Patents by Inventor Tilman Heupel

Tilman Heupel 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).

  • Method and device for generating phase-coherent light pulses
    Patent number: 6038055
    Abstract: For the generation of amplified, phase-coherent light pulses, a sequence of phase-coherent, equidistant input light pulses (21) is coupled into a resonator device (1) with at least two resonator mirrors (11, 14), forming a light path (10) with a predetermined resonator length, in such a way that the coupled in input light pulses in the resonator device are linearly superimposed in succession to form at least one circulating light pulse, whereby the circulating light pulse is coupled out of the resonator device as an output light pulse (31) as soon as the circulating light pulse has reached a preset minimum level of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Theodor Hansch, Tilman Heupel, Martin Weitz