Patents by Inventor Giulio Vampa

Giulio Vampa 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: 10107846
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating high-order harmonics in a solid-state medium comprising integrated semiconductor devices and electronics. The high-order harmonics interact with and are modified by the internal electric field associated with the operation of the integrated semiconductor devices and electronics. Measurement of the high-order harmonics after modification by the internal electric fields amounts to high resolution (temporal and spatial) dynamic imaging of the internal electric fields associated with the integrated semiconductor devices and electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul B. Corkum
  • Publication number: 20170350929
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating high-order harmonics in a solid-state medium comprising integrated semiconductor devices and electronics. The high-order harmonics interact with and are modified by the internal electric field associated with the operation of the integrated semiconductor devices and electronics. Measurement of the high-order harmonics after modification by the internal electric fields amounts to high resolution (temporal and spatial) dynamic imaging of the internal electric fields associated with the integrated semiconductor devices and electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul B. Corkum
  • Patent number: 9746748
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of mid-infrared to ultra-violet, from a silicon medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a silicon medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul B. Corkum
  • Publication number: 20170123291
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of mid-infrared to ultra-violet, from a silicon medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a silicon medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul B. Corkum
  • Patent number: 9496681
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of ultraviolet to soft-X-ray, from a solid-state medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a solid state medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul Corkum, Thomas Brabec
  • Publication number: 20160149371
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of ultraviolet to soft-X-ray, from a solid-state medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a solid state medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul Corkum, Thomas Brabec