Patents by Inventor Brett Harrison Hokr

Brett Harrison Hokr 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).

  • High reflectivity integrating cavity and optical amplification device
    Patent number: 9927417
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high reflectivity integrating cavity and device to amplify and detect luminescent emissions produced by small concentrations of materials to be analyzed. Femto or nano molar concentrations of a material can be placed within the high reflectivity integrating cavity. At least the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity can comprise a coating that, at a designated wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, is transparent and non-absorbing to such designated wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. In addition to the isotropic field induced by the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity, the high reflectivity of the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity leads to very large effective optical path lengths within the interior of the high reflectivity integrating cavity, thereby amplifying the luminescent emissions produced by the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Vladislav Victorovich Yakovlev, Edward S. Fry, John David Mason, Joel Nathan Bixler, Michael Thomas Cone, Brett Harrison Hokr
  • HIGH REFLECTIVITY INTEGRATING CAVITY AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160209388
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high reflectivity integrating cavity and device to amplify and detect luminescent emissions produced by small concentrations of materials to be analyzed. Femto or nano molar concentrations of a material can be placed within the high reflectivity integrating cavity. At least the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity can comprise a coating that, at a designated wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, is transparent and non-absorbing to such designated wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. In addition to the isotropic field induced by the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity, the high reflectivity of the interior surface of the high reflectivity integrating cavity leads to very large effective optical path lengths within the interior of the high reflectivity integrating cavity, thereby amplifying the luminescent emissions produced by the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Vladislav Victorovich Yakovlev, Edward S. Fry, John David Mason, Joel Nathan Bixler, Michael Thomas Cone, Brett Harrison Hokr