Patents by Inventor Ion Christian Edmond Turcu

Ion Christian Edmond Turcu 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).

  • Laser-excited X-ray source
    Patent number: 5654998
    Abstract: A laser-excited X-ray source in which the efficiency of conversion of laser energy into X-ray energy, and the average X-ray output power, are increased by providing laser light, which is focussed on a target to generate X-rays, in the form of trains of very short pulses with a pulse duration in the range 1-10 picoseconds. Preferably it is arranged such that successive pulses in a train are focussed at adjacent but different points on the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
    Inventors: Ion Christian Edmond Turcu, Ian Norman Ross, Fergus O'Neill