Patents by Inventor Neil E. Vadnais

Neil E. Vadnais 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).

  • Temperature control system for a frequency converted diode laser
    Patent number: 8238389
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of controlling a frequency-converted diode laser system are disclosed. The diode laser systems can include embodiments of thermally coupled elements facilitating temperature stabilization. Aspects of some methods include monitoring the output of a stabilized diode laser system to reduce noise of the output laser beam. Other aspects of some methods include adjusting the temperature of a frequency converter based on noise in the output beam, and/or the current provided to drive the diode laser. Systems incorporating such control aspects, and others, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: CVI Laser, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Hargis, Neil E. Vadnais, John O'Shaughnessy, Eric B. Takeuchi, Scott Paterson
  • TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A FREQUENCY CONVERTED DIODE LASER
    Publication number: 20110188523
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of controlling a frequency-converted diode laser system are disclosed. The diode laser systems can include embodiments of thermally coupled elements facilitating temperature stabilization. Aspects of some methods include monitoring the output of a stabilized diode laser system to reduce noise of the output laser beam. Other aspects of some methods include adjusting the temperature of a frequency converter based on noise in the output beam, and/or the current provided to drive the diode laser. Systems incorporating such control aspects, and others, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: DAVID E. HARGIS, Neil E. Vadnais, John O'Shaughnessy, Eric B. Takeuchi, Scott Paterson
  • Temperature control system for a frequency converted diode laser
    Patent number: 7899105
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of controlling a frequency-converted diode laser system are disclosed. The diode laser systems can include embodiments of thermally coupled elements facilitating temperature stabilization. Aspects of some methods include monitoring the output of a stabilized diode laser system to reduce noise of the output laser beam. Other aspects of some methods include adjusting the temperature of a frequency converter based on noise in the output beam, and/or the current provided to drive the diode laser. Systems incorporating such control aspects, and others, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: CVI Laser, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Hargis, Neil E. Vadnais, John O'Shaughnessy, Eric B. Takeuchi, Scott Paterson