Patents by Inventor Eric H. MATLIS

Eric H. MATLIS 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for plasma based adaptive optics for generating a first plasma gradient and a second plasma gradient
    Patent number: 8513583
    Abstract: An adaptive plasma optics cell includes a housing defining a chamber, and a gas disposed within the housing chamber. A first light transmissive electrode layer is coupled to a first side of the housing and a first light transmissive dielectric layer is coupled between the first light transmissive electrode layer and the housing chamber. A second electrode layer is coupled to a second side of the housing such that the housing chamber is at least partially disposed between the first and second electrode layers and a second dielectric layer coupled between the second electrode layer electrode and the housing chamber. In operation, a power supply is controlled such that the power supply selectively supplies an electric signal sufficient to cause the gas to generate a plasma having a desired plasma gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA BASED ADAPTIVE OPTICS
    Publication number: 20110121158
    Abstract: An adaptive plasma optics cell includes a housing defining a chamber, and a gas disposed within the housing chamber. A first light transmissive electrode layer is coupled to a first side of the housing and a first light transmissive dielectric layer is coupled between the first light transmissive electrode layer and the housing chamber. A second electrode layer is coupled to a second side of the housing such that the housing chamber is at least partially disposed between the first and second electrode layers and a second dielectric layer coupled between the second electrode layer electrode and the housing chamber. In operation, a power supply is controlled such that the power supply selectively supplies an electric signal sufficient to cause the gas to generate a plasma having a desired plasma gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas C. CORKE, Eric H. MATLIS