Patents by Inventor Edison Liang

Edison Liang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Conversion of ultra-intense infrared laser energy into relativistic particles
    Patent number: 7710007
    Abstract: Devices and methods for producing relativistic particles are provided. The devices and methods involve collision of a thin collimated plasma layer from opposite sides with two counter-propagating ultra-intense laser (UL) electromagnetic (EM) pulses. The plasma layer is sufficiently thin so that the pulses penetrate and conjointly propagate through the plasma layer. The Lorenz force between induced skin currents and the magnetic field of the propagating pulses accelerates a number of “in-phase” plasma particles to relativistic velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventor: Edison Liang
  • Conversion of Ultra-Intense Infrared Laser Energy Into Relativistic Particles
    Publication number: 20080111461
    Abstract: Devices and methods for producing relativistic particles are provided. The devices and methods involve collision of a thin collimated plasma layer from opposite sides with two counter-propagating ultra-intense laser (UL) electromagnetic (EM) pulses. The plasma layer is sufficiently thin so that the pulses penetrate and conjointly propagate through the plasma layer. The Lorenz force between induced skin currents and the magnetic field of the propagating pulses accelerates a number of “in-phase” plasma particles to relativistic velocities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Edison Liang