Patents by Inventor Christopher P. Ausschnitt

Christopher P. Ausschnitt 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).

  • Detection of ground state hydrogen and deuterium
    Patent number: 4166219
    Abstract: Atoms of hydrogen or deuterium are fully ionized by a three-photon process which is enhanced by the two-photon 1S.fwdarw.2S resonant transition. The resultant ions are detected with high efficiency to provide discrimination between small concentrations of atomic hydrogen and atomic deuterium in a vacuum or in the presence of a background gas. The use of two unequal photo energies to pump the two-photon resonance provides the capability of mapping the individual three dimensional distribution of the hydrogen or deuterium. The detection process is also appropriate to determining these data in dishcarge plasmas and flames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Gary C. Bjorklund, Richard R. Freeman, Ralph H. Storz