Patents by Inventor Francois-Xavier Esnault

Francois-Xavier Esnault 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).

  • COMPACT LASER SOURCE WITH REDUCED SPECTRAL WIDTH
    Publication number: 20110038389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laser source with an external cavity generating a useful laser beam (Fu), that comprises at least one laser diode DL (10) mounted in an extended optical cavity (30, 82) defined between two reflecting surfaces (92, 48) forming an optical path for a laser beam Fd generated by the laser diode DL, a mode selection filter (44, 86) in the optical path of the cavity for selecting a resonance mode from a range of resonance modes of the laser beam in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: David Holleville, Stephanie Perrin, Noel Dimarcq, Francois-Xavier Esnault