Patents by Inventor Gregory Keaton

Gregory Keaton 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: 10170886
    Abstract: An RGB light source for a luminaire projector system includes Red, Green and Blue lasers each outputting a randomly polarized (RP) single mode (SM) light with at least a 4 nm spectral linewidth. The Green laser has a MOPFA-structured pump which outputs a pulsed pump beam at a fundamental wavelength in a 1 ?m wavelength range and further includes a SHG. The SHG includes an LBO nonlinear crystal receiving the pulsed pump beam and outputting a train of pulses of BB Green light. The Red laser is configured with a QCW fiber laser pump and a frequency converter with an LBO nonlinear crystal outputting a train of pulses of red light in a 6xx nm wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manuel Leonardo, Igor Samartsev, Alexey Avdokhin, Gregory Keaton
  • Publication number: 20180233878
    Abstract: An RGB light source for a luminaire projector system includes Red, Green and Blue lasers each outputting a randomly polarized (RP) single mode (SM) light with at least a 4 nm spectral linewidth. The Green laser has a MOPFA-structured pump which outputs a pulsed pump beam at a fundamental wavelength in a 1 ?m wavelength range and further includes a SHG. The SHG includes an LBO nonlinear crystal receiving the pulsed pump beam and outputting a train of pulses of BB Green light. The Red laser is configured with a QCW fiber laser pump and a frequency converter with an LBO nonlinear crystal outputting a train of pulses of red light in a 6xx nm wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Manuel LEONARDO, Igor SAMARTSEV, Alexey AVDOKHIN, Gregory KEATON
  • Patent number: 10008819
    Abstract: A broad line red light generator is configured with a single mode (SM) pulsed ytterbium (“Yb”) fiber laser pump source outputting pump light in a fundamental mode (“FM”) at a pump wavelength which is selected from a 1030-1120 nm wavelength range. The disclosed generator further includes a SM fiber Raman converter spliced to an output of the Yb fiber laser pump source. The Raman converter induces an “n” order frequency Stokes shift of the pump light to output the pump light at a Raman-shifted wavelength within 1220 and 1300 nm wavelength range with a broad spectral line of at least 10 nm. The disclosed light generator further has a single pass second harmonic generator (“SHG”) with a lithium triborate (“LBO”) nonlinear optical crystal having a spectral acceptance linewidth which is sufficient to cover the broad spectral line of the pump light. The SHG generates a SM pulsed broad-line red light with a broad spectral line of at least 4 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manuel Leonardo, Igor Samartsev, Alexey Avdokhin, Gregory Keaton
  • Publication number: 20170294754
    Abstract: A broad line red light generator is configured with a single mode (SM) pulsed ytterbium (“Yb”) fiber laser pump source outputting pump light in a fundamental mode (“FM”) at a pump wavelength which is selected from a 1030-1120 nm wavelength range. The disclosed generator further includes a SM fiber Raman converter spliced to an output of the Yb fiber laser pump source. The Raman converter induces an “n” order frequency Stokes shift of the pump light to output the pump light at a Raman-shifted wavelength within 1220 and 1300 nm wavelength range with a broad spectral line of at least 10 nm. The disclosed light generator further has a single pass second harmonic generator (“SHG”) with a lithium triborate (“LBO”) nonlinear optical crystal having a spectral acceptance linewidth which is sufficient to cover the broad spectral line of the pump light. The SHG generates a SM pulsed broad-line red light with a broad spectral line of at least 4 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Manuel LEONARDO, Igor SAMARTSEV, Alexey AVDOKHIN, Gregory KEATON
  • Publication number: 20120048577
    Abstract: The present invention is a device to suppress or extinguish fires. In some embodiments, the fire extinguisher of the present invention comprises a fire extinguishing agent, a housing comprising a first material for retaining the fire extinguishing agent, and an attachment means for attaching the fire extinguisher to a surface. The fire extinguisher is actuated when the first material loses integrity upon exposure to a predetermined high temperature or exposure to open flames, resulting in a release of the fire extinguishing agent on the target area and thereby suppressing the fire or potential fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: GREGORY KEATON BALL
  • Publication number: 20050058163
    Abstract: A laser apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a Neodymium-doped lasing material having first and second surfaces and a passive Q-switch optically coupled to the second surface. The first-surface is substantially transparent to a pump radiation and substantially reflective to laser radiation generated by an interaction between the pump radiation and the Neodymium-doped lasing material. The laser radiation is characterized by a vacuum wavelength corresponding to an atomic transition from the 4F3/2 level to the 4I9/2 level of Neodymium in the lasing material. The second surface transmits at least a portion of the laser radiation. The lasing material and Q-switch are configured to produce pulses of the laser radiation characterized by a pulse length of greater than zero and less than about 1.5 nanoseconds and a pulse repetition rate greater than about 100 kHz. A PQSL laser, an apparatus for generating blue light and a display system based on the laser apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Lightwave Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Kane, Loren Eyres, David Balsley, Gregory Keaton, James Morehead