Abstract: An apparatus for ablating living tissue. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first Sr vapor laser for generating a first laser beam, a second Sr vapor laser for receiving and amplifying the first laser beam, and a spatial filter optically positioned between and coupled to the first Sr vapor laser and the second Sr vapor laser for allowing selected fractions of the first laser beam to be received and amplified by the second Sr vapor laser so as to generate a second laser beam with sufficient strength and beam quality in a single pulse for ablating living tissue.

Abstract: This invention pertains to transfer of a solid target material onto a substrate by vaporizing the material by irradiating it with intense light of a resonant vibrational mode of the material and depositing the vaporized material on a substrate in a solid form.

Abstract: A service transport unit for providing utilities to a parked aircraft, by way of a utility bundle, comprising a box attached to a passenger loading bridge, at least one slider and corresponding utility bundle tracker slidably mounted within the box wherein the utility bundle is fixed to the outboard terminus of the slider. The slider is mounted in the box and affixed to the passenger loading bridge so that it is pulled from within the container by extension of the passenger loading bridge, and pushed back into the box when the bridge is retracted. The utility bundle is passively extended and retracted by movement of the slider. The slider and utility bundle tracker also serve to guide the utility bundle and prevent it from tangling or kinking during movement of the passenger loading bridge.