Patents by Inventor Lauren L. Taylor

Lauren L. Taylor 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 system for ultrafast laser-based material removal, figuring and polishing
    Patent number: 11471980
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems incorporating physical modeling to identify the ultrafast laser/material interaction mechanisms and the impact of laser parameters, to optimize implementation of ultrafast laser-based processing for a given material. The process determines a laser fluence near the ablation threshold for a given material and given pulse duration. The repetition rate, scanning speed and scanning strategy are subsequently optimized to minimize heat accumulation, having an operable line scan overlap between 50% to 85% for achieving smooth ultrafast-laser polishing, while maintaining an optic-quality surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jie Qiao, Lauren L. Taylor
  • Method and System for Ultrafast Laser-based Material Removal, Figuring and Polishing
    Publication number: 20210053160
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems incorporating physical modeling to identify the ultrafast laser/material interaction mechanisms and the impact of laser parameters, to optimize implementation of ultrafast laser-based processing for a given material. The process determines a laser fluence near the ablation threshold for a given material and given pulse duration. The repetition rate, scanning speed and scanning strategy are subsequently optimized to minimize heat accumulation, having an operable line scan overlap between 50% to 85% for achieving smooth ultrafast-laser polishing, while maintaining an optic-quality surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jie Qiao, Lauren L. Taylor