high energy deuterium fluoride (DF) or hydrogen fluoride (HF) laser, for which all necessary reactants and other materials are carried on an easily movable vehicle....
6763051 Treatment of chloralkali feeds containing hydrogen peroxide and base  
A method and apparatus for removing BHP contaminants (alkali hydroxide and H 2 O 2 ) from a recycled aqueous alkali chloride solution stream before the stream is fed to a chloralkali cell so that...
6714579 Basic hydrogen peroxide recycling system for chemical oxygen-iodine lasers  
A system for collecting, reprocessing, and recycling chemical species used in the operation of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser system, especially a space-based system, is described. The system...
6714570 Molecular iodine supply system for a chemical laser  
A method for producing molecular Iodine for introduction into the laser cavity of a Chemical-Oxygen-Iodine-Laser (COIL) includes the step of preparing a solid mixture that contains a primary...
6697410 Contaminant free iodine supply system  
An on-demand system for generating Iodine gas that is substantially free of contaminants such as water, Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide includes a solid mixture of oxidizer and fuel having at...
6690707 Plasma assisted oxygen-iodine laser  
A process of producing a high energy chemical oxygen-iodine laser, including the steps of obtaining a quantity of oxygen in the singlet delta energy state [O 2 (a 1 Δ)], combining the O 2 (a 1 Δ)...
6687279 Integrated dual source recycling system for chemical oxygen-iodine laser weapon systems  
An integrated dual source recycling system for a chemical oxygen-iodine laser system is described. The recycling system primarily includes: (1) a first collection system for collecting an amount of...
6678305 Surface catalyst infra red laser  
An energy converter reacts hydrocarbons and air on a catalyst configuration to produce a population inversion. A photovoltaic system may extract the radiating energy, and a laser system may extract...
6674781 Method and system for fueling a closed cycle chemical oxygen iodine laser  
A method of utilizing lithium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide to generate singlet delta oxygen, which is used as fuel for a COIL device. The invention also comprises a method of regenerating...
6658038 System for producing singlet delta oxygen laser  
A system for producing singlet delta oxygen has a source of liquid oxygen. A reactor has an input connected to the source of liquid oxygen. An optical pump is connected to an optical input of the...
6654395 589 nm laser  
The invention provides an improved glass host for a Pr 3+ -doped glass 589 nm laser. For this purpose, a fluoroaluminate glass, of certain composition ranges, has been determined per the invention....
6650681 Sealed exhaust chemical oxygen-iodine laser system  
A sealed exhaust chemical oxygen-iodine laser (SECOIL) employing a sealed exhaust system (SES) is described. The SES is capable of selectively condensing and cryosorbing various chemical species...
6647049 Iodine on-demand system for a chemical laser  
A system for supplying Iodine gas to a laser cavity includes a cartridge for generating Iodine gas and delivery piping for transporting Iodine gas from the cartridge to the laser cavity. The...
6621848 SECOIL reprocessing system  
A sealed exhaust chemical oxygen-iodine laser system is described, wherein the sealed exhaust system includes an adsorption bed for adsorbing sorbable material contained in the laser exhaust gas,...
6584126 Tunable Fabry-Perot filter and tunable vertical cavity surface emitting laser  
A tunable Fabry-Perot filter and a tunable vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) are disclosed, where both devices utilize an improved dome structure for creating an internal air gap.
6570903 Electric-optical singlet sigma and singlet delta oxygen generator  
A generator produces a flow of gaseous molecular oxygen in the singlet sigma and/or singlet delta excited electronic states. The generator is comprised of an optical source; coupling optics to...
6529539 Molecular light emission device  
Injection efficiency is greatly improved by chemically bonding an organic light emission molecule to an electrode, so as to realize a high efficiency light emission type of flat panel display and a...
6501780 Method, system and apparatus for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser  
A method, apparatus and system are provided herein for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser. The preferred system, in accordance with the present invention, includes a laser...
6459717 Continuous wave all gas phase iodine laser (AGIL)  
An all gas phase iodine cw laser operating on the electronic I( 2 P 3/2 )−I*( 2 P 1/2 ) transition of atomic iodine at 1.315 μm was described. The laser is based on the energy transfer reaction...
6377600 Iodine monochloride/molecular iodine as the iodine source for COIL systems  
An iodine source for a chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) system ( 40, 50 ) is described. The iodine source is a combination of iodine monochloride and molecular iodine. The iodine monochloride...
6366594 Wavelength selective laser system and associated method  
A wavelength selective laser system and associated method are provided that produce laser beams having wavelengths that are only slightly different, but that permit a composite return signal to be...
6304583 Utilization of telluride quaternary nonlinear optic materials  
A solid state laser device made from a nonlinear optic quaternary alloy of Silver, Gallium, Selenium and Tellurium semiconductor material or Silver, Gallium, Sulfur and Tellurium semiconductor...
6224786 Elimination of anomalous freezing of basic hydrogen peroxide in the chemical oxygen iodine laser  
A basic hydrogen peroxide composition is described, wherein the basic hydrogen peroxide is formed by mixing aqueous potassium hydroxide and aqueous hydrogen peroxide in a mole ratio such that the...
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