Patents by Inventor Dennis Maderas

Dennis Maderas 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).

  • Patent number: 6160934
    Abstract: A hollow lensing duct to condense (intensify) light using a combination of focusing using a spherical or cylindrical lens followed by reflective waveguiding. The hollow duct tapers down from a wide input side to a narrow output side, with the input side consisting of a lens that may be coated with an antireflective coating for more efficient transmission into the duct. The inside surfaces of the hollow lens duct are appropriately coated to be reflective, preventing light from escaping by reflection as it travels along the duct (reflective waveguiding). The hollow duct has various applications for intensifying light, such as in the coupling of diode array pump light to solid state lasing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Raymond J. Beach, Eric C. Honea, Camille Bibeau, Scott Mitchell, John Lang, Dennis Maderas, Joel Speth, Stephen A. Payne