Patents by Inventor R. Jason Jones

R. Jason Jones 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).

  • Patent number: 7538881
    Abstract: Cavity enhanced spectroscopy efficiently couples a broadband optical frequency comb to a high finesse optical cavity inside which a sample test gas is placed. The output of the optical cavity is a multiplicity of channels of data resulting from the differential absorption of light at various of the comb frequencies. The device can operate in a ringdown mode or a non-ringdown enhanced absorption spectroscopy mode. Careful measurement and control of cavity dispersion and comb spacing are part of the coupling process. Several dispersive detection methods adapted to detecting the multiplicity of channels are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body Corporate
    Inventors: Jun Ye, Michael J. Thorpe, Kevin Moll, R. Jason Jones
  • Patent number: 6650682
    Abstract: A bi-directional pulsed ring laser that produces bi-directional light pulses that interact in such a way that they are phase conjugated. A nonlinear substance, such as a nonlinear crystal or fluid, that has an index of refraction that is dependent upon light intensity is located near a beam waist of the laser cavity to provide a self-lensing effect. Methods for reducing dead band beyond observable limits are also provided. The increased sensitivity of the bi-directional pulsed ring laser provides application in detecting magnetic susceptibility by detecting the change in phase between the arrival times of the bi-directional pulses at a modulator and the electrical signal of the modulator to determine the change in frequency of a coil that has magnetic susceptibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Jean-Claude M. Diels, Thien Trang Dang, R. Jason Jones, Matthew J. Bohn