Patents by Inventor James Curtis Hovater

James Curtis Hovater 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).

  • Injection mode-locking Ti-sapphire laser system
    Patent number: 6483858
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided an injection modelocking Ti-sapphire laser system that produces a unidirectional laser oscillation through the application of a ring cavity laser that incorporates no intracavity devices to achieve unidirectional oscillation. An argon-ion or doubled Nd:YVO4 laser preferably serves as the pump laser and a gain-switched diode laser serves as the seed laser. A method for operating such a laser system to produce a unidirectional oscillating is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Southeastern University Research Assn.
    Inventors: James Curtis Hovater, Bernard Matthew Poelker