Patents by Inventor Tyler P. Schmidt

Tyler P. Schmidt 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).

  • Folded slab laser
    Patent number: 11942753
    Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul E Jackson, Gerald L Kern, Jacob D Colby, Aaron M Kern, Tyler P Schmidt, Keith L Weiher
  • Folded Slab Laser
    Publication number: 20210006031
    Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul E. Jackson, Gerald L. Kern, Jacob D. Colby, Aaron M. Kern, Tyler P. Schmidt, Keith L. Weiher
  • Folded slab laser
    Patent number: 10811838
    Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul E Jackson, Gerald L Kern, Jacob D Colby, Aaron M Kern, Tyler P Schmidt, Keith L Weiher
  • Folded Slab Laser
    Publication number: 20190312403
    Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul E. Jackson, Gerald L. Kern, Jacob D. Colby, Aaron M. Kern, Tyler P. Schmidt, Keith L. Weiher