Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Vandersluis

Kenneth L. Vandersluis 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tuning high power lasers
    Patent number: 4019157
    Abstract: This invention relates to high power gas lasers that are adapted to be tuned to a desired lasing wavelength through the use of a gas cell to lower the gain at a natural lasing wavelength and "seeding" the laser with a beam from a low power laser which is lasing at the desired wavelength. This tuning is accomplished with no loss of power and produces a pulse with an altered pulse shape. It is potentially applicable to all gas lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: Donald P. Hutchinson, Kenneth L. Vandersluis