Patents by Inventor Charles E. Turner, Jr.

Charles E. Turner, Jr. 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 apparatus for secondary laser pumping by electron beam excitation
    Patent number: 4087763
    Abstract: An electron beam of energy typically 100 keV excites a fluorescer gas which emits ultraviolet radiation. This radiation excites and drives an adjacent laser gas by optical pumping or photolytic dissociation to produce high efficiency pulses.The invention described herein was made in the course of, or under, United States Energy Research and Development Administration Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48 with the University of California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: E. Victor George, William F. Krupke, John R. Murray, Howard T. Powell, James C. Swingle, Charles E. Turner, Jr., Charles K. Rhodes