Patents by Inventor Colleen Renee Clar

Colleen Renee Clar 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).

  • Active cooling of crystal optics for increased laser lifetime
    Patent number: 7903351
    Abstract: A laser beam is generated and transmitted within an enclosed pathway through at least one crystal optic at a power density that progressively degrades transmissivity of the crystal optic with accumulating fluence. The crystal optics are cooled below normal operating temperatures to slow the progressive degradation in the transmissivity of the crystal optics with the accumulating fluence or to accommodate a higher power density without correspondingly increasing the progressive degradation in transmissivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Colleen Renee Clar, William Rogers Rosch, Horst Schreiber, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Active cooling of crystal optics for increased laser lifetime
    Publication number: 20080198882
    Abstract: A laser beam is generated and transmitted within an enclosed pathway through at least one crystal optic at a power density that progressively degrades transmissivity of the crystal optic with accumulating fluence. The crystal optics are cooled below normal operating temperatures to slow the progressive degradation in the transmissivity of the crystal optics with the accumulating fluence or to accommodate a higher power density without correspondingly increasing the progressive degradation in transmissivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Colleen Renee Clar, William Rogers Rosch, Horst Schreiber, Charlene Marie Smith